Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts
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#2"The Beach Bums study asked 300 people, half of whom regularly surf the UK's coastline, to take rectal swabs" Good double meaning there.
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#3I wonder what the p value is. 9% vs 3% in a sample of 300 doesn’t sound that compelling.
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#4I wonder what the p value is. 9% vs 3% in a sample of 300 doesn’t sound that compelling.
Re: Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts
#5I wonder what the p value is. 9% vs 3% in a sample of 300 doesn’t sound that compelling.
Yeah, it would be interesting to do the same study in California and see if the percentage was higher or lower, they could even break it down by closest major city, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc.
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#6Download link for the original paper:
http://libgen.io/scimag/ads.php?doi=10.1016%2Fj.envint.2017....
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#7Unfortunately, I do not need to see a study to know that the waters near Lima (Where I live & surf) are full of crap.. That said, the healthy effects of the exercising on the sea must counteract the bacteria, because I don't know a healthier group than the surfing community around here.
Re: Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts
#8Download link for the original paper: http://libgen.io/scimag/ads.php?doi=10.1016%2Fj.envint.2017....
For me, the most surprising bit was in the Conflicts of interest section:
"Professor Hawkey [from the Institution of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham] reports grants and personal fees from Eumedica, grants and personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Merck, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Magus Communications, personal fees from Bio Merieux, personal fees from Wyth, from Becton Dickinson, personal fees from Novacta, personal fees from Novolytics, outside the submitted work."
Wow, I'm in the wrong business. /s
Re: Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts
#9Unfortunately, I do not need to see a study to know that the waters near Lima (Where I live & surf) are full of crap.. That said, the healthy effects of the exercising on the sea must counteract the bacteria, because I don't know a healthier group than the surfing community around here.
I'm also living in Lima, learning to surf and bodyboard, and was getting pretty excited about it.
Two weeks ago the water was dark brown. Point taken, but... shrug? Like you said, seems like the merits of the exercise outweigh the downsides.
Re: Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts
#10Unfortunately, I do not need to see a study to know that the waters near Lima (Where I live & surf) are full of crap.. That said, the healthy effects of the exercising on the sea must counteract the bacteria, because I don't know a healthier group than the surfing community around here.
That said, the healthy effects of the exercising on the sea must counteract the bacteria
That was my initial thought as well, basically.
Cystic fibrosis is a deadly genetic disorder that makes one vulnerable to infection. Last I checked, the life expectancy was about 37 in the US, though someone on HN recently said it is now age 40.
People with CF who surfed had such a better prognosis than average that it led to development of a non drug treatment where they inhale nebulized saline solution as a treatment.
I think a better solution is just consume good quality sea salt. That's what I did to good effect. But everyone tells me that's anecdotal, whereas the existence of hypertonic saline solution as a medically prescribed treatment for my deadly condition is sciency or something. (There is probably a better way to say that, but I can't think of it at the moment.)