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How to avoid eye infections—and what to do if you get one

by Charlotte Codina, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sir Elton John recently revealed on ABC’s Good Morning America that he lost the sight in his right eye after suffering from an eye infection. With poor vision in his left eye too, John said. “It’s been four months now since I haven’t been able to see.” Reassuringly, the...

Common eye infection antibiotic tablet may clear up treatment-resistant sex bug
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Common eye infection antibiotic tablet may clear up treatment-resistant sex bug

by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. They successfully treated a young man with Mycoplasma genitalium (non-gonococcal) urethritis with...