Posts Tagged ‘antibiotics’
|Your request is being processed… FDA Says Antibiotics In Meat A ‘Serious Public Health Threat’
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Tags: antibiotics, Cancer, drugs, FDA, food chemicals, processed meat
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Using Essential Oils To Fight Superbugs
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Tags: alternative bacterial infection treatment, antibiotics, essential oils, MRSA, natural anti-bacterial, natural antibiocs, natural bacterial infection treatment, naturopathic bacterial infection treatment, Staphylococcus aureus, superbugs
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“Good” Bacteria Keep Immune System Primed To Fight Future Infections, According To Penn Study
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Scientists have determined that antibiotics eliminate both good and bad gut bacteria, leading to potentially severe secondary infections. Probiotics contain the good bacteria that needs to be replaced in the body in order for the immune system to stay primed to fight off future infection.
Tags: antibiotics, bacterial infections, gut bacteria, probiotics
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More Listener Questions Answered
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Listen To: More Questions Answered Podcast
Portland naturopathic doctors Dr. Greg Eckel and Dr. Greg Nigh answer listener questions regarding H1N1, adrenal glad excess, vitamin A, the peer review system and allergy desensitization shots.
Tags: Adrenal fatigue, allergies, antibiotics, Flu, H1N1, peer review, Swine flu, vaccines, vitamins
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The Burden of Recurring Sinusitis and Bronchitis
Monday, October 25th, 2004
In a survey conducted of 606 self-identified sufferers of recurring sinusitis and bronchitis, nearly half of them had missed at least one day of work due to one of these illnesses, and a quarter of them had missed three or more days of work. In addition to over $6 billion being spent annually to treat sinusitis, additional billions are lost through work absence.
The medical doctors who conducted this survey note that it is important to treat these conditions appropriately, and that antibiotics should only be used to treat sinusitis or bronchitis that is caused by bacteria, not viruses. However, there is another option for treatment, one that offers much greater benefits than antibiotics. (more…)
Tags: Alternative medicine, antibiotics, bronchitis, immune system, Infections, sinusitis
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Antibiotics and Heart Disease
Saturday, September 18th, 2004
Several months ago it was discovered that lifetime consumption of antibiotics by women increased the overall risk of developing breast cancer. Now a team of researchers at Vanderbuilt University School of Medicine have found yet another very significant reason to be cautious with antibiotic use.
After studying nearly 1500 people, they found that consumption of the common antibiotic erythromycin doubled the risk of suffering a fatal heart attack. Even more strikingly, when erythromycin was taken in combination with any of several other common medications, the risk of dying from a heart attack increased fivefold.
One of the drugs that caused the deadly combination with erythromycin is verapamil, commonly prescribed to treat everything from high blood pressure to migraines, panic attacks and depression. (more…)
Tags: antibiotics, heart attack, Heart disease, medication side effects
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