by Brenda Watson | Nov 4, 2013 | Antibiotics, General
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released their first-ever report on antibiotic resistance: Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013. In it, CDC director Tom Frieden states that, “antimicrobial resistance is one of our...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 5, 2013 | General
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the second most common type of infection with over 8 million visits to health care providers each year. Women are affected more often than men, simply due to anatomy. The treatment for UTIs is antibiotic medication, which is well...
by Brenda Watson | Jul 3, 2013 | General
Antibiotic resistance is a topic I like to follow because it has been implicated as a public health issue that could have catastrophic results. When bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, it becomes increasingly more difficult to kill them. First one antibiotic won’t...
by Brenda Watson | Sep 2, 2011 | General
In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, meat and poultry samples were tested for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria associated with a wide range of human diseases, including MRSA infection, the most dangerous...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 20, 2010 | General
A couple months ago there was a report in the Lancet medical journal that looked at how conventional chicken farming is linked to antibiotic resistance in humans, and I have to say—it was pretty eye-opening. Some of the details were really awful, like when I read...
