Early life antibiotic use linked to inflammatory gut diseases in adulthood

Monday, April 3, 2017 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

A new research report involving mice shows that antibiotic use very early in life that alters the normal development/growth of gut bacteria, may contribute to the development of inflammatory bowel disease, and potentially other inflammatory diseases like asthma and multiple sclerosis.

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