Are We Missing Tumors When Using Antibiotics Alone for Appendicitis?
(MedPage Today) -- The risk of missing aggressive appendiceal tumors in patients with acute appendicitis treated with antibiotics only was ...
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Blood Clots After Colonoscopy; Antibiotics and IBS Risk; Can Vitamin D Calm IBD?
(MedPage Today) -- Retrospective data showed that resuming direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) 2 days or more following an elective colonoscopy ...
Quiz Time: Whose Son Won’t Get Antibiotics Unless on ‘His Deathbed’?
(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Source: www.medpagetoday.com Medical Disclaimer: ...
FDA Chief’s Kid Will Only Get Antibiotics if He’s ‘On His Deathbed’
(MedPage Today) -- FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, said at a national meeting last week that he wouldn't give ...
Antibiotics can leave a long-term footprint on our gut microbiome: study
Certain types of antibiotics can be linked to changes that last for four to eight years after treatment, Swedish scientists ...
Rapid RSV Tests Can Cut Down on Unneeded Antibiotics, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Rapid antigen diagnostic testing to confirm respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in young children was linked to ...
Tracking antibiotics in liver cell membranes can predict toxicity, IIT Bombay researchers find
The findings suggest a new way to predict drug safety by detecting toxicity risks early in the drug development process ...
Antibiotics and IBD Risk; Reducing Missed Polyps; Brain Stimulation for IBS Pain
(MedPage Today) -- A meta-analysis found that antibiotics in childhood were linked to a 42% higher risk for inflammatory bowel ...
Synthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics
A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial ...