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Causes Of Vaginal Bacteria - Articles
Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
by
Dr. Ellie Phillips
Posted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 12:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
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Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
by
Dr. Ellie Phillips
Posted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 8:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
Read on »
Disinfectants cause some bacteria to thrive.
by
Stephen Tvedten
Posted
Tue 29 Dec 2009 12:00am
Disinfectants cause some bacteria to thrive - LiveScience- msnbc.com
To keep sickness at bay, many of us constantly wash hands and disinfect surfaces. But a new lab study shows one pesky bacterium eats cleansers for breakfast: When disinfectant was applied to lab cultures of the bacteria, they adapted to survive not only the disinfectant but also
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Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain
by
Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:03am
some people have types of bacteria that cause them to absorb more calories from their food.
You have two absorption systems in your body. You absorb most of your food as it passes through your small intestines. Food that is not absorbed in the small intestine goes to your colon. The colon contains a huge colony of bacteria that work to ferment
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Is Helicobacter the only bacteria that causes stomach ulcers?
by
Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm
Barry Marshall won the 2005 Nobel Price in Medicine for proving that stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. Several papers have shown that a type of stomach cancer called MALT is caused by the same bacteria that causes stomach ulcers and that many cases of MALT stomach cancers can be cured by taking antibiotics to kill
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Disinfectants Cause Some Bacteria to Adapt, Thrive
by
GroettumMama
Posted
Mon 28 Dec 2009 10:10pm
While opening up the internet tonight, an article caught my eye. It discusses a bacteria that can thrive in disinfectant...and is showing to resist antibiotics without ever..., is a bacteria that those with CF commonly struggle to fight against. As much as we CF parents try to remain hopeful about our children's futures, this kind of information is very scary
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