In severe cases, you may need to be hospitalized. For some skin staph infections, you can apply antibiotic creams or ointments directly to the wound. These treatments are available over the counter or ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Telangana Drug Control Administration (DCA) on Thursday, November 7, seized overpriced medicines from a manufacturing unit in Medchal Malkajgiri.

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about using ivermectin to treat scabies.

Safe antibiotic preparations include mupirocin (Bactroban), Ilotycin, and Silvadene products. Nonprescription medications include Aquaphor ointment, Biafine cream, and petroleum jelly (Scheman et al., ...

When bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, it can be deadly, but researchers have now decoded part of the bacteria's defence mechanism. Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection.

Speaking on the show today (October 16), the health expert said that when you go to your doctor, you need to stop asking for antibiotics and instead, ask for cream. The doctor revealed that in the ...

In a pilot study, researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This is an important first step toward integrating GPT-4 into clinical diagnostics.