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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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"Crucial Milestone": US Approves New Antibiotic For Urinary Tract Infections
The product -- called Blujepa -- was approved for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adult women and girls 12 and older.
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Rs 1.33-Crore Fake Antibiotics Seized In Telangana, Was Meant For Export
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday.
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Replace Your Multivitamins, Antibiotics, And Painkillers With These Home Remedies And Foods
This article will explore how common kitchen ingredients and time-tested home remedies can serve as effective alternatives to conventional multivitamins, antibiotics, and painkillers.
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Paracetamol, 50 Other Drug Samples Fail Quality Test. See Full List
Popular medications like paracetamol, pantoprazole and various antibiotics failed quality tests.Â
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52 Drug Samples, Including That Of Paracetamol, Fail Quality Test
India's apex drugs regulatory body has found the samples of around 50 drugs, including that of widely-used paracetamol, pantoprazole and some antibiotics for treating bacterial infections, as not of standard quality
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Growing Resistance To Existing Antibiotics A Serious Threat, Says Study
The growing resistance to existing antibiotics amidst the shrinking pipeline of newer drugs is a serious threat to attaining the SDG target by 2030, according to a new study.
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UK Girl Diagnosed With Rare Cancer After Pea-Sized Lump On Cheek Grows Within Weeks
A 16-year-old girl in the United Kingdom who was sent home with antibiotics by a dentist when a pea-sized lump appeared on her cheek has been diagnosed with a rare cancer after the mass grew to the size of a "tennis ball" within weeks.
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Fake Medicine Racket Busted In Maharashtra, Over 21,000 Tablets Seized
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has exposed a bogus medicine racket and seized 21,600 tablets that had been passed off as antibiotic ciprofloxacin from a government hospital in Nagpur, an official said on Saturday.
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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
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Several Anti-Cancer Drugs, Antibiotics, Now "Essential Medicines", To Be Cheaper
Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines will now become more affordable as they are among 34 new additions to the National List of Essential Medicines, with the government saying this will reduce "patients' out-of-pocket expenditure".
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
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Typhoid Fever's Deadly Mutation: Ancient Killer Becomes Resistant To Last-Resort Antibiotics
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, is evolving extensive drug resistance, making treatment challenging. Researchers found a rise in XDR Typhi strains resistant to frontline and newer antibiotics, spreading globally at an alarming rate.
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"Crucial Milestone": US Approves New Antibiotic For Urinary Tract Infections
The product -- called Blujepa -- was approved for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adult women and girls 12 and older.
-
Rs 1.33-Crore Fake Antibiotics Seized In Telangana, Was Meant For Export
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration has seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday.
-
Replace Your Multivitamins, Antibiotics, And Painkillers With These Home Remedies And Foods
This article will explore how common kitchen ingredients and time-tested home remedies can serve as effective alternatives to conventional multivitamins, antibiotics, and painkillers.
-
Paracetamol, 50 Other Drug Samples Fail Quality Test. See Full List
Popular medications like paracetamol, pantoprazole and various antibiotics failed quality tests.Â
-
52 Drug Samples, Including That Of Paracetamol, Fail Quality Test
India's apex drugs regulatory body has found the samples of around 50 drugs, including that of widely-used paracetamol, pantoprazole and some antibiotics for treating bacterial infections, as not of standard quality
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Growing Resistance To Existing Antibiotics A Serious Threat, Says Study
The growing resistance to existing antibiotics amidst the shrinking pipeline of newer drugs is a serious threat to attaining the SDG target by 2030, according to a new study.
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UK Girl Diagnosed With Rare Cancer After Pea-Sized Lump On Cheek Grows Within Weeks
A 16-year-old girl in the United Kingdom who was sent home with antibiotics by a dentist when a pea-sized lump appeared on her cheek has been diagnosed with a rare cancer after the mass grew to the size of a "tennis ball" within weeks.
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Fake Medicine Racket Busted In Maharashtra, Over 21,000 Tablets Seized
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has exposed a bogus medicine racket and seized 21,600 tablets that had been passed off as antibiotic ciprofloxacin from a government hospital in Nagpur, an official said on Saturday.
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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
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Several Anti-Cancer Drugs, Antibiotics, Now "Essential Medicines", To Be Cheaper
Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines will now become more affordable as they are among 34 new additions to the National List of Essential Medicines, with the government saying this will reduce "patients' out-of-pocket expenditure".
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
