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Category: Antibiotics

Trump’s USDA Fights Global Guidelines on Livestock Antibiotics

The Trump administration is resisting the World Health Organization’s effort to sharply limit antibiotic use in farm animals, a move intended to help preserve the drugs’ effectiveness.  Read more.

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Mouse Study Links Antibiotics in Infancy to Lifelong Metabolic Disorders

Every year, up to 10 million U.S. children receive antibiotic prescriptions that are unlikely to do them any good, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Research suggests that antibiotic exposure in early life can increase the risk of obesity and other metabolic disorders.

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Related Articles & Publications

  • The Human microbiome in jeopardy.

    Our microbes are vital to our lives, but they are in jeopardy due to various modern day factors including overuse and misuse of antibiotics and Caesarean sections.

  • You are what you eat

    When we go to the grocery store, we go with a mission to pick up food for ourselves and our families, but too often we buy food that is tainted with antibiotics, anti-enzymatics, herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals.

  • How to resist antibiotic resistance

    Alexander Fleming, a Scottish microbiologist focused his research on killing bacteria, thus making a discovery in 1928 that changed the world and saved lives: penicillin, the first modern day antibiotic.

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