Antibiotics
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June tidings: The latest in health news
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Antibiotics turning us into couch potatoes: Antibiotic prescriptions have soared in recent years, despite concerns over antibiotic resistance, which emerges when ordinary bugs mutate to become impervious to drugs. While North America and Europe lead the world in antibiotic consumption, the…read more
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Important news about antibiotics: Antibiotics damage mitochondria
By Dr. David Perlmutter
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a quarter billion courses of antibiotics are dispensed to outpatients in America each year. That means that five out of every six people, on average, are getting a…read more
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Asthma – An epidemic explained
By Dr. David Perlmutter
So much has been written in scientific journals recently about how the loss of microbes in the gut, especially earlier in life, affects the immune system. For example, researcher Marsha Wills-Karp, at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, recently…read more
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6 crucial lifestyle hacks for women with DCIS breast cancer (part two of series)
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
As outlined in last week’s article, a revolutionary new study confirms that women with an early variant of breast cancer called low-grade DCIS don’t benefit from aggressive treatment; regardless of whether they undergo lumpectomy, mastectomy, even bilateral mastectomy, or simply…read more
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Ask Leyla: What’s the proper procedure for taking probiotics after being prescribed antibiotics?
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Q: I know that antibiotics can affect my gut health, and have heard probiotics can help limit their side effects. When one must take an antibiotic, how should the probiotic be timed so the two don’t interfere with each other? Should…read more
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Countering your antibiotics with probiotics
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Frequently, I see members of this community write in with concerns on how taking an antibiotic may be disrupting the balance of their gut microbiome. Certainly, this is a valid concern, as…read more
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