To Your Health

What is the difference between l-glutamine and glutamine, and the same for the other amino acids?

"...their cell walls to help them resist the natural antibiotics that are produced by other bacteria. Mostly D-amino acids..."

June 23, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

What kind of magnesium is most tolerable and what foods are richest in magnesium?

"...such as renal insufficiency, if you are taking certain antibiotics, and also with myasthenia gravis. Magnesium (chemical symbol Mg)..."

May 19, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

How to keep irritable bowel syndrome under control

"...treatment for IBS is the antibiotic Rifaximin. Unlike most antibiotics that are absorbed by the blood stream and travel..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

TCB

Praying for Daniel Johnston, marveling at Townes Van Zandt, and wondering 'what hath Snoop Dogg wrought'?

"...seen," he said. "We've given him a lot of antibiotics and a lot of CAT scans, and an MRI,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

About AIDS

Got medications you don't need? Don't throw them away! They could make the difference between life and death for HIV-infected people in poor countries.

"...the same problems plague AIDS patients regardless of geography. Antibiotics, pain meds, appetite boosters, and heart medications are commonly..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

South of France by Southwest

In keeping a journal during my five days in Cannes, where my first feature, 'Room,' premiered internationally, it occurred to me that it's the creative energy in Austin that has carried me this far.

"...transfer to Bush International. A B-12 shot and jumbo antibiotics should take care of the infection. Bon voyage!May 11..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

Day Trips

The hot mineral waters of Marlin still flow from the fountain under the public pavilion

"...saw the last gasps of a once thriving industry. "Antibiotics put them out of business," he says of the..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

About AIDS

HIV isn't the only STD out there

"...full AIDS. The syphilis itself can be cured with antibiotics – but participants still only regained half of their..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

Don't toss extra meds!

"...the same problems plague AIDS patients regardless of geography. Antibiotics, pain meds, appetite boosters, and heart medications are commonly..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

Poz people and staph don't mix!

"...first-line antibiotics, one's immune system is especially important in the battle...."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column by Sandy Bartlett

To Your Health

Dealing with Crohn's disease

"...bout of intestinal flu that involves the use of antibiotics, often when people are fairly young. The inflammation mostly..."

March 12, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

About AIDS

Nasty Bacterial Infections Appearing in Austin

"...does become an infection, it doesn't respond to first-line antibiotics and may develop into something major before being correctly..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column by Sandy Bartlett

To Your Health

The SARS outbreak terrifies me, and I want to do what I can to protect myself. Are there any nutrients that might help?

"...medical treatment such as ventilators, oxygen support therapy, and antibiotics, along with nonspecific antiviral medication. If you think you..."

May 9, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Hightower Report

Organics: good enough for the pilgrims, good enough for us; and, trailer trash go upscale.

"...abundance didn't require any chemical additives, genetic engineering, pesticides, antibiotics, growth hormones, or other weaponry of today's high-tech agribusiness..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

To Your Health

My bowel habits have been poor all my life, and seem to worsen as I get older. I am well aware of the importance of good elimination. How can I do better?

"...and elimination that start after taking a course of antibiotics or after a trip to a foreign country may..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Eric Schlosser at BookPeople

"...he said, and hasn't been given growth hormones or antibiotics. Then someone asked him if he's a vegetarian. He..."

March 15, 2002 Food Review by Clay Smith

Coach's Corner

Poor Nolan Richardson. Why's everybody always pickin' on he?

"...up they are. Through it all -- cough elixirs, antibiotics, and immune system enhancers -- I cough and sneeze...."

March 8, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

TDH Cuts the Egret's Cheese

TDH shuts down cheese production at White Egret Farm.

"...that operate on a strictly organic level (meaning no antibiotics, no pesticides, and no pasteurization)...."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Prime Considerations

Chronicle Food writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry on why 1,000 head of Japenese Wagyu cattle are thriving in Central Texas.

"...and growth hormones, and many cattle are treated with antibiotics and fed animal by-product-laced feed or appetite-stimulating feed additives..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

To Your Health

I don't know what to believe about vitamin C! It was always promoted as safe and helpful for flu and colds, and now I hear that it may increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. Is it worth that risk just to take care of a cold?

"...And I always get a vaginal infection after taking antibiotics for the urinary tract infection. Are there some natural..."

March 16, 2001 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Day Trips

Mineral Wells, Texas: "Where America Drinks Its Way to Health."

"...wells and springs around the state. The arrival of antibiotics and other medical miracles in the 1940s dried up..."

May 26, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...exposed excrement promotes infections. They are kept alive with antibiotics, which handicap the consumers' ability to protect against infectious..."

May 12, 2000 Column

Coach's Corner

Television may have birthed the modern NBA, but now it's turned into a monster intent on killing her young.

"...morph into a nasty thing resistant to public relation antibiotics. Every empty seat tells a story: I didn't want..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Food-o-File

The Culinary Academy of Austin has joined forces with Reuben's Wine & Spirits to highlight the various world cuisines - find out how to participate; Mezzaluna celebrates 10 years of business; and an Organic Update..

"...Texas. The Sechrist's cattle are raised without growth hormones, antibiotics, or parasiticides, fattened on grass, and all feed supplements..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...and sauerkraut may be offered as an alternative to antibiotics. Instead of killing off bad bacteria, the tiny bug,..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Mouse That Roared

Organic Food Production Threatened by the USDA

"...propose to allow the use of synthetic substances, including antibiotics, therapeutic medicines, and paraciticides, for all types of livestock..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Food Feature by Steve Sprinkel

Postmarks

"...(all my animals are "fixed," wormed, given the necessary antibiotics, etc., as needed)...."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette

"...perspective: Jonas Salk perfected the polio vaccine in 1952. Antibiotics -- used to treat general infections, typhoid, plague, cholera,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Feature

Who Remembers Phil Ochs?

Letters at 3AM

"...street drugs; there were no mind-expanding drugs. Virtually no antibiotics. College was mostly for the privileged, and there were..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

About AIDS

City's STD Clinic Will Test for HIV -- Cheap!

"...at the clinic. Most STDs are easily treated with antibiotics. These diseases can be transmitted orally as well as..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

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