Drug Interactions
Drug Interactions By Chris Woolston, M.S. Remember those high school chemistry experiments in which you mixed two harmless chemicals and got a bizarre reaction? You
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Prescription Drug Misuse
“I used to stockpile antibiotics,” admits Ann Pascual, an editor for an Internet-based company in northern California. “I’d get a prescription, take half of it,
Special Report: Drug-Resistant Staph Infections
More than 90,000 Americans contract potentially life-threatening infections every year from drug-resistant staph bacteria, according to the first federal study of invasive disease caused by
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Antibiotic Resistance?
Ever since the arrival of penicillin in the early 1940s, bacteria have been evolving defenses against some of our strongest medicines. As bacteria become increasingly