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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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Hope For Cancer Patients, New Treatment Strategy Targets Rogue DNA
The research, which analyzed data from over 15,000 UK cancer patients, identifies ecDNA as a key factor in cancer progression and drug resistance.
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How Does Antimicrobial Resistance Work In Your Body?
In this article, we will explore how AMR develops, its impact on the human body, and the pros and cons of this biological phenomenon.
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Growing Resistance To Existing Antibiotics A Serious Threat, Says Study
The growing resistance to existing antibiotics amidst the shrinking pipeline of newer drugs is a serious threat to attaining the SDG target by 2030, according to a new study.
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Deadly Fungal Infection 'Candida Auris' Spreading In US Rapidly: All You Need To Know
Doctors caution that infection can be potentially hazardous due to its high fatality rate, drug resistance, and its ability to easily spread in healthcare facilities
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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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Scientists Find New Brain Mechanism That Could Help Manage Substance Abuse
A new study, based on cocaine-seeking in rats, discovered that inhibiting certain acetylcholine receptors made it more difficult to resist cocaine-seeking urges. These receptors are located in the lateral habenula (LHb), a region of the brain that balances reward and aversion. The study was carried out by the National Institutes of Health under the...
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Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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BSF Constable Injured In Encounter With Smugglers In Punjab; Drugs, Arms Seized
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel sustained bullet injury while resisting armed smugglers in Punjab's Gurdaspur along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) on Friday.
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Aspergillus lentulus: All You Need To Know About This Drug Resistant Pathogen
Aspergillus lentulus is a species of aspergillus and is a human pathogen that can cause infection in the lungs.
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Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
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Machines For Testing Drug-Resistant TB Now Allowed For COVID-19 Cases: Top Medical Body
Diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis can now be used for screening and confirmation of COVID-19 cases, the apex health research body, ICMR, said.
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IIT Hyderabad Develops New Drug Delivery System To Treat Fungal Infections
This method, which is based on essential oils, can also reduce the risk of inducing drug resistance in the fungus and it can also counter those fungi that have developed resistance to conventional antifungal drugs.
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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Hope For Cancer Patients, New Treatment Strategy Targets Rogue DNA
The research, which analyzed data from over 15,000 UK cancer patients, identifies ecDNA as a key factor in cancer progression and drug resistance.
-
How Does Antimicrobial Resistance Work In Your Body?
In this article, we will explore how AMR develops, its impact on the human body, and the pros and cons of this biological phenomenon.
-
Growing Resistance To Existing Antibiotics A Serious Threat, Says Study
The growing resistance to existing antibiotics amidst the shrinking pipeline of newer drugs is a serious threat to attaining the SDG target by 2030, according to a new study.
-
Deadly Fungal Infection 'Candida Auris' Spreading In US Rapidly: All You Need To Know
Doctors caution that infection can be potentially hazardous due to its high fatality rate, drug resistance, and its ability to easily spread in healthcare facilities
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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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Scientists Find New Brain Mechanism That Could Help Manage Substance Abuse
A new study, based on cocaine-seeking in rats, discovered that inhibiting certain acetylcholine receptors made it more difficult to resist cocaine-seeking urges. These receptors are located in the lateral habenula (LHb), a region of the brain that balances reward and aversion. The study was carried out by the National Institutes of Health under the...
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Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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BSF Constable Injured In Encounter With Smugglers In Punjab; Drugs, Arms Seized
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel sustained bullet injury while resisting armed smugglers in Punjab's Gurdaspur along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) on Friday.
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Aspergillus lentulus: All You Need To Know About This Drug Resistant Pathogen
Aspergillus lentulus is a species of aspergillus and is a human pathogen that can cause infection in the lungs.
-
Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
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Machines For Testing Drug-Resistant TB Now Allowed For COVID-19 Cases: Top Medical Body
Diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis can now be used for screening and confirmation of COVID-19 cases, the apex health research body, ICMR, said.
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IIT Hyderabad Develops New Drug Delivery System To Treat Fungal Infections
This method, which is based on essential oils, can also reduce the risk of inducing drug resistance in the fungus and it can also counter those fungi that have developed resistance to conventional antifungal drugs.
