Medicine | -Antibiotics Causing Disease?-

From Los Angeles Times: We’ve all heard that the overuse of antibiotics is making them less effective and fueling the rise of dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. But did you know it may also be fueling the rise of obesity, diabetes, allergies and asthma? So says Dr. Martin Blaser, microbiologist and infectious disease specialist at New York [...]

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Are Chickens to Blame for Infections Caused by Multi Drug Resistance?

By Ken Buben, President, FancyScrubs.com  In recent years there have been an alarming worldwide rise in the incidence of infections caused by a multiple drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria that produce extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs).  Now, researchers in the Netherlands have used molecular methods to examine the relation among ESBL-producing bacteria in retail chicken meat, in poultry isolates [...]

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“When Food Kills” — we wonder why…

From Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times: “The deaths of 31 people in Europe from a little-known strain of E. coli have raised alarms worldwide, but we shouldn’t be surprised. Our food often betrays us. Just a few days ago, a 2-year-old girl in Dryden, Va., died in a hospital after suffering bloody diarrhea linked to [...]

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Saudi Arabia bans veggies from Europe amid E. coli scare.

In navolging van Rusland is ook Saudi-Arabië tijdelijk gestopt met importeren van groenten en fruit uit Europese landen om besmetting met de E.coli te voorkomen. By ARAB NEWS Published: Jun 7, 2011 02:36 Updated: Jun 7, 2011 02:59 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has temporarily stopped importing vegetables from European countries to prevent entry of agricultural products contaminated by the E. [...]

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Forensic Evidence Emerges That European E. Coli Superbug Was Bioengineered to Produce Human Fatalities.

June 06, 2011 by Mike Adams Even as the veggie blame game is now under way across theEU, where a super resistant strain of e.coli is sickening patients and filling hospitals in Germany, virtually no one is talking about how e.coli could have magically become resistant to eight different classes of antibiotic drugs and then [...]

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Emergence of monster pathogens and the FDA’s attempt to limit food choices

From David E. Gumpert on the Complete Patient blog: "Here's a prediction: the price of raw milk from reliable sources is going to be rising sharply over coming years. In fact, the prices of many nutrient-dense foods obtained from known safe farms are going to be heading sharply upward. That's because the dangers associated with [...]

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