Combine treatment to fight dangerous TB: report
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Simple, common-sense measures such as opening hospital windows and using face masks would greatly reduce the number of new cases of extensively drug-resistant or XDR tuberculosis, doctors reported on Thursday.
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The first promising tuberculosis (TB) drug in almost 40 years could be the most potent yet and also treat the disease faster, according to research published online yesterday (9 December) by Science Express.
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A chemical compound that drug developers had shelved as a failed treatment for inflammation has unexpectedly become the most promising new tuberculosis medicine to emerge in 40 years, scientists said Thursday.
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Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in tuberculosis cases in the UK, doctors are warning.
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Combining medicines with food could help improve their effectiveness and so reduce costs, experts say.
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For the first time in four decades, a new antibiotic has emerged that researchers say will revolutionize the fight against tuberculosis.
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Tests and medicines used to diagnose and combat tuberculosis (TB) in poor countries are outdated and ineffective and new treatments must be developed to fight the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
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As many as half a million lives  could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine  their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures  to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Â· Study suggests common process in combined cases  Â· Rise in weight problems and respiratory condition
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WASHINGTON Dec 9, 2004 - Laboratory tests of a new type of antibiotic suggest it might revolutionize the treatment of tuberculosis, a global killer disease that has become increasingly resistant to current drugs and which is now claiming more than 2
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Tuberculosis will kill millions in developing countries unless radical action is taken, an aid organisation has warned.
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An older antibiotic once used against tuberculosis but since abandoned may work to treat the most common and actively contagious form of the disease more quickly, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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The World Health Organization has unveiled a two-year plan to combat the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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An antibiotic could treat TB much faster than current drugs and beat problems of resistance, researchers hope.
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A novel antibiotic that is working  well in mice may be the first new drug enlisted in the fight  against tuberculosis in 40 years, Johnson & Johnson said on  Thursday.
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The government has set out its action plan for tackling the rise in tuberculosis cases.
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A man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U.S. government after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights this month, health officials said Tuesday.