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Studies have sourced many antibiotic resistant bacteria to farm animals who are given a daily dose of antibiotics—and now a change in FDA guidelines will finally help stem the source of what is increasingly becoming a common, and deadly, problem. The new guideline allows farmers to continue to use antibiotics to treat sick livestock, but [...]
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High Medical costs, unnecessary side-effects and risks, and unproductive time spent in the the hospital are all things being addressed by a new coalition of medical advisory boards. The campaign is called Choosing Wisely, and they want to encourage talk between doctors and patients, especially about tests, medications, and procedures that may not be helpful. [...]
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Tuberculosis has been antibiotic resistant almost since antibiotics were invented. Although some vaccines exist, like the flu tuberculosis changes frequently. Developing a more comprehensive vaccine is one effort that is being made to slow tuberculosis infection rates. Although tuberculosis has been a rare disease in the United States, it’s still rampant in other countries, especially [...]
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Hospitals have been increasing their attention to antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria as strains such as methicillian resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the suberbug carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae become more common. After a new study found that almost a third of children who have open airway surgery develop MRSA infection symptoms after surgery, a recommendation has been [...]
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Surprisingly, sinus infection symptoms are one of the most common reasons for a doctor to prescribe antibiotics, despite the fact that they’re almost always caused by a virus, which antibiotics don’t  effect. Specifically, about 80% of sinus infection symptoms are treated with antibiotics, and that makes up about 20% of all antibiotics prescribed. Studies have [...]
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