VULVODYNIA The ‘secret’ disease of women Vulvar discomfort is far more prevalent than initially thought, affecting up to 16 per cent of all women aged 18 to 64. Often lasting for three months or more, it involves a constant or sporadic ‘stabbing’ or...
Nothing is more frightening that the realisation that modern medicine has not defeated infection. Doctors were convinced they had that one licked; indeed, antibiotics have been medicine’s one real success story. But with increasing outbreaks of MRSA...
Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance to fluoroquinolones is an emerging problem in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antibiotics are useless for treating the common cold yet more are prescribed for the condition than for any other ailment. ...
Finland, which has tripled the use of erythromycin in the last decade to treat streptococcus infections, is suffering from a widespread resistance to the drug by that particular bacteria. ...
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