Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time.
“It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Oral Azithromycin Equivalent to Six Weeks Doxycycline for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 -- Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study published online March 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Phit... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Morning-After Antibiotics May Help Curb STDs
FRIDAY, March 10, 2023 – A common antibiotic taken shortly after sex by folks in high-risk groups may help stem the spread of some sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Using doxycycline about 72 hours after unprotected sex effectively prevented... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Indian scientists identify better drug treatment for severe scrub typhus
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows that treating patients with a combination of intravenous antibiotics doxycycline and azithromycin is more effective than the current monotherapy of using either drug alone. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibiotic Combo Better for Severe Scrub Typhus Than Either Drug Alone
(MedPage Today) -- A dual antibiotic combination was better than either drug alone for treatment of severe scrub typhus, the randomized INTREST trial showed.
For patients with this tropical mite-borne bacterial illness, intravenous doxycycline... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Doxy PEP Does Not Lower Risk of STIs in Cisgender Women Doxy PEP Does Not Lower Risk of STIs in Cisgender Women
Postexposure prophylaxis with doxycycline has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of STIs in men and transgender women. Now a study looks at its efficacy in cisgender women taking HIV PrEP.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
Meningococcal Vaccine Shows Benefit in STI Prevention Meningococcal Vaccine Shows Benefit in STI Prevention
A new trial looks at the effect of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis and vaccination with meningococcal B vaccine on rates of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - February 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
Doxycycline Fails to Protect Women Against STIs
(MedPage Today) -- SEATTLE -- Researchers were scratching their heads over findings that doxycycline prophylaxis failed to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among African cisgender women, unlike its success among men who have sex... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Scientists Have Reached a Key Milestone in Learning How to Reverse Aging
This study is just the first step in redefining what it means to age, and Sinclair is the first to acknowledge that it raises more questions than answers. “We don’t understand how rejuvenation really works, but we know it works,” he says. “We can use it to rejuvenate parts of the body and hopefully make medicines that will be revolutionary. Now, when I see an older person, I don’t look at them as old, I just look at them as someone whose system needs to be rebooted. It’s no longer a question of if rejuvenation is possible, but a question of when.” (Source: TIME: Health)
Source: TIME: Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Longevity Source Type: news
Doctors turn to single pill for patients in fight to curb syphilis surge
San Francisco officials recommend using doxycycline despite concerns about resistance to common drugs (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - October 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doctors turn to antibiotics after sex in fight against syphilis surge
San Francisco officials recommend using doxycycline despite concerns about resistance to common drugs (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - October 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doxycycline Cuts STI Risk in Men, Trans Women Having Sex with Men Doxycycline Cuts STI Risk in Men, Trans Women Having Sex with Men
One 200 mg dose of doxycycline taken as post-exposure prophylaxis reduced the incidence of three sexually transmitted infections by 65%.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - July 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
Post-Exposure Doxycycline Reduces STIs
(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL – Men who have sex with men appeared to avoid contracting gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis by taking a single dose of the antibiotic doxycycline after engaging in condomless sexual activity, researchers said... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - July 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Global HIV/AIDS Fight Is At a Crossroads After COVID-19 Setbacks
Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises are jeopardizing efforts to end AIDS.
Worldwide, the years-long decline in new HIV infections is leveling off. Worse, cases began climbing in parts of Asia and the Pacific where they previously had been falling, according to the United Nations agency leading the global AIDS fight.
The number of people on lifesaving HIV treatments grew more slowly last year than it has in a decade. Inequities are widening. Every two minutes last year, a teen girl or youn...
Source: TIME: Health - July 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate HIV/AIDS Public Health wire Source Type: news
Platform trial rules out treatments for COVID-19, NIHR Evidence
This research shows that adding doxycycline, azithromycin or colchicine to usual care provides no meaningful benefit to people in the community with COVID-19. They should not be used. Antibiotics should always be used sparingly to prevent bacteria becoming resistant to them. Use of any drug which is not effective puts people at unnecessary risk of side effects, and wastes money. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
