Antibiotics
Taking penicillin while pregnant could affect your baby's brain
Taking penicillin when pregnant could alter the brain chemistry of your offspring; and scientists have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet about 40 light years away. Audio
Dunedin patients test positive for superbug
Four patients at Wakari Hospital in Dunedin have screened positive for an antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
EPA asked for $50,000 to assess handwash chemical
The Environmental Protection Authority asked the Green Party to pay it $50,000 to continue assessing an antibacterial chemical banned in the US. Audio
Sixth person contracts superbug at Dunedin Hospital.
A sixth person has tested positive for a superbug resistant to antibiotics at Dunedin Hospital.
Investors campaign to curb antibiotic use in food
Dozens of large investors have started a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large American and British restaurant groups.
Patients isolated with antibiotic-resistant superbug
A superbug in Dunedin Hospital is a stark reminder for health professionals to limit the use of antibiotics, the Southern DHB says.
End of antibiotics? Next generation drugs to fight infections.
Amid the warnings about the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and living in a 'post-antibiotic era', Professor Richard James of the University of Nottingham is surprisingly bullish. He's pinning… Audio
'Wake-up call' on antibiotic resistance
The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed.
WHO research on misuse of antibiotics
A study across 12 countries by the World Health Organisation shows two thirds of people mistakenly believe antiobiotics can cure the common cold and flu, which the WHO says is a global health crisis… Audio
Stronger superbugs and Earth's oldest water
Dr Chris Smith with science news. How antibiotic resistant superbugs like MRSA get stronger when you treat them with the wrong drugs. Audio
Superbugs and antibacterial handwash
Is there a link between the increasing use of antibacterial soaps and wet-wipes, and the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs? Audio
Herbicides and antibiotic resistance
Dr Brigitta Kurenbach and Dr Jack Heinemann at the University of Canterbury are studying how the use of common weedkillers is contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance. Audio
Mark Essig: Lesser Beasts
Mark Essig is the author of 'Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig'. Audio
New antibiotics
Professor Matt Cooper is the director of the Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery based at The University of Queensland. He's trying to find the next generation of antibiotics by testing… Audio
Antibiotics and obesity
Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. Do women change colour when they ovulate? Also could antibiotic use in childhood be making us heavier in later life? Audio
Chlorine and antibiotic resistance
Olya Keen of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is studying how using chlorine to treat sewage could be contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance and the rise of the superbug. Audio
Ancient remedy kills a superbug resistent to antibiotics
A cure for eye infections taken from a 10th century medical textbook could turn out to be the best weapon against superbugs resistent to antibiotics. Audio
Antibiotic advice
If you're prescribed antibiotics can you just stop taking them when you feel better? With Dr Richard Everts, a medical microbiologist and specialist in infectious diseases in Nelson. Also Dr Mark… Audio
Drugs from Dirt
Sean Brady of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University in New York is trying to find the next generation of anti-cancer drugs and antibiotics by examining soil samples… Audio
New antibiotic enters hospital armoury for superbug war
From tomorrow a new antibiotic will be available in this country for people who have infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria, or superbugs. Audio
