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Wednesday May 23 | Detroit News

Paul Donohue: Antibiotic use best when it's short term

Dear Dr. Donohue: For more than a year I've been taking Bactrim to control acne.

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Fri May 18, 2012

Reuters

Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics

Scientists in Australia have discovered a molecule in the brain that may hold the key to preventing or even curing dementia.

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Wed Apr 18, 2012

BioMed Central

High prevalence of antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia...

Commensal bacteria represent an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes.

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Wed Apr 11, 2012

IRIN

AFRICA: Co-trimoxazole discontinuation linked to increased malaria

NAIROBI, 11 April 2012 - Abruptly discontinuing co-trimoxazole - an antibiotic used to prevent opportunistic infections in HIV-positive people - can lead to a higher incidence of malaria and diarrhoea compared with patients who keep on taking the drug, a new study has found.

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Fri Mar 30, 2012

Psychology Today

Gorillacillin and the Tragedy of the Commons

Russell Carey had suffered from a nasty cough for the better part of two weeks. A healthy young man, he had never had this problem before.

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