Tag Archives: antibiotic overuse
Antibiotic overuse threatens modern medicine
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say.
Dominique Monnet of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control’s (ECDC) scientific advice unit said the “whole span of modern medicine” is under threat [...]
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Perceived Parent-pressure Causes Excessive Antibiotic Prescription
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians’ perception of parents’ expectations. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics shows that pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections if they perceived parents were expecting a prescription.
Researchers from the Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, in collaboration with the CeVEAS-AUSL Modena [...]
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Sinus Infection Symptoms, Antibiotics, and Alternative Medicine
Posted on 19. Sep, 2008 by admin.
Modern Living, Complex Health Problems
In our post-modern industrial polluted stress-filled bad-diet culture, no one’s health is simple. We are plagued by complex long-term illnesses like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, AIDS, even sinus problems… it may seem weird to you that I include sinus infections, but the root causes of sinus trouble can be [...]