Researchers find convincing evidence that probiotics are effective
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 17:42
in Health & Medicine
Up to one in five people on antibiotics stop taking their full course of antibiotic therapy due to diarrhea. Physicians could help patients avoid this problem by prescribing probiotics, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University published in American Family Physician.
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