microbiome

Antibiotics and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

September 25, 2019

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#Rheumatoid #arthritis is a long-term autoimmune condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the #joints. A combination of genetic and environmental factors are…

Antibiotic Harm to Children

August 23, 2019

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Researchers from Oxford, Cardiff and Southampton Universities have been studying the dangers of overprescribing #antibiotics for common #respiratory tract illnesses in children, concluding that…

Organic Apples and the Gut-Microbiome

August 21, 2019

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Frontiers of Microbiology have published a new study examining the differences in bacterial composition and microbial diversity of organically grown versus conventionally grown apples.…

Red Wine, Microbiome and Heart Disease Prevention.

April 13, 2016

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Now there will be those tempted to see this as a pitch for drinking more red wine….but let’s try and keep this in perspective,…

Artificial Sweeteners, Microbes and Blood Sugar Control

March 31, 2016

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A paper in Nature back in 2014 noted that artificial non-caloric sweeteners (NAS) when consumed by mice had a detrimental effect of their metabolic…

Vaginal Seeding – Yes its Real and Possibly You are Considering it?

March 16, 2016

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What? This is the act of applying vaginal bacteria to new-borns, not delivered vaginally to ensure exposure to the mother’s microbiome. Whilst at present,…

Probiotics in Digestive Diseases: Focus on Lactobacillus GG.

March 1, 2016

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A review article in Gastroenterologica e Dietologica explores the evidence for the use of LGG as a therapeutic probiotic.[1] Probiotics are becoming increasingly important…

Integrative Analysis of the Microbiome and Metabolome of the Human Intestinal Mucosal Surface Reveals Exquisite Inter-relationships

March 1, 2016

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A fascinating open paper was published in microbiome in 2013, and its suggested conclusions are now more prescient than ever, as the relationship between…

Prescription Drugs Obscure Microbiome Analyses

February 15, 2016

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Recent studies have suggested that gut bacteria play a fundamental role in diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Data are accumulating in…

Antibiotics – Short Term Benefits Offset Against Long Term Risk?

July 16, 2015

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The growing knowledge in research communities concerning the symbiotic relationship we have with our bacterial organism population is increasingly reflecting that which we have…