By Cameron Langford HOUSTON (CN) – A man died from anaphylactic shock because a Houston hospital took 26 minutes to verify he had insurance before seeing him, his family claims in court. Baldomero Flores’ parents and three children sued Doctors Hospital-Tidwell and Dr. Charles Liggett…
Natural Blaze Gum disease is a common condition among adults that occurs when bacteria form biofilms or plaques on teeth, and consequently the gums become inflamed. Some severe cases, called periodontitis, call for antibiotics. But now scientists have discovered that wild blueberry extract could help…
By Ian Lang, Nature World Report Father’s own research receives international attention Like most parents to children with autism, John Rodakis was intimately aware of its symptoms – lack of energy, delayed speech, strict adherence to routine, and much more. When John’s son went to…
Although many precautions are in place, not enough centers set strict antibiotic limits WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Too few hospitals in the United States are doing everything they can to protect patients from a potentially deadly intestinal infection, a new study finds….
By Tara Haelle HealthDay Reporter Big variation seen in prescribing rates, despite little difference in infection rates MONDAY, April 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotics appear to be overused in many neonatal intensive care units, new research suggests. Just how overused these medications were varied…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Readers may recall my recent article “Proof That Past Is Prologue Pharmacologically” about the thousand-year-old ‘antibiotic’ recipe that stunned today’s scientists who ‘tried it out’ in their scientific laboratory, only to find that it killed off 90% of MRSA in mice….
By Heather Callaghan The overuse of antibiotics, 80 percent of which are foisted on factory farm animals, is a part of modern day antibiotic resistance. That is, an environment that allows surviving bacteria to mount a strong defense against antibiotics, making them useless against infection….
by Tess Pennington As I child, I was always outside. Whether I was biking, playing hide and seek with the neighborhood kids, jumping in puddles or making mud pies, I always wanted to be outdoors. Given my affinity for dirt and the outdoors, I was…
Unwanted impact of antibiotics broader, more complex than previously known – Oregon State University. Factory farms and feedlots routinely feed antibiotics to animals, passed to humans in meat, milk, or eggs. Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that antibiotics have an impact on the…
By Kristina Bravo, Take Part For years, Carl’s Jr. has stuck to a tried-and-tested method to market its hamburgers:Enlist blond women (in one case, for equality, a brown-haired male) to peddle them—in slow motion—on TV. But it seems that sex is no longer enough to…
by Gaye Levy It seems to me that whenever I travel by air, I come home with a sniffle or two. It is not that I am not careful, because I am. It is just that being squeezed into a minuscule airline seat surrounded by…
By Lisa Bloomquist, Collective-Evolution “A few popular antibiotics affect DNA, similar to some chemotherapy agents. If you’re sensitive to them, you could pay a neurological price that causes sudden and serious neuropathy and degrees of brain damage. The Food and Drug Administration is concerned about…
Photo:sweenpole2001/Flickr/Creative Commons License By Rick Paulas Try to remember grade school. (This may take either a few seconds or hours, depending on how far into the vault those memories are located.) Remember when it came time for lunch. Now, try to remember how many times…
September 15, 2014 – Pediatric researchers found that 11 million prescriptions for antibiotics in kids may be unnecessary. Pediatricians prescribe antibiotics about twice as often as they’re actually needed for children with ear and throat infections, a new study indicates. More than 11 million antibiotic…
by Dr. K.J. McLaughlin There was a time when you could go to your healthcare provider and get a prescription for antibiotic drugs if you had an infection in your lungs, throat, skin, or gastrointestinal or genital tract. These infections would clear up after a…
By Heather Callaghan Not just a possible alternative – but totally a preferable alternative to antibiotics whenever possible. People are already using this incredible healing substance without having needed a nod of approval from researchers. And no, we’re not talking about using the actual bees….
By Heather Callaghan Case reveals possible allergy to this hidden fruit and veggie residue. A 10-year-old girl has a history of asthma, seasonal allergies and anaphylaxis when exposed to cow’s milk or penicillin. She sat down to eat a blueberry pie, with none of those…
By Heather Callaghan Recently, researchers have been going back to study “time-tested” drugs only find inherent risk. For instance, a common heart drug always believed to be inherently safe is now believed to increase cardiac death. Some antibiotics were recently shown to alter immunity and…
By Heather Callaghan As the gut microbiome becomes the newest hot topic in medical science, researchers are welcoming natural and nutritional approaches to optimal health and preventing disease. A lot of studies take a doom-and-gloom tone about the devastating effects on the world from generations…
Researchers from the University of Southern California and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to chronic lung, sinus and ear infections. The study results, published in the current issue of PLOS ONE, illustrate how…
