Word: antibioticized
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DIED. ORVAN W. HESS, 96, pioneering obstetrician and gynecologist; in New Haven, Conn. In 1942 Orvan injected a human patient with penicillin in a last-ditch effort to save her and became the first doctor in clinical practice to use the antibiotic successfully. Fifteen years later, he developed the first...
HOLD THE PILLS Antibiotic prescriptions for children fell 40% over the past decade, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Apparently, parents and physicians are finally realizing that taking antibiotics for a bad cold "just to be safe" is not only useless (because colds are caused by viruses) but...
In response to both an ongoing war on germs and the new war on terrorism, a Harvard School of Public Health professor has said the U.S. has gone too far in its use of antibiotic drugs and should moderate its outlook on public health issues.
The problem is that bacteria share genetic information much more readily than anyone thought. Individual cells--often from different species--routinely exchange tiny loops of DNA called plasmids. They will even pick up snippets of DNA from dead bacteria or viruses. Once a strain of bacteria survives destruction by antibiotics...
Cipro was just another antibiotic used mostly for treating stubborn infections when it was catapulted to pharmaceutical stardom by the anthrax attacks. Cipro, it turned out, was the only antibiotic specifically approved by the FDA to treat anthrax, and suddenly it was the hottest drug in town. Doctors were besieged...