Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Antibiotic use linked to increased risk for IBD

From WebMD (9/24):

Children exposed to antibiotics before age 1 were at five times greater risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease compared with children not given antibiotics, according to a U.K. study in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers said that the more exposed that patients were to these drugs during childhood and adolescence, the higher the odds of having IBD.

http://www.webmd.com/ibd-crohns-disease/news/20120924/antibiotics-bowel-disease-risk-kids?src=NEWS

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