Jezebel: Antibiotics

Sinus Infections Couldn't Care Less About Your Silly Antibiotics

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:20:00 EST

‘Tis the season for sinus infections, but next time you get one, you might want to forgo the often unpleasant experience of taking antibiotics. A new study from Washington University in St. Louis, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that antibiotics did not reduce symptoms of the most common type of sinus infection (called rhinosinusitus) any faster than a placebo did. More »

UTIs Harder To Treat, Thanks To Animals

Anna North — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:30:00 EDT

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria from farm animals may cause increasingly hard-to-treat urinary tract infections in humans, because different bacterial populations can actually swap resistance genes. Just another reason to take your cranberry pills. [ScienceDaily] More »

Period Pregnancy And Other Women's Health Myths

Anna North — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:40:00 EDT

It is possible to get pregnant on your period, but antibiotics don't deactivate birth control pills. Learn more about these and other "myths about women's bodies" in this slideshow. [LiveScience] More »

Super Mutant Acne Could Kill Us All

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Oh god. Doctors say that strains of drug-resistant acne are on the rise. More »

Gossip Girl Goes Gross • Chlamydia Drug Goes Over-The-Counter

Maria — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

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Gossip Girl? Try Grossip Girl. An underground artist reworked a GG subway ad with a bit of criticism. One question: Why the sideburn? • Japanese women can expect to live longer than anyone else in the world. They top the average life expectancy for the 23rd year in a row.• Speaking of life expectancy, why do women live longer than men? It might have to do with our iron-draining periods! • Attention UK Jezebels: You will soon be able to get Clamelle, an antibiotic to treat Chlamydia, over-the-counter. • A 90-year-old woman has finally completed her Master's degree from Hofstra University that she had to abandon in the late 1960s due to personal reasons. More »

Can You Ever Really Get Rid Of A Urinary Tract Infection?

Moe — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:00:06 EST

"Have the people at Time Inc. been reading Jezebel?" a tipster asked us this morning. "This media query just came across the wire to my inbox: "I'm looking for someone who can help answer the question: Why do certain sexual positions cause more recurrent UTIs?" As an irredeemably lazy chronic UTI-sufferer who never gets laid or goes to the doctor, I thought I'd add some questions to her query: if you treat your UTI with Uristat and raw unsweetened cranberry juice, what are the odds your immune system eventually kills it? Why does it sometimes seem that the mere act of thinking about a urinary tract infection seems capable of causing one? If it seems to go away naturally and you're feeling okay for now, or at least till the next time you miraculously have sex, is it wise to ask your ER doctor friend for a Cipro prescription anyway? Why does the Uristat packaging always manage to draw blood? Don't those guys know you need to bust into those pills URGENTLY?? If 90% of UTIs are caused by e.Coli as the Uristat website informs me, do vegetarians generally get UTIs from boys who eat meat? More »