An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this time to the emerging threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Half of the ...

The drugs can wreak havoc on your microbiome. Here’s what may be key to restoring it. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: I was recently prescribed ...

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...

When bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, it can be deadly, but researchers have now decoded part of the bacteria's defence mechanism. Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection.

The steady growth in drug-resistant “superbugs” over the last few decades points to a near future in which antibiotics no longer defend us from deadly pathogens. In such a world, modern medicine as we ...

Summary: A new study found that people who took multiple courses of penicillin antibiotics had a 15% lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Researchers analyzed medical records of over 93,000 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — If you are one of the 10% of U.S. patients who have reported an allergic reaction to Penicillin as a kid, or even as an adult, you may not be allergic anymore. New research ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers compared clinical outcomes between patients who received cefadroxil vs other highly bioavailable antibiotics for streptococcal bloodstream infections. For patients ...

LOS ANGELES — A 7-day antibiotic course for treating hospitalized patients’ bloodstream infection (BSI) was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to new data from a seven-country ...

This comes after drug manufacturers issued applications to increase prices due to increased cost of ingredients, production, and exchange rates ...

The formulations whose ceiling prices have been revised include Benzyl Penicillin 10 lakh IU injection ... Pilocarpine 2 percent drops; Cefadroxil tablet 500 mg, Desferrioxamine 500 mg for ...