Antibiotics

Antibiotics Delete Gut Diversity

November 13, 2018 by Kristina Martin

It can take six months to regain a normal microbiome after using antibiotics, and chances are good that not all of the microbes present before the antibiotics were administered will return. Researchers in Copenhagen conducted a small study (12 men)… [read]

FDA Loophole That Allows Farmers To Administer Antibiotics Indefinitely

August 9, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: August 9, 2018

Antibiotics benefit farmers by speeding up the time it takes livestock to be ready for slaughter. Cows and chickens and other livestock grow faster with antibiotic use than they would otherwise. For cattle, the time from birth to slaughter can… [read]

Popular Antibiotics May Increase Susceptibility to Serious Heart Condition

July 27, 2018 by Kristina Martin

Researchers at Baylor University in Texas looked at the effect of fluoroquinolones, a commonly prescribed family of antibiotics that includes Ciproflaxin, on aortic aneurysms and dissections in mice. One group of mice was fed a high-fat diet while the control… [read]

Antibiotics May Lead to Kidney Stones

June 29, 2018 by Kristina Martin

The instances of kidney stones have risen dramatically in new demographics like children, women, and African Americans and a newly released study from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has found that taking commonly prescribed antibiotics is a factor in that… [read]

Prescriptions for Dental Procedures – Antibiotic Overuse No One is Paying Attention To

November 13, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: November 16, 2017

We are watching the end of the antibiotics era, and experts are busy examining all of the usual suspects, but in looking at all of the overprescribing from doctors and veterinarians we’re ignoring another source of antibiotic saturation – the… [read]

WHO Says the World Will Run Out of Antibiotics Able to Treat Bacteria Superbugs

October 2, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 2, 2017

Antibiotic-resistant infections are on the rise. The World Health Organization released a list of the 12 different bacteria strains that could pose the highest level of risk to human health. The list, divided into three sections based on how critical… [read]

Antibiotics and Rectal Cancer – There’s a Connection You Should Know About

April 10, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: April 9, 2017

Colorectal cancer rates are more than doubling in a particularly disturbing way. A new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) analyzing cancer occurrences discovered that diagnoses of colorectal cancer have increased every generation since 1950. Scientists are unsure of… [read]