True or false? Taking antibiotics can help cure the common cold, flu or bronchitis.False. All of the above are caused by viruses, and antibiotics do n...
The problems of antibiotic resistant bacteria including Methycillin resistant Staph, C.Difficile and Multiple drug resistant TB are discussed in this ...
Last fall the animal slaughter giant Tyson Foods, Inc. was selling chickens with a USDA approved label, raised without antibiotics. Some people thou...
Timothy Lu, a graduate student at MIT, was awarded the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for developing a bacteriophage, which, in conjunction with antibioti...
Last Friday we learned that ear infections are over-treated. In case you missed it. Here s a quote from Dr. Fuhrman that helps explain why: Studies ...
February 2008:Alternative Treatment for WartsMNT -A common flower that helps wipe out garden insects has also shown promise in eradicating stubborn w...
It seems so:In recent weeks,Aetna Inc., the nation's largest insurer, and Cigna Corp. have agreed to reimburse doctors for online visits. Other large ...
MNT-We must all play a part in conserving antibiotics to help tackle infectionsThe Government will today launch a national campaign to remind doctors ...
Over at Aetiology, Tara C. Smith shares her opinions on a recent study about antibiotic resistance. Here s a bit:The current paradigm for antibiotic...
By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D In 1796 Dr. Edward Jenner performed an experiment that today would have got him expelled from his Medical Society, and maybe ...