by Duke University Azithromycin antibiotics prescription. Credit: Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Testing for procalcitonin, a blood biomarker that is increased in people with a bacterial infection, could help physicians more quickly and effectively determine whether patients need antibiotics. Knowing that would ultimately reduce the rate of unnecessary antibiotic use, according to a new study from Duke Health...
by University of New England Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., professor of psychology within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UNE, recently published a paper on gut microbiome modulation of inflammatory pain. The paper, “Effects of vancomycin on persistent pain-stimulated and pain-depressed behaviors in female Fischer rats with or without voluntary access...
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Lugano, Switzerland, 2 July 2021 – Doctors and patients are being advised to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use following new data suggesting that these medicines may increase the risk of cancer of the large intestine (colon), especially in people under 50 years. (1) The results, presented at the ESMO World Congress...
by University of Dundee Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of Dundee research has helped explain why a commonly used antibiotic can lead to an increased risk of heart attacks, opening up the possibility of precision prescribing based on a patient’s genes. Clarithromycin accounts for around 15% of all primary care antibiotic prescriptions in the UK and is recommended...
