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In Research Studies and in Real Life, Placebos Have a Powerful Healing Effect on the Body and Mind

The concept of placebos – which are sometimes called “sugar pills” – has been around since the 1800s

Cómo los proveedores de atención médica y los pacientes pueden limitar la propagación de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos

La resistencia a los antimicrobianos es una amenaza cada vez más grande para la salud pública. Sin embargo, los pacientes y los proveedores de atención médica pueden hacer algo al respecto.

How Healthcare Providers and Patients Can Limit the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health threat. But both patients and providers can do something about it.

Clinically Speaking: Important Questions to Ask About Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Chad Sanborn explains the threat behind superbugs and suggests what to ask your healthcare provider to help keep you and your family safe

Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Learn why AMR is a public health crisis and how you can protect yourself and your family

Antimicrobial Resistance: An Emerging Public Health Threat

More common antibiotic treatments are losing effectiveness against disease. Here's how patients and healthcare providers can act.

Why Antimicrobial Resistance Is a Threat We Need to Take Seriously

An expert explains how antibiotic-resistant bacteria affect women's health

Antibiotic Resistance Is at a Crisis Point – Government Support for Academia and Big Pharma to Find New Drugs Could Help Defeat Superbugs

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 2.8 million people worldwide are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Should Teens Taking ADHD, Anxiety and Depression Drugs Consume Energy Drinks and Coffee?

Energy drinks are heavily marketed to teens, but they can have detrimental effects

How Religious Fervor and Anti-Regulation Zealotry Laid the Groundwork for America’s $36 Billion Supplement Industry

50% of all adults in America have used a supplement in the past 30 days, despite evidence that the majority of these supplements don't work

New Technology Can Create Treatment Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Under a Week and Adapt to Antibiotic Resistance

Bacteria's adaptation to survive current antibiotics, or antibiotic resistance, is on the rise

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