Pollution contributes to antibiotic resistance
The presence of heavy metals in the soil would make bacteria more resistant. Antibiotic resistance is one of the major ...
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The fight against Covid-19 worsens antibiotic resistance in other bacterial diseases
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of the health repercussions linked to an increase in antibiotic prescriptions to relieve covid ...
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A new antibiotic resistant gene discovered
Swedish researchers have discovered an antibiotic resistance gene that prevents certain treatments from being effective. THE ESSENTIAL The discovery of ...
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Antibiotic resistance: new cannabis-based drugs?
In Canada, researchers have identified, using cannabis plants, an antibacterial compound with promising potential. THE ESSENTIAL Cannabis could be used ...
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Superbugs: WHO warns of lack of effective antibiotics
Humanity is running out of antibiotics against resistant bacteria, which could lead to millions of deaths each year, according to ...
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In Japan, 2 super-bacteria responsible for the death of 8,000 people
According to scientists, two antibiotic-resistant bacteria caused the death of nearly 8,000 Japanese people each year between 2011 and 2017.Considered ...
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Antibiotic resistance: the future of antibiotics in the oceans?
German researchers have gone to the oceans to find yet unknown bacterial species in order to develop new antibiotics. The ...
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Too many antibiotics increase the risk of Parkinson’s
New research from Finland suggests that excessive use of certain antibiotics could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, with a ...
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Antibiotics: the French consume less than before
The French consume a little less antibiotics than before, announces Public Health France in a report published this Monday, November ...
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Antibiotics, instructions for use
Long acclaimed by the French to treat illnesses and small infections, antibiotics are now consumed sparingly. What are antibiotics used ...
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Antibiotics: they are precious, let’s use them better!
© Getty ImagesThe consumption antibiotics continues to grow in France. This excessive consumption is one of the causes of bacterial ...
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Low doses of antibiotics would modify the intestinal microbiota
A study carried out on zebrafish, whose anatomical characteristics are close to humans, shows that amounts of antibiotics similar to ...
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Resistance to antibiotics: it has tripled in 20 years in animals intended for food
A new study sheds light on the consequences of the consumption of animal proteins and antibiotics by livestock: the latter ...
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Antibiotic resistance: the key in green tea?
While we regularly wonder about the benefits of green tea, English scientists assure that it would eliminate bacteria resistant to ...
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Antibiotic resistance: WHO warns again about the misuse of antibiotics
© Getty Images“Things need to change right away. The era of antibiotics is coming to an end”alert this Monday, November ...
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Superbugs: the new antibiotics underused by American doctors
American doctors would be less inclined to prescribe new antibiotics against superbugs even though they are more effective. Only a ...
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Antibiotics: handle with care: the new WHO campaign
On the occasion of the World Week for the Good Use of antibiotics(from November 16 to 22), the World Health ...
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Antibiotics: we can make them more effective
© istockData from 114 countries around the world were reviewed. From one country to another, the proportion of bacteria resistant ...
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ANSM warns of the cardiovascular risks associated with fluoroquinolone antibiotics
© Getty ImagesIn one letter for healthcare professionals, the Medicines and Health Products Safety Agency (ANSM) alerted on November 6: ...
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Antibiotics may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease
© Getty Images/iStockphoto"Neurological disorders are now the main cause of disability in the world and Parkinson's disease is the one ...
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Antibiotics could make the flu more dangerous
The use of antibiotics would make the lungs more vulnerable to viral infections like the flu.It's no longer a secret: ...
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Overconsumption and “waste” of drugs in the sights of Health Insurance
Promotion of generics, fight against the overconsumption of antibiotics, limitation of the duration of certain prescriptions to fight against waste: ...
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Antibiotics are now polluting rivers around the world
711 rivers from 72 different countries were analyzed. Of 14 antibiotics tested, each sample contained at least one and at ...
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Carte vitale on Smartphone, antibiotics in rivers and obesity among young people Carte vitale on Smartphone tested in two departments Antibiotics are now polluting rivers all over the world
The vital card on Smartphone tested in two departments, antibiotics now pollute rivers around the world and among young people, ...
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Resistance to antibiotics: an additional cost estimated at 290 million euros in France over two years
Resistant bacteria are causing more and more deaths around the world – and this will only continue to increase if ...
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Urinary tract infection: only a third of patients treated with antibiotics actually have it
Most patients admitted to the emergency room with a urinary infection and treated with antibiotics would not really show the ...
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Meningitis: antipsychotics to boost antibiotic treatment
Researchers from the Cochin Institute have discovered how to boost antibiotic treatment against bacterial meningitis: use antipsychotics. Relatively unknown to ...
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How our toothpaste makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics
A new study points to the responsibility of triclosan, an antibacterial agent very present in our hygiene products, in the ...
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Antibiotics: researchers believe they have discovered the secret of multi-resistant bacteria
Bacteria capable of resisting antibiotics would be surrounded by a thicker membrane than the others, which would lengthen the time ...
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Resistant ‘superbug’ gene found in remote Arctic region
Detected for the first time in India, the gene for the "super bacterium" blaNDM-1 has just been found 12,000 km ...
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