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Can swine flu become resistant to these drugs? Yes, and that's another reason why health officials will want to limit their use to those who have become ill with the disease, according to Hugh Pennington, a virologist at the University of Aberdeen. Resistance occurs when a virus mutates in...
If bleach baths work, then perhaps children with chronic eczema and persistent staph infections could be treated with fewer courses of antibiotics. Continuous antibiotic treatment is not a viable option, especially given the emergence of MRSA, say Silverberg and Paller. "We have been looking for agents that are antibacterial but...
Kohane said the “key” ingredient was saxitoxin, a known antibiotic, that produced nerve blocks lasting up to two days.
For starters, most Indian livestock is underfed and undernourished, unlike its robust counterparts in richer countries. The typical Indian farmer is unable to buy expensive dietary supplements even for livestock of productive age, and dry milch cattle and older farm animals are invariably turned out to fend for themselves. Poor...
The rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria like MRSA can be attributed largely to our increasing use and misuse of antibacterial drugs. Many patients mistakenly believe these drugs can quell colds and flu, illnesses that are caused by viruses, not bacteria, and are therefore unresponsive to antibiotics. Further, doctors...