]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/antibiotic-resistance Blog Articles Tagged with 'antibiotic-resistance' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923757?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance The following will appear in the Nov 22 issue of The Lancet:Clinical guidelines The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have released the first guidelines for the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease. These guid... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923757?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:48:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-anonymous/920706?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Embedded video from CNN VideoSaw this video report (above) from CNN this morning. At first look, I'm thinking, Well, this is good, right? This will cause people to come in and be evaluated for their sore throats. Because at the end of the report, t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-anonymous/920706?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:01:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/918712?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance True or false? Taking antibiotics can help cure the common cold, flu or bronchitis.False. All of the above are caused by viruses, and antibiotics do not help fight viruses. In fact, taking antibiotics when you have a virus may do more harm than good.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/918712?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:06:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/909900?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance The problems of antibiotic resistant bacteria including Methycillin resistant Staph, C.Difficile and Multiple drug resistant TB are discussed in this week's journal Science . The medical professison has been telling patients and peers that too many ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/909900?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:22:30 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/905328?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Last fall the animal slaughter giant Tyson Foods, Inc. was selling chickens with a USDA approved label, raised without antibiotics. Some people thought that was a bit misleading insofar as Tyson routinely used ionophores in their feed designed to p... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/905328?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:25:09 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/891396?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Timothy Lu, a graduate student at MIT, was awarded the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for developing a bacteriophage, which, in conjunction with antibiotics, can become a potent weapon against drug resistant bacteria.Lu has engineered bacteriophage to bo... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/891396?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:45:25 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/890131?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Last Friday we learned that ear infections are over-treated. In case you missed it. Here s a quote from Dr. Fuhrman that helps explain why: Studies show that the majority of ear infections are of viral etiology. For example, 75 percent of pediatric... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/890131?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:06:59 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/889378?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance February 2008:Alternative Treatment for WartsMNT -A common flower that helps wipe out garden insects has also shown promise in eradicating stubborn warts, according to preliminary research presented by podiatrist Tracey Vlahovic at the American Acad... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/889378?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:01:08 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/888776?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance It seems so:In recent weeks,Aetna Inc., the nation's largest insurer, and Cigna Corp. have agreed to reimburse doctors for online visits. Other large insurers are expected to follow, experts say.These new online services, which typically cost the sam... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/888776?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:58:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/888507?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance MNT-We must all play a part in conserving antibiotics to help tackle infectionsThe Government will today launch a national campaign to remind doctors of the problem of antibiotic resistance and make clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/888507?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:01:50 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884684?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Over at Aetiology, Tara C. Smith shares her opinions on a recent study about antibiotic resistance. Here s a bit:The current paradigm for antibiotic use is to prescribe relatively high doses of drugs for a few days to a few weeks (or months, in the... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884684?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:23:27 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/875788?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D In 1796 Dr. Edward Jenner performed an experiment that today would have got him expelled from his Medical Society, and maybe even landed them in jail. He vaccinated a boy against smallpox by pricking his arms with pus taken f... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/875788?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:17:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/873842?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance If you are like me, you have a bunch of half empty orange-colored plastic pill containers in your medicine cabinet. You know what I mean...the ones with three Keflex capsules left over from the infected cut you had last year, some prescription Vi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/873842?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:35:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/870954?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Over the past week, I have received more questions about MRSA than just about any other topic. MRSA has also been called the superbug or a flesh eating bacteria. At its most basic level, MRSA is a type of staph bacteria called Staphylococcus au... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/870954?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:28:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/857021?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus or Hospital Super Bug is one of the current scourges of hospitals. A genuinely held belief that decades of poor hygiene practices and over-use of antibiotics have contributed to increasing ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/857021?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:12:55 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/richard-g-petty-md/856648?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Your humble reported has bee interested in nutrition since he was knee high to a puppy, and he has also been worried about the consequences of pesticides and other artificial chemical getting into the food chain, or animal feed. He has also been worr... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/richard-g-petty-md/856648?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:31:38 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/848424?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Thanks heavens, the Farm Bill is finally getting the attention of the healthcare community. In case you can t make the link here are some equations:Cheap corn = cheap high fructose corn syrup = fat = diabesity.Pesticides + chemical fertilizers = to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/848424?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:56:07 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/846330?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance The microbes that killed an unnamed patient seven years ago accumulated 35 separate genetic mutations during a 12-week hospital stay, allowing the bugs to thwart every antibiotic doctors threw at them, a painstaking scientific investigation has foun... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/846330?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:04:26 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/835181?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Foot Blog News this Week- Issue 13Lavery and Armstrong receive major NIH grant for podiatryEurekAlert- Podiatry s first R01 to address growing epidemic of diabetic complications. Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH, and David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, P... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/835181?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:01:32 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/834962?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simple education measures can improve low-income parents knowledge of proper antibiotic use, a new study shows.Experts hope that a better-informed public will help stem the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, wher... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/834962?rsstype=tag&tag=antibiotic-resistance Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:08:03 -0400