bacterial infections

Bacterial infection home remedies using natural herbs and foods

Strep throat, tuberculosis, urinary tract infections (UTIs)… When your immune system isn’t in its top shape, you’re more prone to bacterial infections like these. For people with chronic illness, with compromised immunity, or for seniors – where aging alone means immunity isn’t as strong as it once was – these infections take hold more easily. ...click here to read more

Most Antibiotics Prescribed for This Common Ailment Are Useless – And Even Harmful

Not only are we getting a daily dose of antibiotics at dinner time when we eat meat or dairy products, but we are also commonly bombarded by them in soaps, hand sanitizers, cleaning products, and through countless prescriptions that we receive from the doctor, often for only minor health issues. This has contributed to the scary rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of common ...click here to read more

The Dangerous Chemicals in Antibacterial Soap

When it hit the market in the mid 1980’s consumers thought it was revolutionary; a soap that could kill bacteria and microbes that cause viruses. Today a great majority of hand and body soaps are labeled as antibacterial. The main ingredient in the soaps is called “tricolsan” and now scientists believe it could be dangerous. ...click here to read more

Does Your Hygiene Really Affect Your Immunity?

In 1989, Dr. David Strachan proposed the hygiene hypothesis as the mechanism responsible for the development of the body’s immune system. According to Strachan, when an individual is exposed to viral and bacterial infections early in life, such as that during infancy, the chances of developing allergies during adulthood would be smaller. The hygiene hypothesis ...click here to read more

Influenza: The Universal Vaccine?

With the cold and flu infecting millions of people a year, it’s no surprise that researchers have been investigating influenza resistance in the hopes of developing a universal vaccine against the influenza virus. The problem with current influenza vaccines is that they only work for a couple of seasons. This occurs because the vaccine stimulates ...click here to read more

Understanding the Chicken Scandal

In 1945, British Scientists Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain created the first safe antibiotic – penicillin. Antibiotics are credited for preventing bacterial infections from causing severe immune system damage, more importantly; they are credited for saving the lives of millions of people. In fact, antibiotics are considered one of modern medicines greatest achievements. Unfortunately, ...click here to read more