Sometimes I like to step back and look at trends in health care discoveries. Way better than individual studies or perspectives, the bigger picture tells a truer story. Most simply, that means considering the new information in context, and not getting overwhelmed by the results of ONE study. The lesson of the current trend, nothing new to those of you familiar with my writing, is that we are hurting ourselves...
One of the most popular antibiotics, azithromycin, has now been shown to cause fatal heart rhythms in some people. You might have heard of it as ZITHROMAX, or in a conveniently packaged series of doses called Z-PAK. Although rare, the severity certainly grabs our attention and warrants concern. This lethal adverse effect is not a new one. It is known to occur with many other common drugs taken by themselves, or...
Recent research is lengthening estimates of the time that antibiotics alter our internal ecology and consequently expanding medical concerns about the consequences of antibiotic overuse. The Swedish review of all published studies on the topic concluded that within one week of initiating antibiotic treatment, genes associated with antibiotic resistance reach high levels in the bacteria present in patients’...
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