antibiotics

(MedPage Today) -- Antibiotics won't chase away patients' sniffles any faster than watchful waiting, researchers found.

(University of Edinburgh) Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pharmaceutical industry won approval to market a record number of new drugs for rare diseases last year, as a combination of scientific innovation and business opportunity spurred new treatments for diseases long-ignored by drug companies....

FDA officials have been clear in stating their belief that antibiotics given to animals before slaughter are linked to growing antibiotic resistance in humans.

Learning which illnesses benefit from antibiotics (and which don't) is just the first step, our expert says.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Infective endocarditis outcomes are better when patients head straight to surgery rather than waiting to see if antibiotics will resolve the infection, researchers found.

(MedPage Today) -- Half of antibiotics given to children are broad-spectrum drugs, often with inappropriate indications, a national ambulatory care study found.

(MedPage Today) -- Clostridium difficile infection can have deadly consequences and nearly 6% of hospitalized patients become infected or colonized with the bacteria, researchers found.

About 500,000 people in the U.S. become infected with the potentially fatal diarrhea bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) each year.

Now a new study is shedding light on who is most at risk -- and why.

(MedPage Today) -- Probiotics modestly help stave off colds and the need for antibiotics to treat them, according to a Cochrane review.