Exposure to Microbes Means Kids With Less Asthma
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New research validates one of the tenants of alternative medicine, that natural is usually better.
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US Faces Drug Resistant Microbes Crisis
by nmThe United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis published in the journal Health Affairs. Evidence indicates that our nation’s supply of antibiotics is being depleted by resistance, which occurs... -
Mystery of the Oil Plume Solved? Microbes ate it.
by nmWhat is the real story about the “missing oil”. One study shows that most of the oil is gone, while another shows that there is still a whole lot of it in a mid-depth plume not visible from the surface. The answer might have been found in research announced today... -
Biggest mass of living things in the oceans? Microbes.
by nmThe ocean depths are home to myriad species of microbes, mostly hard to see but including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitish mats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific, scientists said on Sunday. The survey, part of a 10-year Census of Marine Life, turned up hosts of...
