How one needs to take antibiotics can be a little bit confusing because oftentimes you feel better after a few days, but still have several days worth of antibiotics doses to take. Why is that? It’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antibiotics are very effective, but that doesn’t mean they’re meant to treat every cough, ache and sniffle. (Photo: Getty Images) ...

Antibiotics like amoxicillin can increase your risk of developing a yeast infection. This happens because antibiotics can also kill off "good" bacteria that help keep yeast from overgrowing. Jump to ...

New research shows that the body’s own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections. A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers found that ...

Georgetown University Medical Center scientists found using antibiotics did not impact the severity or duration of coughs. Even when a bacterial infection is to blame for the cough, the typical ...

The moment you awaken, that well-known heaviness in your head is already there—the type that makes even a blink feel like a burden behind the eye. Your face hurts, your nasal passage is blocked, and ...

Recently, Contrafect, an antibiotic biotech company developing a novel product for the treatment of severe staphylococcal infections, suffered a failure in its phase 3 trial. The trail was designed to ...