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Medical guidelines that embrace the humility of uncertainty could help doctors choose treatments with more research evidence behind them

Clinical guidelines greatly influence how doctors care for their patients. By providing recommendations on how to diagnose and treat particular situations, guidelines can help standardize the care patients receive. For instance, when a patient is suffering from an infection, a physician can consult the relevant guidelines to confirm that antibiotics…

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Sinusitis and treatment options

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have had ongoing nasal congestion and mucus for the past several months. I thought it was allergies, but my doctor says I likely have acute sinusitis brought on by allergic rhinitis. I was advised to try nonprescription medications to relieve my symptoms rather than antibiotics. What…

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Why has my cold dragged on so long? And how do I know when it's morphed into something more serious?

Common colds are caused by viruses. There are no effective cures, and antibiotics do not work on viruses, so treatment is targeted at managing the symptoms until your immune system has cleared the cold.

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'Untreatable' STD superbug that causes infertility and miscarriage is a 'silent spreader'

Scientists fear a 'silent spreader' STI called M. gen may "evolve into a superbug" due to the lack of research and testing - and the fact that the disease has proven resistant to antibiotics

Daily Mirror

Mum thought she was a 'hypochondriac' before receiving rare diagnosis

Kerry was given vitamins and antibiotics before a trip to A&E finally revealed the true issue

Wales Online

Girl bitten on LIP by false widow spider loses use of legs and mum fears she's paralysed

Phoebe-Lee Matthews, from Wales, woke up last month with a strange black dot on her lip - two days before her mum spotted an "unusual-looking" spider on the landing

Daily Mirror

Your gut microbes can help fight cancer, new research reveals

In a new study, researchers found that your gut microbiome can have a significant influence on your gut microbiome and the development of cancer.

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Young girl left paralysed after false widow spider bites her lip as she sleeps

Phoebe was rushed to hospital and doctors gave her antibiotics to tackle the infection.

Irish Mirror

The tide turns against superbugs

Humans were losing the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Is that about to change?

Salon

Edinburgh primary school pupil contracts contagious Victorian infection

Edinburgh City Council have confirmed that a pupil attending a primary school in the north west of the capital has been diagnosed with a bacterial infection often associated with the Victorian era.

Edinburgh Live

Gutter to gut: How antimicrobial-resistant microbes journey from environment to humans

From sore throats to fevers and life-threatening infections, most people have periodically used antibiotics. Recent reports show that the global COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of antibiotics.

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‘I was told I was a complete idiot’ about organic farming, Charles said day before becoming king

In final remarks as Prince of Wales, he recalled being called a ‘complete idiot’ for pursuing organic farming

The Guardian - UK

Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics to become more affordable in India

Four major anti-cancer drugs - Bendamustine Hydrochloride, Irinotecan HCI Trihydrate, Lenalidomide and Leuprolide acetate which are effective in various types of cancers have been added to the list

The Hindu

Resistance to high-end antibiotics is growing: ICMR

NEW DELHI: A survey carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to determine the trend in antibiotic resistance across the country has shown that Acinetobacter baumannii, a gram-negative bacteria known to cause infection in the blood, urinary tract and lungs among others, is resistant to high-end antibiotics.

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Young woman dies just days after developing a cough as her twin sister mourns her 'best friend'

Chloe Franklin developed a cough and was referred straight to University Hospital Llandough for further tests before being given a course of antibiotics

Axios

Superbugs are a "second punch" after pandemic

There was a 15% rise in drug-resistant infections in hospitalized patients from 2019 to 2020.

The Times of India

Unapproved antibiotic usage on rise in India; Azithromycin, cefixime most used tablets, finds study

A research study published in The Lancet has talked about one of the most serious habits of Indians which should have been talked about earlier. The study says close to 50% of the antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator.

The Hindu

‘Awareness needed on antimicrobial resistance’

Use of antibiotics should be limited, says Health Secretary

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UK approves 'poo transplant' to treat antibiotic resistant superbugs

So-called “poo transplants” have reached an important milestone with the publication of a new UK guideline that recognises their effectiveness at treating some persistent gut infections.

Daily Mirror

Desperate race to save mum's life after she's given antibiotics for tonsillitis

Rhianna McKenna, 28, said she first suspected something wasn't right when she began feeling breathless and dizzy and noticed she had swollen glands and bruises across her body

Wales Online

'Doctors told me I had tonsilitis before I was diagnosed with leukaemia'

'It got worse - my sight started to go in my left eye, things were blurry, and I didn’t know what was going on'

ABC News

Aishwarya Aswath's chances of survival low even with earlier intervention, expert tells inquest

An inquest into the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital hears her infection was so advanced that her odds of survival would have been low even if staff had acted sooner.

The Independent UK

Poo transplants to be offered to hundreds of NHS patients with superbugs

The treatment targets infections that are hard to treat with traditional antibiotics

The Guardian - UK

NHS patients struggling with superbugs to be offered poo transplants

Revolutionary treatment for C diff infections that transfers gut bacteria from healthy faeces given the green light by Nice

The Independent UK

Poo transplant to be offered to hundreds with superbug

C.diff infections can be tricky to treat with traditional antibiotics.

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