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When starting a program of resistance training, follow the advice of a qualified professional to avoid injury.

If you do resistance training repeatedly and consistently, your muscles become stronger.

Careful prescribing of antibiotics will minimise the emergence of antimicrobial resistant strains of bacteria.

The Western obsession with cleanliness may be partly responsible for the increase in allergic asthma and conditions such as rhinitis.

Hospital patients are more likely to be infected by golden staph because of surgical or other wounds.

Travellers who visit malarial locations should avoid mosquito bites and take anti-malarial drugs.

Enterobacterales is the name given to a type of bacteria or germs, many of which normally live in your bowel. A well-known member of Enterobacterales is Escherichia coli or E. coli.

All medication has the potential to cause allergies but some people can have allergic reactions to specific prescription or over-the-counter medications.

Outbreaks of shigella gastroenteritis can occur in institutional settings, particularly where children are still in nappies or adults are incontinent.

Chemicals such as pesticides, antibiotics and hormones are used to boost food production and ensure adequate food supply.