Chestnut tree
The leaves of the chestnut tree may hold the key to dealing with anti-biotic resistant bugs like MRSA.
The HSE admits that “antibiotic resistance is an everyday problem in all hospitals across Ireland”.
Now European chestnut tree leaves have been found to contain a compound that blocks Staphylococcus aureus, the drug resistant bug which causes MRSA.
Taking antibiotics may increase the risk of a child developing juvenile arthritis. Children prescribed antibiotics have been found to have twice the risk of developing the condition compared to children of the same age who...
Crushed garlic can kill a bug which can cause life-threatening lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis suffered.
A new study is the first to show that the ingredient in crushed garlic – known as allicin – could be an effective treatment against a group of infectious bacteria that is highly resistant to most antibiotics.
Garlic is 100 times more effective at fighting an intestinal bug that two popular antibiotics.
The garlic, used against the Campylobacter bug, also worked in a fraction of the time.