Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Sorta confirming what we already knew. Butch -------------- [HEALTHE] Prescribing too many drugs brings back illnesses Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:33:52 -0800 Andrew Gach <unclewolf Health and Environment Resource Center <HEALTHE HEALTHE Professor Koichiro Fujita of the graduate school of Tokyo Medical and Dental University warns that the overuse of antibacterial agents like antibiotics is one factor behind the reemergence of infectious diseases that were thought to have been eradicated, such as tuberculosis. Sounding the alarm over the modern fixation with cleanliness in " Prescribing Too Many Drugs Leads to Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases " (Bungei Shunju, January 2003), he explains that the original form of the drug-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus), which is known to be transmitted in hospitals, existed in symbiosis with humans but has now become harmful to them after becoming resistant to antibiotics. http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=kuchikomi & id=217 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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