Antibiotic exposure 2 yrs linked to a 0.067 higher zBMI at age 2 9% increased overweight risk and 20% higher obesity risk by age 12 No obesity link when antibiotics used before/during pregnancy or ...

Current public health guidelines discourage treating cholera with antibiotics in all but the most severe cases, to reduce the risk that the disease will evolve resistance to the best treatments we ...

Only 7.8% of patients with drug-resistant infections in India received an appropriate antibiotic, a study of eight nations published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal has revealed.

Ryan et al. conducted a prospective clinical study to explore the impact of early-life antibiotic exposure on vaccine responses in a cohort of healthy, full-term infants. They measured serum ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “While antibiotics are assuredly useful and important drugs, this study underscores potential long-term ...

A recent study highlights a potential risk: healthcare workers laundering uniforms at home may inadvertently spread antibiotic-resistant infections. Home washing machines often fail to adequately ...

HONOLULU — The results of a large observational study provided more evidence that receiving antibiotics in the first 2 years of life can increase a child’s risk for obesity, researchers reported.

To see if the mouse model had some significance for health, Hsu's research team went straight to one of the hottest topics in the field: the collateral damage that antibiotics have on a patient's ...

Exposure to antibiotics during the first 2 years of life was significantly associated with an increased body mass index (BMI) at 2 and 12 years of age, according to data from a population-based ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter ...

Experts say bacterial infections are responsible for more infant deaths than is generally recognised, and things may get worse as more of the bugs become resistant to commonly used antibiotics.

Brett Kast joined the Channel 7 Action News team as a general assignment reporter in September of 2020 and is thrilled to be back in metro Detroit. Born and raised in Troy, Brett is a graduate of ...