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Science permeates everyday life. Yet the understanding of advances in biomedical science is limited at best. Few people make the connection that biomedical science is medicine and that biomedical scientists are working today for the medicine of tomorrow. Our weekly five-hundred-word newspaper column (http://www.illuminascicom.com/) and two-minute radio show provide insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics. Medical Discovery News is dedicated to explaining discoveries in biomedical research and their promise for the future of medicine. Each release is designed to stimulate listeners to think, question and appreciate how science affects their health as well as that of the rest of the world. We also delve into significant biomedical discoveries and portray how science (or the lack of it) has impacted health throughout history.
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Preventing AMR from Surpassing Cancer….
959 Preventing AMR from Surpassing Cancer….
Welcome to Medical Discovery News. I’m Dr David Niesel.
And I’m Dr. Norbert Herzog.
If you had to guess the leading causes of death of Americans, you’d be right to say heart disease and cancer, but that could change within the next two decades.
What may take its place if nothing changes is AR or antimicrobial resistance. Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics have been on the rise for decades and are now a global public health threat.
In the US, there are close to three million AR infections that kill fifty thousand people a year. And more than a million deaths globally of all ages and genders.
If the trend is not reversed, AR microbial infections will become harder to treat and will likely surpass cancer as the leading cause of worldwide death by two thousand fifty.
A United Nations report rang the alarm five years ago and yet few new antimicrobials have come on the market since the nineteen-eighties. Developing a new antibiotic takes a decade and a billion dollars.
For now, vaccines are our best hope and they work on all age groups and genders. Vaccines prevent or lessen the impact of bacterial disease and stop the spread.
It’s important that you rely on your physician to navigate the rash of vaccine misinformation on social media. It threatens our communities and the ability of our public health systems to function.
Get vaccines for yourself and your family. If we act together, we can prevent AR bacterial infection from surpassing cancer as a leading cause of death in America.
We are Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog, at UTMB and Quinnipiac University, where biomedical discoveries shape the future of medicine. For much more and our disclaimer go to medicaldiscoverynews.comor subscribe to our podcast. Sign up for expanded print episodes at www.illuminascicom.com
