Health Tip: Breeding Drug-Resistant Germs
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(HealthDayNews) -- Antibiotics are powerful medications designed to stymie disease-causing bacteria, until the germs mutate and become resistant to the drugs, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Two drug-resistant "superbugs" are becoming more common across the United States including one that causes hard-to-treat ear infections in children, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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People who suffer from chronic sinus infections can be treated with antibiotics over a long period of time without necessarily developing resistance to the drugs, according to a new study.
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A simple salt-water spray may help cut the spread of germs that cause the majority of respiratory infections, according to a study of 11 volunteers that will appear this week in the
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NEW YORK  - An antibiotic-resistant germ is  increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise  healthy children and adults.
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In a major medical breakthrough, researchers in the United Kingdom and United States have discovered why the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) has become resistant to chloroquine, one of the most ...
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Genetic tests may soon help doctors find the best treatment for each individual.
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The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests.
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If antibiotic succeeds in testing, it would be the 1st new treatment for the disease in 41 years. WASHINGTON -- A novel type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control
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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.
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US researchers have found a way to use an antibiotic to correct a flaw in cancer cells that allows them to avoid the normal death process.
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Taking AIDS drugs exactly as  prescribed is the best way to prevent the virus from mutating  and becoming resistant to those drugs, researchers said on  Thursday.
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Scientists have discovered a promising new method to fight a range of diseases by boosting the body's natural defenses against viruses.
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How can doctors tell one type of drug-resistant tuberculosis from another? The task is tricky, and crucial.
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A new strategy for combating antibiotic resistance could turn back the clock and make old antibiotics useful again. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is spreading at an alarming pace.
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A small Japanese study suggests that influenza viruses are becoming resistant to Tamiflu, a widely used drug that eases the flu&#39;s symptoms, and that the resistance may be more common than thought.
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New research finds Tamiflu-resistant strains of the most common flu virus popping up all over the world