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  Antibiotics can adversely affect microbes: Study

  Lifestyle | July 26, 2017 17:29 IST

  Use 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 | July 20, 2017 13:33 IST

  Use 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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  WHO updates 'Essential Medicines List' to counter drug-resistance in bacteria

  Lifestyle | June 07, 2017 14:17 IST

  World 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 | April 05, 2017 10:33 IST

  You 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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  Antibiotics should not be used after surgery to prevent surgical infections: WHO

  Lifestyle | November 04, 2016 10:40 IST

  Surgical site infections around the globe are quite common and can pose a threat to life if not taken seriously. As this has become a matter of great concern, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has

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  Researchers develop antibiotic gel that may cure ear infection in kids

  Lifestyle | September 19, 2016 10:54 IST

  New Delhi: Ear infection is the one of the commonly diagnosed childhood illness. The most common symptoms of this infection are severe ear pain, trouble sleeping and fever. Now ear infections could soon be easier

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  New powerful antibiotics found in human nose, could cure deadly infections easily

  World | July 28, 2016 13:48 IST

  Powerful antibiotics have been found inside the nose of humans which can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the superbug MRSA, according to German researchers. According to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday,

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  India's addiction to antibiotics can be catastrophic

  Lifestyle | September 17, 2015 19:22 IST

  New Delhi: India is the world antibiotics capital according to a recent report on the State of the World's Antibiotics. Indians consume a massive 13 billion antibiotics annually compared to 10 billion in China and

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  Antibiotic use may make kids obese in adulthood

  World | May 14, 2015 11:32 IST

  New York: The commonly prescribed antibiotics can lead to changes in the gut bacteria of kids and make them vulnerable to infectious diseases, allergies and other autoimmune disorders, and even obesity, later in life, warns

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  After 30 long years, scientists discover a new antibiotic

  World | January 09, 2015 18:10 IST

  London: Scientists of Northeastern University of London, on Thursday,  claimed to have created a new antibiotic, Teixobactin.It is after a gap of almost three decades that a new antibiotic has been discovered that can cure

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  IMA demands ban on use of antibiotics for growth promotion in poultry

  India | August 01, 2014 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: A day after an environment body said that “large-scale and indiscriminate” use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be “strongly linked” to growing antibiotic resistance in Indians, Indian Medical Association (IMS) yesterday called

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  Revealed: Chicken could make you resistant to antibiotics

  India | July 31, 2014 10:13 IST

  New Delhi: Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be "strongly linked" to

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  Honey, Milk, Eggs, Poultry Have High Level Of Antibiotics, says CSE

  India | September 16, 2010 14:21 IST

  Delhi's  Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has cautioned people about the existence of high levels of antibiotic compounds not only in branded honey, but also in milk, eggs and poultry due to indiscriminate use