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 lsmith | May 8, 2013 | General
A recent study has got many people talking about the potential benefits—or detriments, depending which side you’re on—of L-carnitine for heart health. The study, by Cleveland Clinic and published in Nature Medicine, found a link between increased blood levels of TMAO...
by Brenda Watson | Jun 4, 2012 | General
A recent study published in the Food Chemistry journal caught my eye and I wanted to let you all know about it. It seems that a group of researchers from the University of Almeria in Spain have come up with a new test that detects antimicrobial veterinarian...
by Brenda Watson | Nov 30, 2011 | General
The human gut is home to thousands of different bacterial species, totaling 100 trillion bacterial cells—that’s about four pounds of bacteria, or the weight of a brick. The composition of this bacterial population (also known as the gut microbiota), is currently...
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...
