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 ...

Non-antibiotic drugs can alter the microbiome and increase the risk of gut infections in surprising ways, a new Nature study shows. Antibiotics taken to treat an infection also kill some of the good ...

The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on the body. It can be affected by environmental factors, such as what we eat, or ...

Are mixtures of commonly used medications that end up in our waterways and natural environments increasing the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria? When humans or animals take medications, as ...

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April Hayes's PhD research was funded by NERC with CASE support from AstraZeneca. Scientists have long been worried about the buildup of antibiotics in the environment. But in a recent study I led, we ...