Poop Pill Therapy Bends Gut Infection Cure Route
Canadian researchers tested capsule form fecal transplants on 27 patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. All were cured after antibiotics failed, with donors’ stool processed into capsules reaching the colon. The approach may simplify treatment and enable broader use in medicine.
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University of Calgary
Curtis Donskey
Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Louie
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Margaret Corbin
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Doctors warn overuse of antibiotics for sore throats and bronchitis
Analyses of national health surveys from the late 1990s to 2010 show antibiotics were prescribed at about 60 percent of sore throat visits and 73 percent of bronchitis visits, with little improvement over a decade. Experts cite viral causes, patient demand, and time pressures as drivers of unnecessary antibiotic use.
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Jeffrey Linder
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham
Michael Barnett
Reid Blackwelder
American Academy of Family Physicians
Blackwelder
Ed Septimus
Texas A&m Health Science Center
Houston
San Francisco
Jama Internal Medicine
Rita Redberg
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