This is a great article from UPI.COM about antibiotics and what we put into our bodies. The results were modest but it at least suggests that there is a correlation and something we should look into further. BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (UPI) — Children treated with antibiotics repeatedly in childhood gain weight faster than children treated…
This is an amazing article from CNN and written by John Bonifield and Elizabeth Cohen or CNN Health. People take antibiotics all the time without thinking they sometimes fail to work. This article shows how health bacteria or microbes can be transplanted to help fight out the bad bacteria. Medford, MA (CNN)It’s the middle of…
By Arnold Wald Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin The causes of fecal incontinence include a number of broad categories that occur alone or in combination.4 Many of these are suggested by a careful history and directed physical examination including perianal inspection, digital rectal examination,…
This is a great article written by Eryn Brown of the LA Times. It is amazing how important bacteria is to not only our digestive system but our entire body. This article talks about how the scientists at MIT are using research already gathered from E. Coli and how they are trying to make designer…
The age puberty starts can be a factor in developing a range of diseases from cancer to diabetes, suggests a study. Starting early or late could alter the risk of nearly 48 separate conditions, including the age of menopause. The analysis of half a million people, published in Scientific Reports, showed early puberty increased the…
An ingredient in grapes, berries and red wine can turn excess flab into calorie-burning “brown” fat, research has shown. The discovery suggests that diets containing the substance, resveratrol, may help combat obesity. Scientists gave mice amounts of resveratrol equivalent to humans consuming 12 ounces of fruit per day. They found that despite a high fat…
Compounds in breath may signal chances of developing deadly disease, researchers say MONDAY, April 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A new breath test may one day help spot the earliest signs of stomach cancer, a small trial from Israel suggests. This novel technology senses small changes in the levels of particular compounds in exhaled breath,…
Right after birth, trillions of microbes rush into a baby’s gut and start to grow. Most of these critters come from the mom’s skin, birth canal and gut. But exactly which types of bacteria take up residence in an infant’s gut can depend on the mother’s DNA, scientists reported Thursday. The study, published in the…
There’s a big difference between thinking you’re taking a probiotic—and actually taking one Bacteria appears to do a body a lot of good, from bolstering immunity to easing digestion. Recent evidence also points to certain bacteria as influencing mood, by producing compounds that travel from the intestine to the brain. (There’s even the name for…
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