Antibiotics (ABs) are among the most used pharmaceutical drugs worldwide, as they are currently the most effective medicines ...

Using antibiotics unnecessarily or excessively is known as antibiotic overuse. Some effects of overuse can include an increased risk of antibiotic-resistant infections and other antibiotic-related ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Research from the CDC suggests 30% of antibiotic prescriptions are not needed. Coughing, headaches, runny noses. Nobody likes to feel sick, so they turn to a doctor for advice. With people more ...

Antibiotics can cause digestive side effects like stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Eating certain foods or taking supplements may provide relief. Antibiotics are powerful medications that treat ...

About a decade ago, researchers in UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Guillermo Bazan’s lab began to observe a recurring challenge in their research: Some of the compounds they were developing to ...

The National Quality Forum, the CDC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America led a team of experts to create a guide for hospitals of all sizes on how to implement an antibiotic ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Constipation is not a common side effect ...

A recently published study led by researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) looked at the potential effects of a pan-resistant strain of bacteria. Antibiotic resistance is the term for when a ...