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Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy — penicillins — appear to be the safest.
It sounds like the stuff of teenage nightmares: super strong, freakishly clever, mutant acne.
Even as the list of peanut products linked to a national salmonella scare continued to expand, and the number of strains of bacteria associated with the outbreak climbed to four, federal health officials winding up an investigation said they may well have dodged a bullet.
Federal health advisers on Wednesday backed the benefits of an experimental antibiotic but rebuffed another, questioning whether it would be able to fight dangerous staph infections that are becoming increasingly common.
A virulent, drug-resistant gut infection that causes potentially deadly diarrhea, especially among the old and sick, is up to 20 times more common than previously thought, a large survey of U.S. hospitals and health care centers finds.
Drug safety officials Tuesday imposed the government's most urgent safety warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing evidence that they may lead to tendon ruptures, a serious injury that can leave patients incapacitated and needing extensive surgery.
Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.
A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problem of drug-resistant superbugs.
A consumer group sued the Food and Drug Administration Thursday, charging the agency is ignoring calls for stronger warnings that Cipro and similar antibiotics may cause serious tendon injuries.
Tyson Foods Inc. plans to revise labels that say its fresh chicken is "raised without antibiotics" after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it made a mistake in approving labels that use that term.
A less common strain of flu has shown hints of resistance to two flu drugs among patients in a small study in Japan, a country known for prescribing the drugs more frequently than anywhere else in the world.
Antibiotic overuse threatens modern medicineOveruse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say.
Flesh of Your Flesh - Should you eat meat ? The New Yorker"Americans also love to eat animals. This year, they will cook roughly twenty-seven billion pounds of beef, sliced from some thirty-five million cows.
CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects Penicillin, which is the most commonly used antibiotic during pregnancy, as well as erythromycin, cephalosporins and quinolones, other widely prescribed antibiotics, were not associated with increased risk for about 30 different birth defects. However, the study found that two t …
Israeli scientist Ada Yonath wins the Nobel PrizeIsraeli scientist Prof. Ada Yonath has won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for her groundbreaking work in the field of ribosomes.
Israel Nobel Prize winner says she is 'happy, shocked'"Her dedicated work has led to the current struggle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and many other applications. Yonath is the world's first woman to become a chemistry laureate since 1964, and only the fourth in history.
Ribosome clinches the chemistry NobelThree researchers share the prize for revealing the workings of the cell's protein-making machine.
Tie to Pets Has Germ Jumping to and FroFor decades, the drug-resistant germ called MRSA was almost exclusively a concern of humans, usually in hospitals and other health care settings.
Who gets the antibiotics?Scheetz's pig farm and Temple's hospital seem like worlds apart, but some -- including Temple's chief of infectious diseases, Thomas Fekete -- think antibiotics in animal feed speed up the process by which disease-causing microbes become resistant to these drugs.
Aquaculture's Rise Brings Both Optimism, Concern - washingtonpost.comBy the end of this year, the world is projected to reach an unheralded but historic milestone: Half of the fish and shellfish we consume will be raised by humans, rather than caught in the wild.
Farmacology - Factory farms breed antibiotic resistant bacteria along with chickens.Ellen Silbergeld, Eng '72 (PhD), recalls that she did not want to go to the seminar.
America's Food Industry is making a killing:10 simple ways to change our food system for life1 Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages. You can lose 25 lbs in a year by replacing one 20 oz soda a day with a no calorie beverage (preferably water).
Lyme Disease Cases Rising, Causing AlarmA surge in reported cases of Lyme disease in Northern Virginia has prompted action from local and federal officials.
The FDA supports phasing out seven antibiotics, on the recommendation of experts who say they threaten human health only to make livestock grow bigger, fasterSo who could possibly be opposed to such a good idea? How about the American Veterinary Medical Association, for starters, apparently more worried about its members' self interest than about sensible use of antibiotics.
Concerns growing over superbugs in our foodA potentially deadly new strain of antibiotic-resistant microbes may be widespread in our food supply.
Concerns growing over superbugs in our foodA potentially deadly new strain of antibiotic-resistant microbes may be widespread in our food supply.
Bill Seeks to End Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal GrowthWASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans.
Debate over using anti-microbials in livestockConventional cattle ranchers and pig and chicken farmers routinely feed their animals a steady diet of antibiotics to prevent illness and help them grow fatter faster.
Metrics - The Hot Spots for Organic FoodBecuz....you just can't talk enough about putting healthy food on your table.
Global threat: Clostridium difficile: contagious bacteria that lives harmlessly inside you, can kill you because of antibiotic overprescriptionEarlier this year, Harold and Freda Mitchell of Como, Miss., both came down with a serious stomach bug. At first, doctors did not know what was wrong, but the gastrointestinal symptoms became so severe that Mrs. Mitchell, 66, was hospitalized for two weeks.
More Kosher Use of AntibioticsIncredible overuse of antibiotics in farm animals and humans has caused creation of resistant superbugs that are killing people.
Warning over improperly treated child ear infections The future health of thousands of UK children could be affected because their ear infections are not being treated properly, a charity says. Deafness Research UK says that antibiotics are given routinely in many cases, but often do not work.
Sponge's Secret Weapon Restores Antibiotics' PowerA chemical from an ocean-dwelling sponge can reprogram antibiotic resistant bacteria to make them vulnerable to medicines again, new evidence suggests.
Pigs, farmers, and MRSA: Factory farms mean flourishing bacteriaYou've probably heard, over the past couple of years, about outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant staph infections in hospitals around the U.S.
Brazilian Model Dies from Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial InfectionA 20-year-old Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated following a drug-resistant infection has died, health officials said.
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