Tag: Antibiotics
Osteopathic manipulative treatment improves outcomes for elderly pneumonia patients
“Osteopathic manipulative therapy was developed in the pre-antibiotic era specifically for the management of pneumonia. While antibiotic therapy is the current standard of care, the emergence of resistant bacteria is […]
Antibiotics Accelerate Development of Type 1 Diabetes In Animal Study
The Microbial Link to Type 1 Diabetes Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center found that when mice genetically susceptible to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) were given antibiotics mimicking human childhood […]
Antibiotics enable growth of pathogens
“A newly discovered mechanism helps explain how antibiotics change the gut microbiota, increasing nutrients that benefit the growth of pathogens, like Salmonella.”
Prolonged antibiotic treatment might impact brain function
“Antibiotics strong enough to kill off gut bacteria can also stop the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus, a section of the brain associated with memory, reports a […]