Patients with psoriasis who receive antibiotics may be more likely to discontinue their biologic therapy, a new study suggests. 1 In this French cohort study, the effect increased with multiple ...

It has long been a mystery why antibiotics reduces the effectiveness of some vaccines, but researchers believe bacteria in ...

The discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928, was a medical milestone. Before that point, infectious diseases such as smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, pneumonia, typhoid and tuberculosis ...

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Probiotics, a collection of “good bacteria” in a capsule or gummy, are commonly used to replenish the gut microbiome after a period of antibiotic treatment, which tends to knock out good and bad ...

Now, a study has found that other prescription medications also negatively impact the microbiome, and their effects can last for some years after stopping the medication. A recent study has found that ...

The trillions of microbes that live in your gut are likened to "little pets living inside your intestinal tract." Or at least, that's how Gail Cresci, a microbiome expert at the Cleveland Clinic, ...

Microbes that live in your gut are "little pets living inside your intestinal tract," according to Gail Cresci, a microbiome expert at the Cleveland Clinic. Besides digesting food, they also support ...

You know the feeling: You take a course of antibiotics and are amazed by how much better you are only after a few doses. It’s a shining example of modern medicine at its finest. But for some people, ...