Fermentation of protein in the gut could release toxins into the body's circulation and affect the brain's access to neurotransmitter compounds, according to an international study by Monash University researchers.
Mar 10, 2023
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If aliens were to examine a human, they would think we were just slavish organisms designed to feed microbes and carry them around. Our bodies contain 10 times more bacteria than cells, and there are an estimated 3.3 million ...
Oct 21, 2016
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Results from a new clinical study conducted at Uppsala University suggest that curtailing sleep alters the abundance of bacterial gut species that have previously been linked to compromised human metabolic health. The new ...
Oct 25, 2016
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Meningitis is associated with high mortality and frequently causes severe sequelae. Newborn infants are particularly susceptible to this type of infection; they develop meningitis 30 times more often than the general population. ...
Jul 9, 2021
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The bacteria in a child's gut appears to be influenced as early as its first year by ethnicity and breastfeeding, according to a new study from McMaster University.
Jun 1, 2017
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New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) suggests that a 16-week vegan diet can boost the gut microbes that are related ...
Sep 17, 2019
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Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a type of gut bacteria that might help improve insulin resistance, and thus protect against the development ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Eating too much high-fat, high-calorie food is considered the primary cause of obesity and obesity-related disease, including diabetes. While the excess calories consumed are a direct cause of the fat accumulation, scientists ...
Nov 2, 2015
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APC Microbiome Ireland scientists based at University College Cork have shown for the first time that a high fat "western" diet reduces the efficiency of the immune system to fight infectious disease particularly in the gut, ...
Jan 21, 2019
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A recently published study by Houston Methodist scientists suggests telltale signs of concussions might be found in the gut. By taking blood, stool and saliva samples from 33 Rice University football players, the researchers ...
May 10, 2022
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