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World Antibiotic Awareness Week: How over-the-counter antibiotics can threaten your health

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Urbanatural

On World Antibiotic Awareness Week, learn how excess use of antibiotics can cause resistance which can make even common infections incurable. With the growth of antibiotic resistance complicating treatments for several diseases in India, we might reach a stage where common infections become incurable. Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to health and is part of a bigger problem called antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR refers to the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and some parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (such as antibiotics and antivirals) from working against it.…

Neem

December 30, 2014May 23, 2016 Urbanatural

In natural medicine, the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) is recognized as an effective treatment for many diseases. It has been used in India for thousands of years. The first records of its use date from as long as 4,500 years ago. As this natural treatment has not been introduced to the Western world until recently, neem has not been researched as extensively in clinical trials as modern medicines are in order to comply with registration requirements. The list of described therapeutic applications for neem is extensive and the medicinal properties…