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Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least "good bacteria" don't add to a person's antibiotic resistance, a new study concludes. Recurring UTIs are common among some women and low-dose antibiotics are sometimes used to prevent them. The worry is that overuse of the drugs also reduces their effectiveness by making ...

Study: Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics

Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least 'good bacteria' don't add to a person's antibiotic resistance, a new study concludes.

Taking Probiotics Reduces Risk of Diarrhea

Taking probiotics is a good way for antibiotics users to try to avoid diarrhea, a new study suggests.

Probiotics may help prevent diarrhea: report

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking probiotics on top of a course of antibiotics may help ward off the diarrhea that often comes along with antibiotic treatment, a new review of past studies suggests. When researchers combined trials of all types of the gut-healthy microbes, they found that patients with a range of conditions -- from ear infections to sepsis -- were 42 percent less likely to get ...

Probiotics may help prevent diarrhea, report finds

Taking probiotics on top of a course of antibiotics may help ward off the diarrhea that often comes along with antibiotic treatment, a new review of past studies suggests