MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers found that a single strain of bacteria may be able to reduce the severity of
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“I finally managed my gut health – without a restricted diet”
For years, fitness trainer Tally Rye thought she was doing all the right things to help her IBS, but her
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The gut microbiome in polycystic ovary syndrome and its association with metabolic traits
University of Tartu researchers and their collaborators from Finland and Spain investigated the relationship between the gut microbiome and polycystic
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Gut microbiome disturbances linked to major depressive disorder
A team of researchers from several institutions in China, and two in the U.S. reports a link between human gut
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Study in mice demonstrates how gut bacteria help ward off viruses to make animals resistant to infection
The role of the gut microbiome in disease and health has been well established. Yet, how the bacteria residing in
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Link between Alzheimer’s disease and gut microbiota is confirmed
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Still incurable, it directly affects nearly one million people in Europe,
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COVID-19: Enzyme targeted by virus also influences gut inflammation
An enzyme that helps COVID-19 (coronavirus) infect the body also plays a role in inflammation and patient outcomes in inflammatory
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Gut bacteria linked to weight gain following chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer
Approximately 30% of breast cancer patients who receive chemotherapy treatment gain weight, though it is unclear why this phenomenon occurs
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Gut bacteria could be responsible for side effect of Parkinson’s drug
Bacteria in the small intestine can deaminate levodopa, the main drug that is used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Bacterial processing
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A poo transplant successfully treated a man who was brewing alcohol in his own gut
Clinicians who have patients with gut fermentation syndrome should consider treatment with fecal microbiota transplantation, especially if more traditional therapy
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