Simultaneous probiotics may protect your gut from antibiotic misery
scientists say taking probiotics while prescribed antibiotics could help ease the toll that the powerful medications can take on the gut.
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Pour on the ketchup – tomatoes may help balance your gut microbiome
Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) discovered that pigs fed substantial amounts of tomatoes experienced favorable changes in gut bacteria, including greater microbe diversity.
Does a sick gut microbiome let COVID-19 take hold, or does COVID-19 make your microbiome sick?
A new study out of NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine reports that infection with COVID-19 can encourage dangerous gut microbes to thrive.
Here’s what happens to gut bacteria after cocaine ingestion, according to mouse model
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health were curious about the effects of cocaine on common gut bacteria in mice
How does a new bacterial strain earn its place in the gut? Scientists study microbiome evolution over an entire year
Researchers from Portugal unveiled what happens to bacteria that invade the gut microbiome after a year.
Gut bacteria linked to metabolites in the blood
A study by Uppsala University and Lund University scientists finds strong associations between bacteria living in the gut and small molecules found in the blood, called metabolites.
Bacteria that play dirty require a dirty solution: Fecal transplants help drive out life-threatening intestinal infection
Fecal transplants could be the answer to treating one of the most common life-threatening intestinal infections.
Gut inflammation prevented by pain-sensing nerves, mouse study suggests
Pain-sensing neurons can ward off inflammation and tissue in the gut by regulating the gut microbiome, finds a new mouse study.
Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis
These findings suggest that gut bacteria may be activating the immune systems of people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Primate study confirms impact mothers have on their child’s gut bacteria
Scientists studied wild primates, called geladas, to find the first evidence of a maternal influence on the gut development of offspring, even after weaning.