Vaginal Microbiome Transplants
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Inspired by the success of Faecal microbiota transplantation (#FMT), two teams of scientists have been researching #vaginal #microbiome #transplantation. The belief is that by…
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Antibiotics and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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…