Mothers of children at increased risk for developing asthma should avoid antibiotics during pregnancy, says a new study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). Recent studies on antibiotics have focused on the overuse and misuse of the lifesaving class […] More
The negative effects of antibiotic use appear even far-more reaching than previously thought. A new study published online in the journal Gut finds that antibiotics affect the microorganisms that live in the gut in more broad and complex ways than previously known. Known side effects of antibiotics include disrupting the natural and beneficial microbiota of […] More
Despite the known dangers associated with antibiotic overuse and misuse, doctors still prescribe antibiotics to children twice as often as needed for respiratory infections, says a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. For the study, researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital performed a meta-analysis of studies published between 2000 and […] More
As more and more research unveils the protective benefits of the gut microbiota, a new study as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that Clostridia, a common class of gut bacteria, provides protection against food allergies. A food allergy is an exaggerated immune response triggered by a specific food. Common […] More
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics is a serious public health problem. Now a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that the majority of cases of the potentially fatal diarrhea illness caused by a Clostridium difficile infection in children outside of a […] More
