Browsing: infections

Often used in conjunction with radiation or surgery, chemotherapy is drug therapy tailored to each individual cancer patient with the aim of preventing cancer spread, slowing cancer growth and killing cancer cells. Unfortunately, it can bring a host of debilitating side effects.

Children who have infections and are treated with antibiotics are at an increased risk for developing psychiatric disorders, according to…

Doctors should not prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisolone, to adults without asthma who have an acute lower respiratory tract…

The FDA has approved Baxdela (delafloxacin), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that is used to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure…

How many times has someone asked you if you’ve seen a doctor about that persistent cough or cold, when it…

If doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics for colds, coughs and ear infections, it will not put people at risk for more…

Babies who are breastfed that are given antibiotics are more prone to coming down with infections and obesity later on,…

A powerful class of steroid drugs that are used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis,…

If your doctor prescribes you an antibiotic after diagnosing you with a common sickness such as bronchitis or a sinus…

Ugh, I have a cold. My sinuses are congested, my throat hurts from nasal drip and my head aches. Cold?…