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The implication of the report’s findings are not only are antibiotics being prescribed for conditions that are not bacterial (or where the antibiotic is...
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The proposal to develop tests to allow doctors to make a more accurate diagnosis and thereby reduce the number of antibiotics prescribed comes from...
Life
The issue of antibiotics (or more accurately these days “antimicrobials”) presents a major challenge for the world’s population. Pathogenic bacteria are increasingly becoming resistant...
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In June 2015, Digital Journal reported about the presence of large numbers of antibiotics in wastewater. In research led by Professor Olya Keen, of...
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So-called “soft touch” medical doctors should face fines or even disciplinary action if they over-prescribe antibiotics, especially for viral diseases or form conditions that...
Tech & Science
While global concerns that the overuse of antibiotics contributes to drug resistance, sales for the use of antibiotics for use with livestock have increased...
Tech & Science
Scientists in India have been investigating the effectiveness of the common herb, garlic (Allium sativum), in fighting pathogenic bacteria associated with urinary tract infections....
Life
The near one in 10 chance of picking up a nosocomial infection (a disease contracted at a hospital) has been raised by Dr Juan...
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After testing 100 packets of pork chops, bacon and gammon, the Guardian found that nine pork products, eight of which were Danish in origin,...
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The charge comes from the group SumOfUs.org. The activist group is of the view that the copious amounts of waste produced from some pharmaceutical...