Friday 5 October 2018

Half of Antibiotics Given With No Infection Noted

Of more than 500,000 antibiotic prescriptions analyzed in a new study, nearly half were written without an infection-related diagnosis.



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Many Young Drug Abusers Not Tested for Hep C

In a recent federal study, only 36 percent of teens and young adults identified with opioid addiction were tested for hepatitis C, the researchers found, missing a chance to treat the deadly infection.



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Can 'Noah's Ark' of Microbes Save World Health?

Because of the decreasing diversity of microscopic organisms that live on human bodies, scientists say we need to capture and preserve many germs that exist around the world, a “Noah's Ark" of beneficial human microbes.



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