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Adele's fans will know she is no stranger to honesty – but some fans got more than they bargained for when the singer let them know about a fungal infection she's recently developed. Speaking to the crowd at her Las Vegas residency, Adele opened up about the pitfalls of performing every night. "I sweat a lot, and it doesn't go anywhere," she said, explaining that the tight, shapewear she wears during her show prevents the sweat from escaping. "So I basically am just sitting in my own sweat," Adele continued, revealing that "my doctor [diagnosed] me [with] jock itch." Kevork Djansezian // Getty Images "I never knew it existed," the singer said of the fungal infection, prompting many fans – and viewers on social media – to head to Google with the same question. What is jock itch? According to the NHS, jock itch is essentially ringworm that is affecting the groin. "Ringworm is a common fungal infection," the NHS website explain...

Abstract Antibiotics are central to modern medicine, and yet they are mainly the products of intra and inter-kingdom evolutionary warfare. To understand how nature evolves antibiotics around a common mechanism of action, we investigated the origins of an extremely valuable class of compounds, lipid II targeting glycopeptide antibiotics (GPAs, exemplified by teicoplanin and vancomycin), which are used as last resort for the treatment of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. Using a molecule-centred approach and computational techniques, we first predicted the nonribosomal peptide synthetase assembly line of paleomycin, the ancestral parent of lipid II targeting GPAs. Subsequently, we employed synthetic biology techniques to produce the predicted peptide and validated its antibiotic activity. We revealed the structure of paleomycin, which enabled us to address how nature morphs a peptide antibiotic scaffold through evolution. In doing so, we obtained temporal snapshots of key select...

Tonsils are part of our immune system that helps us fight infection, but sometimes these glands can become infected or inflamed themselves, leading to tonsillitis. Read on to find out what you can do if your little one comes down with this common illness. Keep your costs down and the kids happy.  Sign up for our Family newsletter, it's free monthly Is tonsillitis contagious? Tonsillitis isn't contagious, but the viruses or bacteria that can lead to it are. In other words, when your child picks up a cold virus - Streptococcus A bacteria ( Strep A ) or another common illness-causing bug - it may cause tonsillitis, or it could just cause them to have a cold, flu or other mild illness instead. Children are particularly prone to tonsillitis because their tonsils are large and therefore a target for infection, whereas by adulthood tonsils tend to disappear almost completely as the body uses other ways to fight infection. Calpol and other infant paracetamol pain relief &...

Xavier Donat / Flickr cc Less than 10% of US interventional COVID-19 trials in the first 3 years of the pandemic included children, and only 1.6% enrolled them exclusively, despite this age-group accounting for 18% of infections, Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital researchers report today in JAMA Health Forum . The team identified all COVID-19 trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov from January 2020 to December 2022. They noted that children have been underrepresented in clinical research owing to ethical, logistical, and financial reasons. "The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a rapid investment in research activities to identify prevention measures and develop therapeutic interventions," they wrote. "While children were eventually determined to have a milder disease course compared with adults, studying children was critical to elucidate transmission patterns and identify treatments for pediatric patients with severe disease, including mu...

By Vicky Pathare Aug 07, 2023 09:58 PM IST As per the chemists, huge demand and less supply are leading to a shortage of eye drops, ointments, antibiotic and steroid-based eye drops and ointments With a spurt in conjunctivitis cases across the state, the worst affected Pune district is facing an acute shortage of antibiotic eye drops and ointments. Usually, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory eye drops are prescribed to patients infected with conjunctivitis. However, unable to meet the demand for such medications, the chemists in the city claim the demand has increased. The eye drops that are in short supply include compositions like Tobramycin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin D and Flurbiprofen. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC) As per the chemists, huge demand and less supply are leading to a shortage of eye drops, ointments, antibiotic and steroid-based eye drops and ointments. The eye drops that are in short supply include comp...

Key Takeaways Most people are potentially infectious with COVID-19 for 10 days. People are typically the most infectious the first five days after they are diagnosed. Antibodies to the virus can last for months after infection or vaccination. Emergency room visits for COVID-19 are increasing across the country, suggesting that cases of the virus are also on the rise. If you happen to contract COVID-19, it's understandable to wonder how long COVID stays in your system, both in terms of infectiousness and protective antibodies. As with every illness, there is a range. But as a rule of thumb, here's what you should know. How Long Are You Infectious? There is some variability in how long you're infectious with COVID-19, Thomas Russo, MD, a professor and chief of infectious diseases at the University at Buffalo in New York, told Verywell. "Most people no longer have detectable infectious particles by day 10, but it can vary," he sai...