Fight Infection without Antibiotics
New research finds that blood tests and good communication can help cut our reliance on antibiotic medicines.
Talk about your antibiotic worries with a doctor before taking them for a condition the medicine won’t help
By Emily Main
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA
06-01-09
http://www.rodale.com/print/1031
http://www.rodale.com/antibiotics-and-infection?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2009_06_01-_-Top5-_-NA
Antibiotic-resistant diseases are one of the most pressing public health problems in this country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some scientists suspect that our love affair with antimicrobial products, such as antibiotic-laced bedsheets and hairbrushes, are contributing to the rise of bacteria that can shrug off medicine used against them. But the CDC still points the finger at the widespread use of antibiotic medications, often prescribed even when they’re not effective at treating a patient’s illness. A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests another way, finding that doctors trained in certain types of blood tests and communication skills were very successful in treating certain conditions without relying on antibiotics.
To read the full article: http://www.rodale.com/antibiotics-and-infection?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2009_06_01-_-Top5-_-NA
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Regimens: Broccoli Sprouts May Be Germ Fighters
Regimens: Broccoli Sprouts May Be Germ Fighters
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
April 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?_r=1&ref=nutrition&pagewanted=print
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?ref=nutrition
Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found.
In the study, published in the April issue of Cancer Prevention Research, researchers examined 50 people who were infected with the germ, Helicobacter pylori, and divided them into two groups. Over eight weeks, one group ate two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts a day while the other consumed an equal amount of alfalfa sprouts.
Using standard blood and fecal tests, the researchers found that the broccoli eaters had significantly reduced levels of infection with H. pylori, while levels in the control group remained unchanged.
To read the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?ref=nutrition
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
April 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?_r=1&ref=nutrition&pagewanted=print
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?ref=nutrition
Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found.
In the study, published in the April issue of Cancer Prevention Research, researchers examined 50 people who were infected with the germ, Helicobacter pylori, and divided them into two groups. Over eight weeks, one group ate two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts a day while the other consumed an equal amount of alfalfa sprouts.
Using standard blood and fecal tests, the researchers found that the broccoli eaters had significantly reduced levels of infection with H. pylori, while levels in the control group remained unchanged.
To read the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?ref=nutrition
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