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13 Jan 2023

DNA: 'anti-biotic' test of water reaching door to door

Citizens of India and China are unknowingly consuming antibiotic water. A famous science magazine has done research on this between 2006 and 2016. According to the Lancet Science Magazine, a large number of antibiotics have dissolved in the groundwater of India and China. Antibiotics is reaching people's bodies through water.

24 Nov 2022

DNA: What is the reason for these 'ineffective' antibiotics?

Bacteria are so microscopic that they cannot be seen with the naked eye. Crores of people die every year due to bacteria. According to the report of THE LANCET, bacterial infection is the biggest killer of people in the world after heart related diseases.

12 Sep 2022

DNA: Antibiotics are taking lives!

ICMR has told through a report that even the patients admitted in ICU are no longer being affected by antibiotics and this is a matter of big concern. According to an ICMR report, there is an apprehension that many patients in the country will no longer be affected by the drug Carbapenem.

02 Jul 2021

COVID-19 first wave led to overuse of antibiotic medication in India: Study

The data came from an Indian branch of IQVIA, a U.S.-based health information technology company. The researchers determined that a total of 16.29 billion doses of antibiotics were sold in India in 2020 The researchers noted that India also had restrictions and experienced dramatic decreases in malaria and other such diseases

04 Sep 2020

Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm infants: Stud

Most antibiotic stewardship programs in neonatal intensive care focus on limiting use in newborns themselves. The current study adds to growing evidence that these programs should include a focus on mothers as well, says O`Connor, principal investigator on the study who is also a scientist in the Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition. The researchers looked at 490 breast milk samples from 86 mothers whose infants were born preterm, during the first eight weeks after delivery.

04 Sep 2018

8,000 new combinations to slow down antibiotic-resistant bacteria

This finding could be a major step toward protecting public health at a time when pathogens and common infections are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics, the researchers said.

06 Jun 2018

Scientists map genetic codes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria

The DNA of deadly strains of plague, dysentery, and cholera were decoded in what the researchers said was an effort to better understand some of the world`s most dangerous diseases and develop new ways to fight them.

16 Aug 2017

Delayed prescriptions could help fight antibiotic resistance

Delayed prescriptions or shorter courses of treatment could be a potential way of fighting antibiotic resistance, suggest two studies led by University of Southampton in Britain.

Antibiotic-resistant infections

30 May 2017

'Magical' antibiotic modified to beat bacterial resistance

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in the US structurally modified the lifesaving antibiotic called vancomycin to make an already-powerful version of the antibiotic even more potent.

04 Apr 2017

Scientists claim this common antibiotic can help prevent, treat PTSD!

PTSD is a term for a broad range of psychological symptoms that can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event.

sexually transmitted disease

05 Jan 2017

This new antibiotic can be the cure for gonorrhoea – Read

People will be well aware that CO is a toxic molecule but that is at high concentrations. Here we are using very low concentrations which we know the bacteria are sensitive to.

31 Aug 2016

Is childhood antibiotic use linked to obesity?

As the obesity rate continues to skyrocket in the US, scientists across the country are combing the health records of 1.6 million kids to determine if childhood antibiotic use causes weight gain later in life.

PM Narendra Modi

31 Jul 2016

PM Modi urges people not to take antibiotics without prescription on 'Mann Ki Baat'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday shared his thoughts on certain issues in his 22nd edition of his popular radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'.

Skin infections

29 Mar 2016

Patients with skin infections hardly complete antibiotic doses

Patients with skin infections are less likely to take all their prescribed antibiotic doses after leaving the hospital, resulting in new infection or needing additional treatment for the existing skin infection, says a study.

24 Feb 2016

Copper can destroy MRSA 'superbug'

Frequently touched surfaces in busy areas -- such as hospitals, transport hubs and public buildings - may help spread MRSA.

30 Dec 2015

Antibiotics not effective on 70% of the patients

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Antibiotic resistance

16 Nov 2015

'Dangerously high' antibiotic resistance levels worldwide: WHO

Antibiotic resistance has reached dangerous levels globally, the WHO warned.

05 Feb 2015

HC sets aside restraint on Glenmark from making an antibiotic

Delhi High Court today set aside its single judge's order restraining Mumbai-based generic drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd from making and selling its antibiotic medicine Linezolid.

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