Antibiotics are one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history. They turned once-deadly infections into treatable ...

Antimicrobial resistance to common bacteria is rising worldwide, eroding the effectiveness of last-line antibiotics against ...

Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine physician at Aspirus-St. Luke’s, shares the do’s and don’ts of antibiotics. Dr. Dylan: Antibiotics are medications that are used to treat bacterial infections.

You’ve almost certainly been prescribed antibiotics in your life. Maybe you had a nasty case of strep throat or needed to take precautions after a surgery. But even if you’re used to picking up a ...

A new type of probiotic - designed specifically to be used alongside antibiotics - has hit supermarket and pharmacy shelves.

Use of antibiotics is linked to a higher risk of developing irritable bowel syndrome, especially when antibiotics are taken for gastrointestinal infections.

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) held its annual Infection Control Boot Camp in Atlanta at the beginning of February. For the second year, OSAP dedicated the day preceding ...

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for certain types of colitis, such as ulcerative colitis and ischemic colitis. While antibiotics help with symptoms, there may be some adverse effects. Colitis ...

Even when bacteria appear susceptible in routine tests, tolerance can let them survive therapy long enough to drive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound ...

Rising heat and drought may spur bacteria to exchange antibiotic resistance genes, with potential risks to human health.

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 ...