That bottle of antibiotics in your medicine cabinet might be doing more harm than previously thought. Groundbreaking research from Bar-Ilan University has uncovered a troubling connection between ...

Antibiotics help us to treat bacterial infections and save millions of lives each year. But they can also harm the helpful microbes residing in our gut, weakening one of our body’s first lines of ...

Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. In a ...

Common antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by damaging the gut, a mouse study suggests. Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. As of 2019, about 4.9 million people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests even a two-week course of antibiotics can disrupt the gut microbiome for up to four to eight years A ...

Researchers at Umeå University and Tartu University have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven ...

Even a single course of antibiotics can damage your gut. Here’s how to protect yourself New research shows that even a short course of the medicines can disrupt our microbiome for years, but there are ...

Although research studies have demonstrated that taking probiotics can reduce gastrointestinal side effects from antibiotics, there has been debate over whether taking probiotics alongside antibiotics ...

Share on Pinterest Commonly used prescription and household drugs, including some antibiotics and blood pressure medications, can cause significant damage to your kidneys. d3sign/Getty Images Everyday ...

Antibiotics help us to get rid of bacterial infections -- but they can also harm the helpful microbes residing in our guts. Researchers have analyzed the effects of 144 antibiotics on the well-being ...

The image shows the mucus layer (blue band) that protects the intestinal wall (pink) against bacteria and other things (dark blue at the top of the picture). The blue cells in the intestinal wall are ...