A recently published study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, based in part on research from the Children’s Hospital of Michigan part of the Detroit Medical Center, shows that oral antibiotics are just as effective as those delivered intravenously to children struggling with osteomyelitis. After reviewing the histories of more than […]
Antibiotics found to treat appendicitis effectively
19 May,2012 (USA): British researchers claimed that the use of antibiotics liberates you from the complicated suffering of normal appendicitis, which can provide you the same effect as that found on surgical removal of your appendix. Although, antibiotics had a better rate of success but still 20% of patients had to undergo surgery to ease […]
Antibiotics are overused, suggests new study
A woman dying of Alzheimer’s has fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problems of drug-resistant superbugs. The study raises ethical questions about when it’s […]
Medical Malpractice Lawsuits: A Sword That’s Too Sharp?
The law has always been the stalwart defender of order in society. It has always been the mechanism that dispenses justice wherever and whenever it is due. Sometimes, however, the law can be taken to extremes. While there’s usually agreement on how the law recommends how justice is rendered, those who dispense it can use […]
Michelle Obama’s legacy that President Trump can’t wreck
There is apparently one piece of former first lady Michelle Obama’s legacy that President Trump cannot roll back. The food industry’s sweeping embrace of healthier, more nutritious products. On Thursday, more than a dozen food companies, including candy maker Mars and convenience chain Cumberland Farms. Announced new initiatives with Partnership for a Healthier America, a […]
Why You Should Prefer Organic Food
If you’ve lived with your grandmothers, you’ll come to appreciate their acute sense of observation – we aren’t the ones eating the food; it’s the food that’s eating us up. Come to think of it, it does hold a lot of weight – the eatables we buy today are laced with ‘modern’ chemical ingredients and […]
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