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The fight against antibiotic resistance gets 'fASTest' weapon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 9 (ANI): A research team has come up with a way to rapidly determine whether infection-causing bacteria are resistant or susceptible to antibiotics.
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Busting Myths on Oral Health Care- Is your Smile Healthy?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Researchers are developing new means to prevent tooth decay. One study found that a chewing gum that contains the sweetener xylitol temporarily retarded the growth of bacteria that cause tooth decay.
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Consuming Walnuts may help keep the gut healthy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): A new study suggests that walnut consumption may be beneficial for digestive health by increasing the amount of good probiotic-type bacteria in the gut. Walnuts do this by acting as a prebiotic to help nourish and grow the bacteria that keeps the di
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This monsoon, don't ignore your feet!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Monsoon is the season of romance, fun, greenery and scenic beauty. Walking on filthy pavements, water logged streets, moist cool atmosphere and dampness leads to sticky footwear, heavy sweating feet, bacterial and fungal infections like ring worm, itching an
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Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they lack certain immune machinery common in other cells.
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Study finds if diarrhea serve a purpose
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): Despite thousands of years of pant-crapping history, there's a surprising amount we don't know about diarrhea. Does it actually help clear the bacteria causing a gastrointestinal infection, or is it merely a symptom of disease that should be pr
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Are kidney stone surgeries putting patients at risk?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 14 (ANI): The techniques used to clean and sterilize flexible ureteroscopes leave behind contamination including debris, residue and bacteria, according to a new study.
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This essential heart-surgery device poses deadly risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 14 (ANI): More than a third of heater-cooler devices used in the open heart surgery may be contaminated with deadly bacteria, a recent study found.
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Protective bacteria linked to how subsequent infections enter body: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 7 (ANI): A study of fruit flies shows that the benefits of protective bacteria, which safeguard organisms from further disease without causing harm, depend on how subsequent infections enter the body.
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A 'game changer' test for antibiotic drug resistance
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is at fault. The current antibiotic assay, standardised in 1961 by the World Health Organization and used worldwide, is potentiall
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Bacteria, a new beauty tool?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): Cosmetic companies have started developing and selling products designed to harness the skin microbiome to help treat a range of skin conditions from acne to eczema.
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From urine to blood: How antibiotic resistance spreads
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): People with drug-resistant bacteria in their urine or stool samples are at an increased risk of developing Sepsis, a bloodstream infection that is also resistant to certain antibiotics, according to a recent study.
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