Sugary foods combined with antibiotic treatment can damage the gut microbiome in ways that could make people sick.

Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also push bacteria to release tiny particles that can make inflammation worse.

People who underwent stem-cell transplantation and ate sugar-rich food had disrupted communities of gut microorganisms during ...

Eating more sugar while taking antibiotics was linked to greater disruption of the gut microbiome and increased growth of potentially harmful bacteria. Researchers say temporarily cutting back on ...

Sugar consumption during antibiotic treatment is linked to greater gut microbial disruption in transplant patients, ...

Hello, this is Takahashi from the Health Academy editorial department.“You have some inflammation, so let’s calm that down first. I’ll prescribe you some antibiotics for now.”This is what a dentist ...

Antibiotics are supposed to wipe out bacteria, yet the drugs can sometimes hand microbes an unexpected advantage. A new study from Rutgers Health shows that ciprofloxacin, a staple treatment for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many nonantibiotic drugs such as certain antidepressants and antiparasitics have antibacterial effects. Tanja Ivanova/Moment via ...

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are among the most common bacterial infections and are caused mostly by the uropathogenic ...

When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not "every man for himself." Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues from collaborating institutions have discovered that bacterial ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic idea of dormancy. The researchers show that some cells enter ...

Organic gardening is described as the natural, wholesome choice, yet an eighth grader from Ripon, California, has shown that animal-based fertiliser can carry a hidden microbial problem. Virinchi R.