With drug resistant bacterial strains around, it is important that researchers developed a new antibiotic against urinary tract infections. The clinical trials regarding gepotidacin, the name of the new antibiotic, have been largely completed. The FDA will review the data in early 202
This is a review how aging can affect your bladder function. When we age there can be changes of body functions like getting wrinkles in the face. We may also walk slower, have weaker muscles and start getting joint pains as a few other examples. But it is also possible to get changes
It is important to realize that a University of California San Diego study group found how gut bacteria interact with vitamin D blood levels. Usually clinicians rely on 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels to assess whether patients are vitamin D deficient. However, this study found
The life expectancy in the US drops; but this is for the third year that it has gone down. Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains in this video that there are three factors that are mainly responsible for this: suicides have increased significantly; alcohol abuse has gone up resulting in the deadl
Recently there have been several reports that show that dog licks may not be harmless. Harmless appearing dog licks turned into a serious disease. Even puppies can transmit bacteria that can cause diarrhea in its owners. The first story I am reporting on concerns puppies that transmit
Researchers at Tübingen University, Germany have found a new antibiotic lugdunin against resistant bugs as the BBC reported. This report is based on a scientific publication published on the previous day. The researchers analyzed the natural bacteria in the hair of people’s nost