Impetigo - Goldenseal, which was suggested last week to fight the infection causing impetigo, cannot be used long term and is effectiveness is reduced after 2 we...

Strep bacteria becoming resistant to fluoroquinolones - Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance to fluoroquinolones is an emerging problem in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Are you suffering from chronic acidosis? - The latest dietary fad to hit the US and the UK involves the acid-alkaline balance of your body and the fact that you need to control a tendency towar...

Does amoxycillin prevent septicaemia? - Q:I had a hip replacement in 1986. Since then every time I have my dental treatment I am advised to take amoxycillin. This has the effect of upsetti...

Fever: It’s probably viral, but it might be bacterial - If your child has a very high fever, you probably assume it’s a reaction to a viral infection. And you’d probably be right. But one out of every fiv...

Animal Testing: A terrible suffering, and it tells us almost nothing - Around 3 million tests were carried out on animals in the UK alone in 2005 in the name of medical research – and a new study suggests that most of it...

Diarrhea eased by bacteria - Acute diarrhea a major cause of death among babies in developing countries can be dramatically reduced if "good guy" bacteria called bifidobacteria is...

Iuds:hidden infections - While the Lancet was trumpeting the safety of long term placement of interuterine devices, the New England Journal of Medicine warned they could cause...