Early-life exposure to antibiotics may increase the risk of diseases like asthma and obesity later in life. — Whalespan
Early-life exposure to antibiotics may increase the risk of diseases like asthma and obesity later in life.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“especially in mice but also to some extent in humans, it was shown that early-life exposure to antibiotics, for example, could save lives in many cases, but the price that we may pay is an increased risk for diseases such as asthma, these are elegant studies that were performed by my friend and colleague, Brett Finlay, and to obesity in later life and other diseases.”