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Preventive antibiotics in dental patients gave them risks that outweighed the benefits. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)Life
81 per cent dentists unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics

Dentists prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily can contribute to antibiotic resistance: Study.

2 Jun 2019 10:30 AM IST

Cancers that developed in the colon were linked with antibiotic exposure at least 10 years earlier. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)Life
Increased intake of antibiotics can cause colon cancer

Studies reveal that antibiotics may increase risk of colon cancer.

23 Aug 2019 9:42 AM IST

Some physicians favour fluoroquinolones over other antibiotics for their broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. (Photo: ANI)Life
Link found between common antibiotic and heart disease

Fluoroquinolones antibiotics associated with risk of heart problems.

11 Sept 2019 9:42 AM IST

Orphan drugs are medicinal products intended for diagnosis, prevention or treatment of life-threatening or very serious diseases that are rare.Business
Centre restricts drug exports as virus hits

These drugs are not directly used for curing coronavirus but are used for curbing infection and improving the health of...

4 March 2020 1:54 AM IST

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Antibiotics influence cancer treatment efficacy

Here is what a new study has found.

4 March 2018 9:33 AM IST

The breakthrough is another major step towards developing a commercially viable drug version. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Novel antibiotic may help fight superbugs

It has been predicted that by 2050 an additional 10 million people will succumb to drug resistant infections or...

25 March 2018 2:15 PM IST

A large proportion of these preventive, or prophylactic prescriptions also were for broad-spectrum antibiotics. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Drugs prescribed to kids are often inappropriate

A large proportion of these preventive, or prophylactic prescriptions also were for broad-spectrum antibiotics.

22 March 2018 2:21 PM IST

The state health department has taken this decision with the aim of encouraging maximum doctors to work and serve in rural areas. (Representational Image)Metros
Doctors remove 14 live worms from patient's bile duct

The patient had taken a second opinion at other hospitals, which had misdiagnosed the condition and prescribed...

2 May 2018 6:38 AM IST

In Asia, consumption of antibiotics more than doubled in India, skyrocketed 79 percent in China and rose 65 percent in Pakistan. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Antibiotics consumption soars, fueling fears over superbugs

In Asia, consumption of antibiotics more than doubled in India, skyrocketed 79 percent in China and rose 65 percent in...

28 March 2018 5:37 PM IST

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Here's why you should not carry medicines while travelling

The risk of having contracted such bacteria is doubled by taking antibiotics during the journey.

13 Jun 2018 2:03 PM IST

BJP Yuva Morcha activists perform a havan†outside AIIMS, New Delhi, on Tuesday the long life and quick recovery of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. (Photo: AP)India
Atal stable, responding to treatment at AIIMS

Union health minister J.P. Nadda also visited on Tuesday. Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray, son of Shiv Sena chief, also visited...

13 Jun 2018 2:36 AM IST

The mini-kidneys lack a large artery, and without that the organs function will only be a fraction of normal. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Oral antibiotics tied to increased risk of kidney stones

The risk increase associated with these antibiotics ranged from 27 percent higher odds with broad-spectrum penicillins.

21 Jun 2018 6:13 PM IST

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