Antibiotic Resistant
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PM Modi flags antibiotic resistance: Doctor says the concern is real
Health | Dec 29, 2025, 02:39 PM ISTPM Modi has warned that misuse of antibiotics is weakening their effectiveness, citing ICMR studies that show rising resistance to drugs used for common infections.
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What happens if antibiotics stop working? Doctor reveals the nightmare scenario
Health | Nov 21, 2025, 01:44 PM ISTAntibiotic resistance is rising fast, and doctors warn that common infections could soon become life-threatening. From simple UTIs turning stubborn to surgeries becoming risky, here’s what a future without antibiotics looks like and how we can still prevent it.
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India’s antibiotic crisis deepens: Lancet study highlights massive treatment gaps
Health | Nov 18, 2025, 03:37 PM ISTA new Lancet study reveals that India is at the epicentre of the global superbug crisis, with drug-resistant infections rising sharply and millions unable to access appropriate antibiotics. Misuse, poor surveillance, and limited treatment access are fuelling the spread of deadly resistant bacteria.
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Why treating urine infection is getting harder: Doctors warn about rising antibiotic resistance
Health | Jun 10, 2025, 01:42 PM ISTThe mainstay of treatment for UTI is antibiotics along with other supportive therapy. The antibiotics kill and eradicate the causative bacteria from the urinary tract. However, with the rise in antibiotic resistance, it has become difficult to treat UTI. Read on to know as experts warn.
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India TV Speed News Wellness Conclave: Doctor says 'Don't touch antibiotics till the time...'
Health | Apr 01, 2025, 04:45 PM ISTAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top global public health and development threats. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective. Read on as a doctor ways to prevent AMR.
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Too much of hygiene can make you ill. Here's how
Health | Mar 14, 2019, 10:30 AM ISTMicrobial diversity decreases in areas with high levels of hygiene and the diversity of resistance increases.
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Toothpaste can contribute to antibiotic resistance, here’s how
Health | Jun 20, 2018, 05:52 PM ISTTriclosan, used in more than 2,000 personal care products which we use almost daily, may be increasing the spread of antibiotic resistance, the study said.
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World running out of antibiotics, resistant infections growing, warn World Health Organisation
Lifestyle | Sep 20, 2017, 05:37 PM ISTWorld Health Organisation warns: New treatments will not be sufficient to fight the threat of antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics can adversely affect microbes: Study
Lifestyle | Jul 26, 2017, 05:29 PM ISTUse of antibiotics can have both negative and positive impacts on human body. This may in its turn significantly impact people's lives around the world, said a research.
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Indian poultry farms are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant pathogens, study finds
Lifestyle | Jul 20, 2017, 01:33 PM ISTUse of antibiotics for promoting growth in farm animals has seen an upward trend within few years owing to the rising demand for food animal products.
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How too many antibiotics can cause antibiotic resistance?
Lifestyle | Jun 07, 2017, 02:13 PM ISTHaving antibiotics is therefore worst for health, because it effectively and completely vanishes the very natural bodily mechanism that protects us against all disease in the first place - the immune system - which may never fully recover by itself.
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WHO updates 'Essential Medicines List' to counter drug-resistance in bacteria
Lifestyle | Jun 07, 2017, 02:17 PM ISTWorld Health Organisation has added 10 antibiotics to the list for adults and 12 for children.
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You have to stop taking too many antibiotics for this one reason!
Lifestyle | Apr 05, 2017, 10:33 AM ISTYou should quit popping antibiotics for every other disease as the recent study has revealed some shocking facts. Long term use of antibiotics may up the risk of cancer including polyps.
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A new treatment for antibiotic resistant bacteria developed
Lifestyle | Apr 01, 2017, 12:15 PM ISTThe uncommon approach of eliminating the antibodies from the blood stream can reduce the effects of chronic infections, according to a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Antibiotic resistant "super bug NDM-4" found at AMU
India | Sep 03, 2014, 11:29 AM ISTAligarh: A deadly bacteria variant known as NDM-4, which is also called the “super bug”, has been found by the medical researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University from the hospital's sewage.The