Tomorrowâs Health: antibiotic use, pregnancy stress & when to have surgery
Tomorrow s Health By 7 News Staff | April 6, 2021 at 6:57 AM EDT - Updated April 6 at 6:57 AM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The American College of Physicians is suggesting a shorter course of antibiotics for some common bacterial infections.
Some of the infections include certain types of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
The ACP says at least 30 percent of antibiotic use in the U.S. is unnecessary.
Stress during pregnancy
A new study finds children whose mothers experienced stressful events during pregnancy handle stress differently when they become adults.
Researchers in Boston found exposure in the womb to inflammation-promoting substances called cytokines is linked to how the adult brain responds to negative stressful situations more than 45 years after birth.
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) Millions of Americans have at some point in their lives gotten a long course of antibiotics to treat a bacterial infection. But according to new recommendations from a major U.S. doctors group, some of the most common bacterial infections can now be treated with shorter courses of the drugs.
The advice, from the American College of Physicians (ACP), says that for several types of infections, shorter courses of antibiotics do the job and even do it more safely.
The conditions include straightforward cases of pneumonia, skin infection and urinary tract infection (UTI), meaning they are not complicated by other medical conditions.
Antibiotics can be taken for shorter periods for many infections, doctors group says upi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dr. Lamb: HB 434 would instate a gag rule on providers like me
Dr. Ashley Lamb, MD MPH
Imagine this: A New Hampshire college student visits her on-campus health center after learning she is pregnant. She turns to her trusted health care provider for guidance on what to do next, but state law forces her provider to withhold information about some of her options. This seems like a dystopian scenario, but it could happen right here in the Granite State if HB 434 were to become law.
This bill, which will soon be voted on by the New Hampshire House, would institute a “gag rule” on providers like me at our state’s public colleges and universities. HB 434 would restrict my ability as a physician to speak freely with my pregnant patients about all of their options.
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