Missing microbes : how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues / Martin J. Blaser, MD.
2014
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Title
Missing microbes : how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues / Martin J. Blaser, MD.
Author
Blaser, Martin J.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780805098105 hardcover
0805098100 hardcover
0805098100 hardcover
Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Language
English
Description
273 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
RM267 .B57 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.7/922
Summary
"A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the field's leading expert Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now, this invisible Eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances--antibiotics--threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences. Taking us into both the lab and deep into the fields where these troubling effects can be witnessed firsthand, Blaser not only provides cutting edge evidence for the adverse effects of antibiotics, he tells us what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future. "--Publisher information.
"Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now, this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances--antibiotics--threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences. Taking us into both the lab and deep into the fields where these troubling effects can be witnessed firsthand, Blaser not only provides cutting edge evidence for the adverse effects of antibiotics, he tells us what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future."--Publisher information.
"Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now, this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances--antibiotics--threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences. Taking us into both the lab and deep into the fields where these troubling effects can be witnessed firsthand, Blaser not only provides cutting edge evidence for the adverse effects of antibiotics, he tells us what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future."--Publisher information.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-256) and index.
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Table of Contents
Modern plagues
Our microbial planet
The human microbiome
The rise of pathogens
The wonder drugs
The overuse of antibiotics
The modern farmer
Mother and child
A forgotten world
Heartburn
Trouble breathing
Taller
... And fatter
Modern plagues revisited
Antibiotic winter
Solutions.
Our microbial planet
The human microbiome
The rise of pathogens
The wonder drugs
The overuse of antibiotics
The modern farmer
Mother and child
A forgotten world
Heartburn
Trouble breathing
Taller
... And fatter
Modern plagues revisited
Antibiotic winter
Solutions.