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antibiotic apocalypse

03/15/2016 / By D. Samuelson

Natural antibiotics that our ancestors used instead of pills

Penicillin. Ciproflaxin. Augmentin. Levaquin. Amoxicillin. Moxiflacin. Let’s hope there isn’t a half filled bottle collecting dust in your bathroom cabinet. You, or a family member, have most likely been prescribed an antibiotic to fight an infection in the duration of your life. And if one antibiotic didn’t work, the doctor prescribed another. If the bacteria in your body outsmarts your […]

12/10/2015 / By Tara Paras

Rise of drug-resistant bacteria signals the impending antibiotic apocalypse

The looming antibiotic apocalypse could soon plunge medicine back into the dark ages. Scientists have recently discovered bacteria that can resist colistin – the antibiotic of last resort – in patients and livestock in China. They fear that resistance could spread around the world and raise the epidemic of untreatable infections. If this happens, common […]

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