Blood Test May Predict If You Really Need Antibiotics savita thakur thakur23 Jan 2016 11:08 AM ISTAntibiotics are often overprescribed and misused, leading to a global threat of antibiotic resistance. But in a new study, researchers say they’re a...
Kerala: state launches first antibiotic stewardship programme savita thakur thakur21 Jan 2016 1:14 PM ISTIn view of the rising concern on the overuse of antibiotics, which in turn, results in the body slowly developing antibiotic resistance, Kerala has...
Antibiotic resistance putting super gonorrhea at untreatability risk savita thakur thakur28 Dec 2015 1:40 PM ISTLondon: An outbreak of a new strain of 'super gonorrhoea,' which is making the disease resistant to antibiotics, has led experts to warn about the...
WHO highlights misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance in India Pooja Bhatia Bhatia17 Nov 2015 10:39 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Around 75 per cent of Indians who took part in a WHO survey think, incorrectly, that colds and flu can be treated with antibiotics, the UN...
World Antibiotic Awareness Week Pooja Bhatia Bhatia16 Nov 2015 2:04 PM ISTWorld Antibiotic Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public,...
India has one of highest rates of antibiotic resistance Meghna A Singhania23 Oct 2015 10:02 AM ISTKOLKATA: India has one of the highest rates of antibiotic resistance in the world, said a recent report, stressing on limiting the use of...
India to issue guidelines for antibiotics prescription Pooja Bhatia Bhatia7 Sept 2015 9:21 AM ISTIn order to prevent its misuse and safeguard its effectiveness by reducing inappropriate prescription and overuse, India will soon have its own...
