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antibiotic

‘Know your farmer’

Labels on egg cartons may be misleading, but here's the skinny on how to find the healthiest, most humanely produced eggs.

Think you’re allergic to penicillin? Think again

Nearly 95 percent of people who report having an allergy to the antibiotic can actually tolerate it—and that’s to their advantage.

Did you know appendicitis can be treated with antibiotics?

About 80 percent of appendicitis patients can try medication first.

Travelers beware: Mutant stomach bug could wreak havoc

Get the 411 before your great escape so you don’t bring back this inadvertent souvenir.

Have superbug fighters hit pay dirt?

Newly discovered antibiotic may defeat bacterial infections that are often tough to beat.