The majority of hand cuts don't need stitches
Treating small lacerations to the hand with antibiotic ointment and a gauze dressing --instead of with st...nly received tap water irrigation and had the same antibiotic ointment and gauze dressing applied for 48 hours. Patients were asked to return in 8-10 days for the...Antibiotics help heart patients
...hromycin, or a placebo for one week. Those in the antibiotic groups also received omeprazole and metronidazole,...he blood indicate inflammation? Second, could the antibiotic treatments reduce the risk of angina and fatal and nonfatal heart attacks? "The difference between ...FINAL ALERT: RPB Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research to be held in Washington, DC Sept. 22-25
...uch brighter. The complementary trio includes: an antibiotic capable of destroying now-resistant strains; a potent, microbe-killing enzyme to be kept in reserve against the day still-susceptible strains evolve resistance; and a novel vaccine to neutralize the bacterial toxin responsible for much of the pain an...Study finds outbreak of Cipro web sites followed anthrax outbreak
...necessary when prescribing a potentially dangerous antibiotic like ciprofloxacin." Most state medical practice acts stipulate that a physician must examine a patient before prescribing a medication. However, none of the Web sites in the CWRU study required the customer to mail or fax in a physician's prescripti...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for September (second issue)
...he development of allergic disease. They examined antibiotic use and the development of various infections in the mother during pregnancy. Theproblems included viral and bacterial infections such as those seen in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. The researchers also looked at conjunctivitis, otit...Antibiotic could offer promise for treatment of cystic fibrosis
The antibiotic azithromycin could offer some benefit to people wi...t counteracting chronic respiratory infection. The antibiotic azithromycin has anti-inflammatory properties potentially beneficial in cystic fibrosis. Mark Rosent...Cipro, related antibiotics over-prescribed, fueling microbe resistance
...uinolones are the most widely used and recommended antibiotic to treat these infections, Guglielmo said. As recently as 1997 the drugs were 97 percent active against E. coli. Now, susceptibility of this organism to fluororquinolones has dropped to 79 percent at UCSF, he said. The situation is more alarming in r...TRUST 2002 study shows levofloxacin resistance remains rare in S. pneumoniae
...e has also exhibited increased resistance to other antibiotic classes, such as the macrolides (e.g. azithromycin... season (TRUST 6, 2001-2002) to monitor changes in antibiotic resistance among S. pneumoniae. TRUST studies were initiated in 1996 to coincide with the release o...The lancet infectious diseases (TLID) October press release
...ys of infection; the growing problem of widespread antibiotic resistance is also limiting the effectiveness of many therapeutic treatments for the disorder. Eradication of Anopheles gambiae from Brazil: lessons for malaria control in Africa? This review calls for the re-introduction of strategies to target ...Antibiotics not always beneficial for childhood ear infections
...placebo recipients, as compared with 94 percent of antibiotic recipients. Hendley says there is a clear downside to the use of antibiotics to treat common ear infections. "The bacteria which cause ear infections learn quickly to be resistant to antibiotics. At some point we're going to run out of drugs to treat...Antibiotic slows atherosclerosis in people with Chlamydia pneumonia antibodies
DALLAS, Oct. 15 Long-term antibiotic treatment may slow the progress of early atheroscl...ata imply for the first time to our knowledge that antibiotic treatment in patients over age 55 with Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) antibodies and prevalent cerebrovas...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October (second issue)
...al trial conducted to date designed to investigate antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill patients. As contrasted to placebo, the total number of infections among the 256 treated patients was much lower (141 infections versus 274). The authors discovered that the treated patients had fewer: cases of pneumon...Fructose intolerance could be the culprit in unexplained abdominal pain and gas
...fructose diet," said Beyer. "But in severe cases, antibiotic therapy may be required to provide relief."...Shedding some light on teeth whiteners
...gradually turn more yellow. On the other hand, the antibiotic tetracycline can turn children's teeth gray if tak...to harden completely, C&EN explains. Over time the antibiotic mixes with light and oxygen and gives teeth a grayish-blue tint that's hard to remove. All toothpast...The common cold coughs up $40 billion annual price tag
...ion are spent annually on the estimated 41 million antibiotic prescriptions for cold sufferers, even though anti...one third of patients who saw a doctor received an antibiotic prescription. While these unnecessary costs are problematic, what is more concerning is how these t...San Diego chemist wins national award for innovative drug design
...hem the anti-cancer drug taxol and vancomycin, the antibiotic considered the last line of defense against highly resistant bacterial infections. His latest achievement came with one of his graduate students, Phil Baran, whom the dual award also recognizes. In an international race to synthesize CP molecules, Ni...Rice uses buckyballs to reinvent 'antibiotic of last resort'
...hich entered clinical service 40 years ago, is the antibiotic of last resort, given only when all others fail. U...rminates. However, having the ability to affix the antibiotic to a spore could enable the drug to knock the disease out when it tries to emerge from hibernation, ...Nationwide improvement in nursing home care not likely, despite some changes
.... In other words severe illness is associated with antibiotic treatment in the U.S. and with palliative treatment without antibiotics in the Netherlands. Partners in Caregiving (PIC) is a program designed to increase cooperation and effective communication between family members and nursing home staff. In a stu...First quarter prescription drug spending: Generic drugs slow upward trend
...ion. The 2004 patent expiration list includes the antibiotic Cipro and the anti-depressant Celexa, among others. "Taking full advantage of the generics cost-saving opportunity is critical because the aging of the baby boom generation plus lower treatment thresholds and under treatment involving increasingly p......in young children in developing countries and that antibiotic treatment is needed to prevent complications and d... of fatal pneumonia has a bacterial origin; timely antibiotic therapy can reduce fatality; a simple algorithm is sensitive and specific enough to identify childre...