Antibiotics have revolutionized the practice of medicine. The magic bullets have been used to fight the bacteria that cause many of man's ill including veneral disease, tuberculosis, stomach uler, mastoiditis and other common infections. However, bacteria that once yielded so quickly to these wonder drugs have learned to resist the antibiotic onslaught. Today, infections that were once easily cured are not responding to the usual treatments. We have abused antibiotics to the point where we must now go back to the lab and begin research to develop a whole new generation of drugs. Also explores the use of antibiotics in agriculture and the possible side effects it has on new strains of resistant bacteria. Includes looking at some of the new uses that are being found for the most important weapon ever developed for medicine arsenal.

The digestive tract is a hugely complex arrangement of organs working together in harmony to give your body all the benefits it needs from the food we eat and to protect us from harmful bugs and bacteria. By looking at a typical American family we are able to see how lifestyle, fast foods and work dictate what we eat, how we eat and therefore how well our digestive system works. Eddie the Enzyme pops up with step by step advice, on the do's and don'ts of good digestion. With him and the help of an expert nutritionist we explain precisely what food makes for good digestion.