Subject: Antibiotics (Keywords)

Using evidence gathered from leading scientists all over the world, Geoffrey Cannon shows that antibiotics can cause more harm than good. Overuse of antibiotics is creating superbugs capable of resisting all available drugs.

Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and ...