Antibiotics

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• Tackling antibiotic-resistant bacteria through collaborative networking

  Sponsored feature, 21 Oct 2014: Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is an increasingly pressing global issue. Hosam Zowawi is part of a campaign to increase knowledge and awareness of the subject in the Gulf region

• Doctors urged to cut antibiotics prescriptions

  10 Oct 2014: Growing use of antibiotics leading to increasing numbers of infections proving resistant to them, experts say

• Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources

  7 Oct 2014: Eleven holders of prestigious prize say excessive consumption threatening planet, and humans need to live more sustainably

• California governor vetoes 'unnecessary' livestock antibiotics bill

  30 Sep 2014: Consumer and environmental groups cheer California governor Jerry Brown’s veto of antibiotics bill, calling it too weak

• ‘Sex superbug’ fears over powerful new drug resistant strain of gonorrhoea

  25 Aug 2014: Sexual health clinics on alert after patient treated in Cairns found to have the highest level of drug resistance reported in Australia

• Antibiotics wrongly prescribed by many GPs, survey finds

  19 Aug 2014: Doctors giving out antibacterial medication, even when unnecessary, to satisfy patients or cover uncertain diagnosis

• Giving antibiotics to babies may lead to obesity, researchers claim

  14 Aug 2014: Mice given antibiotics for the first month of life were 25% heavier and more susceptible to the effects of a high-fat diet

• Food, farming and antibiotics: a health challenge for business

  Guardian Professional, 7 Aug 2014:

  Øistein Thorsen: Antibiotic use in farming is common but with serious effects on human health, it is time to replace, reduce and refine useage of the drug

• More must be done to cut unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, say experts

  5 Aug 2014:

  Worst-performing GP surgeries hand out twice as many drugs for coughs and colds, finds Public Health England and UCL

• Women, antibiotics and the Longitude Prize

  30 Jul 2014: Times have changed since the first Longitude Prize and women now form an important part of the scientific workforce. Can the resultant diversity help to find creative solutions to this challenge prize?

• Cut use of antibiotics in livestock, veterinary experts tell government

  7 Jul 2014:

  Drugs contribute to rise of untreatable bacteria in humans – but farmers say production would be 'impossible' without them

• Antibiotic resistance: only global co-operation will succeed against this deadliest of threats

  6 Jul 2014: Observer editorial: For a quarter of a century, the drugs industry has focused on more lucrative projects. Now governments must pull together and take concerted action

• Resisting antibiotics

  3 Jul 2014: Letters: The lesson for Cameron may be that in an area where society needs sustained investment, marketised medicine is failing

• The Guardian view on David Cameron's antibiotic initiative

  2 Jul 2014: Editorial: The O'Neill review will only succeed if it keeps a healthy distance from vested interest

• Superbugs: resistance isn't futile but a new generation of antibiotics is needed

  2 Jul 2014: Not so super, really, but powerful enough to withstand much of what modern medicine has thrown at them. That's why David Cameron is calling for a global response to tackle the problem

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