Dr Lisa Landymore-Lim, a British chemist specializing in immunology and biomedical chemistry, became curious about the explosion of childhood illnesses such as asthma and diabetes, and carried out a pilot study of drug-prescribing among juvenile...
Genetically modified organisms, animals who either eat GM food or who are given growth hormones or antibiotics to treat the diseases inherent in high density food production, and human consumption ...
The gastrointestinal bug Clostridium difficile is running rampant through hospitals in the UK, mainly because hygiene standards are too low. Antibiotics are also ‘inappropriately’ given, and doctors are failing to report outbreaks, the Healthcare...
Antibiotics are useless for treating the common cold yet more are prescribed for the condition than for any other ailment. ...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
Q:I am 36 and have had bad acne since puberty. In October I finally went to see a dermatologist, who prescribed erythromycin and said that I should take it for a few months and then go onto a dru ...
Early use of antibiotics provides only modest benefit for acute otitis media, concludes a major meta analysis. ...
My heart goes out to Sally Smith (Q & A, Vol 7 no 3) and the many other mothers there must be who have experienced at first hand the various long term side effects of "harmless" antibiotics. ...
Q-I lost my spleen and kidney in an automobile accident, and have been advised that I will need to take antibiotics (amoxycillin) for the rest of my life. I am worried about the long term effects ...
The practice of prescribing antibiotics for common conditions has, once again, been called into question by two new studies. ...