Meta-analysis finds no clear difference between amoxicillin and other antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia
Doctors find amoxicillin works just as well as other drugs for pneumonia
A systematic review and meta-analysis compared amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate to other antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia…
New research shows a common antibiotic called amoxicillin works just as well as other options for treating pneumonia in people of all ages.
Retrospective study compares antibiotic regimens for H. pylori eradication in children
Two antibiotic regimens cleared H. pylori in most children within four weeks
This retrospective observational study evaluated two antibiotic combinations for treating Helicobacter pylori infection in children aged 4 t…
A look at two common treatments found that both regimens successfully eliminated the bacteria in most children within four weeks.
Bismuth-containing quadruple therapy associated with higher H. pylori eradication rates compared to triple therapy in children
New Mix Clears Stomach Bugs Better in Children
This retrospective cohort study of 161 pediatric patients compared 14-day bismuth-containing quadruple therapy against triple therapy for He…
A four-drug plan works better than the usual three-drug plan for clearing stomach bacteria in kids.
H. pylori eradication reduces cholesterol and LDL in patients with cardiovascular disease risk
Treating This Stomach Bug May Quietly Lower Heart Risk
A randomized controlled trial in 72 patients with H.
Treating a common stomach infection can lower cholesterol and small dense lipoprotein particles a year later, potentially reducing heart dis…
Meta-analysis finds vonoprazan-based therapies achieve 94% H. pylori eradication in Asian populations
The Two-Drug Combo Clearing Stomach Bacteria Where Others Are Failing
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,498 Asian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection compared vonoprazan-amoxicillin regimens to…
A new two-drug combo clears stomach bacteria in 94% of Asian patients, outperforming standard treatments where others are failing.
Cross-sectional study finds high antibiotic use for productive cough in Kenyan clinic patients
Your Cough Could Be Fueling a Global Health Crisis. Here’s How
A cross-sectional study of 400 adults with productive cough attending chest and tuberculosis clinics in Nairobi found 86.7% used antibiotics…
The way people access common antibiotics for a cough is often informal and risky, creating a direct path for deadly, drug-resistant infectio…
Systematic review finds limited evidence for antibiotics in low back pain with Modic changes
Antibiotics Might Ease Back Pain for Some
A systematic review of 3 RCTs (402 adults) found amoxicillin may slightly reduce pain and disability at 12-14 weeks in patients with low bac…
For people with low back pain and specific MRI changes, antibiotics could treat the root cause instead of just masking the pain.
Vonoprazan-based regimens show higher H. pylori eradication rates than rabeprazole dual therapy in Chinese cohort
A New Stomach Infection Treatment Works Where Old Ones Often Fail
A retrospective cohort study of 598 H. pylori-positive outpatients in Guizhou, China, found vonoprazan-based regimens achieved eradication r…
For millions struggling with a common and stubborn stomach bug, a new treatment approach just proved it can succeed where standard care freq…
Adjunctive antibiotics in peri-implantitis surgery reduce bleeding on probing but not other outcomes
Antibiotics with surgery reduced gum bleeding around dental implants in small study
A 12-month RCT in 59 patients with peri-implantitis found that adding systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole to access-flap surgery signific…
Adding antibiotics to dental implant surgery reduced gum bleeding around implants, but offered no other benefits after one year.