April 30, 2023 Researchers identify hundreds of thousands of cases of resulting diarrhea, candidiasis, and Clostridium difficile infections needing medical attention THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Overprescribing of antibiotics for acute upper respiratory infections (aURIs) causes significant patient harm, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Internal […]
Long-term, systemic antibiotic use for the treatment of adolescent acne can promote fat accumulation Published March 14, 2023 | Originally published on MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events A growing body of evidence is showing that the healthy gut microbiome—a community of microorganisms that live together in the gut—influences many aspects of human growth and development, especially during […]
Naveed Saleh, MD, MS | January 8, 2021 In recent years, the gut microbiome has received much attention. The microbiota plays an important role in health and pathology. Hard-to-treat nosocomial infections in hospitalized patients, for instance, often derive from the microbiome, where antibiotic use selects for antibiotic-resistant organisms. Antibiotic use should always be carefully considered, […]
By MAYO CLINIC NOVEMBER 15, 2020 In a retrospective case study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or conditions, ranging from allergies to obesity. The findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Using health record data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a population-based research […]
October 29, 2019 Antibiotics are not needed for most toothaches, the American Dental Association, or ADA, instructed in a newly published guideline, saying that antibiotics may do more harm than good in these cases. Previous research has shown that dentists prescribe around 10% of all antibiotics, and that most are unnecessary. Such overprescribing can contribute to […]
NEUROSCIENCE NEWS MAY 14, 2019 Summary: Fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin, appear to increase the risk of peripheral neuropathy by 47%. However, there is no significant increased risk of developing neuropathy associated with amoxicillin use. Source: University of Dundee Research from the University of Dundee has shown that a commonly used class of […]
September 25, 2018 Paulina Salminen, MD, PhD1,2; Risto Tuominen, MPH, PhD3,4,5; Hannu Paajanen, MD, PhD6; et al Tero Rautio, MD, PhD7; Pia Nordström, MD, PhD8; Markku Aarnio, MD, PhD9; Tuomo Rantanen, MD, PhD10,11,12; Saija Hurme, MSc13; Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, MD, PhD14,15; Juhani Sand, MD, PhD16; Johanna Virtanen, MD, PhD17; Airi Jartti, MD, PhD18; Juha M. Grönroos, […]
– Class-wide label changes address mental health side effects, hypoglycemic coma risk by Molly Walker, Staff Writer, MedPage Today July 10, 2018 Manufacturers of fluoroquinolone antibiotics must update their labeling to warn about mental health issues and potential low blood sugar adverse reactions, the FDA said Tuesday. The labeling changes come after what the agency […]
James S. Demetrious Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2018 26:22 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-018-0193-z Published: 9 July 2018 Background Spontaneous cervical artery dissections more often manifest in young people and have been associated with catastrophic consequences. Some indeterminate risk factors have been identified, making the diagnosis of developing dissections quite difficult. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been recognized for their degradative […]
April 19, 2018 JAMA Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A large cohort of 792,130 children was retrospectively assessed to evaluate the association between exposure to acid-suppressive medications and antibiotics in the first 6 months of life and the risk of allergic diseases in early childhood. Histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) were prescribed for 7.6% of children, while 1.7% […]
Antibiotics play an important role in medicine, but as you may already know, the CDC states that they are frequently overused: up to 50% of antibiotic prescriptions are not optimal or effective.1 Systemic effects are particularly dramatic when antibiotics are given to infants, and research suggests that the effects of antibiotics on the pediatric microbiome […]
Meta-analysis links hay fever, atopy risk to antibiotics in babyhood by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer September 07, 2016 LONDON — Early life exposure to antibiotics was associated with an increased risk for both hay fever and eczema later in life in a pooled analysis reported here that included more than half a million people. Findings […]
John Murphy, MDLinx, 09/01/2016 Researchers in England have developed a simple 7-item checklist to help primary care practitioners decide whether a child with cough and a respiratory tract infection (RTI) is at risk for hospitalization. Identifying children at low risk would reduce the overprescribing of antibiotics in these young patients, the researchers predicted in their […]
JAMA May 3, 2016, Vol 315, No. 17 Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, MD Importance The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use is unknown. Objective To estimate the rates of outpatient oral antibiotic prescribing by […]
March 30, 2016 JAMA ophthalmology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this case-crossover study of retinal detachment (RD) patients from French healthcare databases, there was an increased risk for RD during the 10-day period after the dispensing of oral fluoroquinolones (adjusted OR, 1.46). Previous use of fluoroquinolones was not associated with RD. Abstract IMPORTANCE Several studies have focused […]
03.30.2016 Focus on Lyme and antibiotics for persistent symptoms called unhelpful by Nancy Walsh Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Lengthy antibiotic treatment failed to improve quality of life among patients with symptoms attributed to persistent Lyme disease, a randomized Dutch study found. Following a 2-week course of ceftriaxone, patients were randomly assigned to one of […]
03.30.2016 Focus on Lyme and antibiotics for persistent symptoms called unhelpful by Nancy Walsh Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Lengthy antibiotic treatment failed to improve quality of life among patients with symptoms attributed to persistent Lyme disease, a randomized Dutch study found. Following a 2-week course of ceftriaxone, patients were randomly assigned to one of […]
Nancy A. Melville March 04, 2016 Antibiotic toxicity can represent an unrecognized cause of delirium in hospital patients, with manifestations observed in three distinct phenotypes, new research shows. “While toxicity from antibiotics has certainly been reported in the past, this is the largest analysis of the spectrum of toxicity from antibiotics,” lead author Shamik Bhattacharyya, […]
01.18.2016 ACP, CDC remind doctors to be cautious about antibiotic prescribing by Kristina Fiore Staff Writer, MedPage Today Two doctor groups are reminding physicians to use antibiotics sparingly this cold and flu season. The American College of Physicians and the CDC urged doctors not to dole out antibiotics for colds, sore throats, bronchitis, and sinus […]
CBS NEWS October 22, 2015, 1:54 PM By ASHLEY WELCH Antibiotics are life-saving medicine, but their overuse has been linked to a number of health concerns, not least of which include antibiotic-resistant superbugs that kill thousands of people each year. Now, new research adds to growing evidence that over-exposure to antibiotics contributes to another problem: weight […]