antibiotics

  1. Michael Harrop

    Early development C-section & antibiotics impact the infant microbiome far less than feeding mode (breastfed vs formula) (Aug 2024, n=107) Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-section-antibiotics-impact-infant-microbiome.html Graphical abstract
  2. Michael Harrop

    Article Hidden dangers of irrational use of antibiotics on microbiome (Aug 2024)

    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/hidden-dangers-of-irrational-use-of-antibiotics-on-microbiome/article68506009.ece A good article. Nice to see a major news outlet covering collateral damage instead of resistance. It's rare.
  3. Michael Harrop

    FMT Long-term effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on gut microbiota after Helicobacter pylori eradication with bismuth quadruple therapy: A randomized controlled trial (Jul 2024, n=30) "FMT can alleviate GI symptoms even if there was no evidence it promoted restoration of intestinal flora"

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hel.13079
  4. Michael Harrop

    Phages Superbug crisis threatens to kill 10 million per year by 2050. Scientists may have a solution (Jan 2024)

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/21/health/antibiotic-resistant-germs-phages-wellness/index.html It's absolutely nuts how many articles there are like this about antibiotic resistance and nearly zero about collateral damage.
  5. Michael Harrop

    Phages Antimicrobial resistance: MPs call on UK government to maximise potential of bacteriophages (Jan 2024)

    https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q12 Note how they still only care about resistance. If collateral damage were taken as seriously as it deserves to be, the switch away from antibiotics would have occurred much sooner. https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/
  6. Michael Harrop

    Melinda Gates (Gates Foundation) promoting antibiotics as a way to improve public health (PBS Oct 17, 2023) Melinda French Gates' Brief But Spectacular take on making birth safer for moms and babies

    She starts off talking about how she values healthy moms and babies. I couldn't agree more. This was looking promising. Then she goes on to inform us that her solution is giving antibiotics to mothers at the time of birth. This is another unfortunate example of the medical system and public...
  7. Michael Harrop

    Challenging the validity of the new and old USA GBS (Group-B Strep) guidelines. (Oct 2019)

    The problem and evidence: In Martin Blaser's "Missing Microbes" he says: Because 1 baby was susceptible to GBS you've now permanently damaged the gut microbiome and immune system of 200 babies and 200 mothers, making them more susceptible to a variety of diseases and infections, and likely...
  8. Michael Harrop

    Clarifying my position on antibiotics for the large number of individuals on the parenting subs who become emotional & hostile on this subject. (Oct 2022, GBS, Group-B Strep)

    The problem has even spread to the mods of /r/ScienceBasedParenting who previously created some fantastic rules to make that sub a haven from the type of unintelligent, emotional, anti-scientific behavior that is now rampant there. GBS is an easy example. 1 in 200 babies are thought to be at...
  9. Michael Harrop

    While antibiotic resistance gets all the attention, the damage being done to our host-native microbiomes is arguably as big a threat as climate change, as the damage compounds over generations, and once it's gone you can't get it back. (Apr 2019)

    The solutions require political action worldwide, but this issue is largely being ignored. Martin Blaser's "Missing Microbes" is a fantastic, extremely important, layperson-friendly introduction to this issue. Humans are holobionts, and we are extincting the human race via antimicrobial abuse...
  10. Michael Harrop

    Just 3 people are responsible for 30% of infants and mothers in the US receiving unnecessary antibiotics during birth, and they are refusing to address concerns about the validity of their recommendations. (Dec 2019, GBS, Group-B Strep)

    Pubpeer: Management of Infants at Risk for Group B Streptococcal Disease Pediatrics (2019) https://pubpeer.com/publications/3EF4D14A136E195025193576F6D8C2 Related: Challenging the validity of the new and old USA GBS guidelines. (Oct 2019) An analytical, cost-benefit approach to antibiotics...
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