Tag: Antibiotics
Series of complaints to come against antibiotics prescribed without authorization
These patients denounce a “health scandal”. A series of complaints should be filed during the week in Paris by a dozen patients for “unintentional injuries” allegedly caused by antibiotics prescribed…
The ban on importing meat with growth antibiotics in France extended
The ban remains in effect. It is still prohibited to import meat and meat products from animals treated with growth antibiotics in France. A judgment published in the Official Journal,…
Bacteria: EU wants to reward pharmaceutical companies for new antibiotics
From Björn Finke, Brussels The World Health Organization (WHO) is already talking about a “silent pandemic”: Common antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective against bacterial infections. The pathogens are resistant to…
Phage therapy: can it partially replace antibiotics?
Antibiotics lose their effectiveness. For the seriously ill there is a new hope that is actually old: phage therapy. Who can benefit from the viruses that do not cause disease…
Treating tumors with antibiotics?: The bacterial cancer collaborators – Tagesspiegel
Treating tumors with antibiotics?: The bacterial cancer collaboratorsdaily mirrorsource site
More inflammatory bowel disease after antibiotic use
Any antibiotic use appears to increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease, but antibiotics used for intestinal infections do the most. The risk is greatest one to two years after…
How long to take antibiotics – knowledge
from Berit Uhlmann Brad Spellberg, chief physician at the Los Angeles County University Medical Center, likes to use a striking comparison when it comes to antibiotic prescriptions: Just like the…
Health: Too many antibiotics in the waters of China and other countries
health Too many antibiotics in the waters of China and other countries Cows drink water from the Halha River in northern China. photo © Zou Yu/XinHua/dpa Antibiotic resistance is a…
Agriculture: Stricter rules for the use of antibiotics in livestock
Agriculture Stricter rules for the use of antibiotics in livestock A pigsty in Lower Saxony. photo © Sina Schuldt/dpa Every year tens of thousands of people in Europe die as…
Almost every second German thinks antibiotics help against viruses
In 2021, antibiotic use in Europe reached a new low. Only 23 percent of those surveyed in Europe said they had taken antibiotics within the last year. In Germany it…