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Antibiotics

08/24/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Taking certain antibiotics can INCREASE a pregnant woman’s risk of miscarrying, researchers find

According to researchers, women who took antibiotics during the early stages of pregnancy increased their risk of spontaneous abortions. The investigation team, who published their findings in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, studied over 90,000 pregnancies and discovered that certain forms of antibiotics were associated with increased risk, stated the Daily Mail. Led by Anick […]

07/18/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Antibiotic use in early pregnancy linked to alarming rate of miscarriages

Women who use certain antibiotics during early pregnancy are at an increased risk of suffering miscarriage, according to a recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the University of Montreal in Canada pooled data from the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort between 1998 and 2009. The experts compared cases of the more than […]

06/19/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Prescription antibiotics almost always completely useless for UTIs in older women, study finds

A recently published research paper revealed that prescription antibiotics may not be as effective as previously thought, and may even cause more harm than good in older patients with urinary tract infection. Research author Dr. Thomas E. Finucane of the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore noted that antibiotic treatment may often be avoided as […]

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