Word: antibioticized
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However, the research in question should hardly raise ethical concerns. Dr. Michael D. West, the chief executive of Advanced Cell Technology and the author of the company’s paper, pointed out that the egg cells used were unfertilized, which meant that they had no chance of developing into...
People who are alarmed about anthrax should not start to take antibiotics needlessly. Only a qualified doctor should make the decision to prescribe such medication. Bacteria could become resistant, which would make them much more dangerous and harder to eradicate. Developing a new antibiotic takes years and hundreds of millions...
No doctor has ever written a prescription as sweeping as the one the Centers for Disease Control penned to head off the anthrax attack: 10 to 60 days of Cipro, a powerful antibiotic in the arsenal of modern medicine, for anyone who might have come anywhere near a spore. Nearly...
But every blister pack of antibiotics has its downside, and now doctors are bracing for a second wave of bad news--reports of Cipro side effects and whole new breeds of tough, Cipro-resistant germs. That is why the CDC recommended late last week that all those needing antibiotics against...
The more serious consequences are the long-term ones associated with placing tens of thousands of people on any broad-spectrum antibiotic. Overusing these drugs, physicians have long warned, will permit resistant strains to flourish. One of the scariest examples is the appearance in 1997 of a particularly potent strain...