While the advent of antibiotics has surely saved an imeassurable number of lives, their overuse has caused an enormous number of problems ranging from resistant strains of bacteria to a society of people with weakened immune systems and a higher percentage of chronic illness. Any one who has read any of my own research regarding IC knows that I relate antibiotic overuse as one cause of Interstitial Cystitis. Another intersting article for today's reading: 
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