Our microbial planet Originally, 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a lifeless sphere of molten metal. But after a billion years, the oceans were swarming with free living cells. Somehow, not yet entirely clear to science, life was born in these primeval seas. Some say that the first “bricks” of life flew dust from…
Read MoreMy personal journey to understanding that our microbial friends were having problems began on July 9, 1977. This date is well remembered – that’s when I first heard the name of the microbe Campylobacter, which literally gave rise to the cause of my life. I was a new graduate student at the infectious diseases Department…
Read MoreChapter 1. “Plague of Modernity» I didn’t know my father’s two sisters. They were born in a small town at the beginning of the last century and did not live to see their second birthday. One of these days, they have a high fever and, probably, there was something else. The situation was so serious…
Read MoreProblem Medicine – PART 1 Every drug carries a risk. It is impossible to create any chemical substance which would not create any risk neither for women, nor for men; as though it was accepted: through a mouth, a nose, an eye retina, subcutaneously, rectally or vaginally. It is tempting to focus only on those…
Read MoreDebunking 10 myths about vitamins REAL VITAMIN DEFICIENCY IN OUR DAYS IS RARE, and most of the vitamins in sufficient quantities to food. However, it may seem that the food is not so simple — for example, you can hear that when freezing vitamins are lost, and they can destroy some anti-vitamins. Is it true…
Read MoreHealth of the Future: New Antibiotic, Smart Prostheses and other Discoveries THE ROLE of SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS IN MEDICINE is DIFFICULT to OVERESTIMATE: even one new drug is able to make a revolution and save millions of lives. Over the past hundred years, birth control pills have been created, scientists have deciphered the genetic code of…
Read MoreWhat will Happen to us if Antibiotics Stop Working THE WORLD BEFORE THE INVENTION OF ANTIBIOTICS WAS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. Any infection could lead to death, and complex surgical operations could not be dreamed of. Scientists are increasingly talking about what comes “postantibiotic age” when the most common antibiotics stop working. Bacteria evolve and become…
Read MoreWhy Influenza is NOT Treated with Antibiotics Every day parents come to the pediatrician with the question-what is it? A common cold or something serious? Millions of children miss school and millions of parents do not go to work because of childhood diseases. And most often-it is a common cold or ARI, ie viral disease.…
Read MoreWHAT IS CEPHALOSPORIN ANTIBIOTICS? Cephalosporin – called natural compounds derived from the fungus Cephalosporium (found in sea water), and semi-synthetic substances made from 7-ACK (7-aminocephalosporinic acid). Their features include high bactericidal, wide range of action and low toxicity. Also cephalosporin antibiotics have a partial cross-allergenicity with penicillins and high activity against staphylococci, resistant to other…
Read MoreDRINKING ALCOHOL AND ANTIBIOTICS: WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMBINE BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE Content: Why can not drink on the background of antibiotic treatment When you can eat strong drinks after treatment With what preparations alcohol should not be mixed Consequences of mixing drugs and alcohol Antibiotics and alcohol are absolutely incompatible components, therefore during…
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