http://dir.salon.com/topics/antibiotics/?source=rss&aim=antibiotics en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST By Alex Koppelman Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/07/staph/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/07/staph/index.html?source=rss The antibiotics fed to the farm animals we eat may have helped to create superbugs like the drug-resistant staph bacteria known as MRSA. By Mark D. Uehling Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/25/drugs_water/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/25/drugs_water/index.html?source=rss How did tiny amounts of nearly every drug under the sun get into our drinking water -- and what are they doing to us? By Pamela Weintraub Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/03/precautions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/03/precautions/index.html?source=rss Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think. By Stephen G. Bloom Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/24/farts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/24/farts/index.html?source=rss Everything you want to know about flatulence, and some things you don't. By Andrew Webster Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/26/medicine_verde/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/26/medicine_verde/index.html?source=rss How Cuba is integrating natural remedies into its public health care. By Arthur Allen Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/22/flu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/22/flu/index.html?source=rss Two new anti-flu drugs just hit the market and will be backed by millions in advertising. But do they work? By Robert Burton, M.D. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/col/bob/1999/10/11/dr_bob/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/bob/1999/10/11/dr_bob/index.html?source=rss Dr. Bob explains consumption and reassures a woman who put on the wrong shoes. Letters to the Editor Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/06/18/black/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/06/18/black/index.html?source=rss Walsh doesn't understand blacks' progress, or their frustration; how do we fight antibiotics' failure? By Arthur Allen Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/11/antibiotics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/11/antibiotics/index.html?source=rss People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs.