Common eye infection antibiotic may clear up treatment-resistant STI

Chloramphenicol cleared up Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis in one patient An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. They successfully treated a young ...

Mid-life physical activity associated with brain power

Losing just 6-7 mins daily to sedentary behaviour light intensity activity linked to poorer cognition The amount of time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity every day is linked to mid-life brain power, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. This intensity level seems ...

Lack of sleep during teenage years may heighten subsequent MS risk

Clocking up enough hours of restorative sleep while young may help ward off condition Insufficient and disturbed sleep during the teenage years may heighten the subsequent risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggests a case-control study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Clocking up enough hours of ...

Frequent visits to green space linked to lower use of certain prescription meds

Lower use of drugs for depression, anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and asthma in city dwellers Findings independent of income and educational attainment Frequent visits to urban green spaces, such as parks and community gardens in Finland, rather than the amount, or views of them from home, may be linked ...

Covid-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts mother’s risk of death

And is associated with serious illness in mothers and newborns Findings reinforce need for targeted interventions, including vaccination, say researchers COVID-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts the mother’s risk of death and is associated with serious illness in both mothers and their newborns, finds a pooled data analysis ...

2024-06-04T10:23:16+00:0017 January 2023|BMJ Global Health, Press release|
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