Gastroenterology
Study shows how the intestine's nervous system affects gut microbes
Sometimes, a gut feeling is literal.
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Stool samples reveal microbial enzyme driving bowel disease
Ulcerative colitis, a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease, is a chronic ailment of the colon affecting nearly one million individuals in the United States. It is thought to be linked to disruptions in the gut microbiome—the ...
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Gastroenterology
Microbiome discovery may open new doors to development of treatments for gastrointestinal diseases
University of Calgary researchers probing the gut—"the inner tube of life"—have for the first time discovered specific factors in its workings that in the future may help improve treatment for patients facing gut damage ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diet can support the prevention and treatment of mental health disorders
"We already have significant evidence on the associations between nutrition and mental well-being, and there is also preliminary evidence showing that some people with depression will have fewer symptoms when they improve ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Immunology
Uncovering the links between diet, gut health and immunity
A preclinical study from the University of Sydney has found a high-protein diet can change the microbiota of the gut, triggering an immune response. Researchers say the study takes us a step closer to understanding the way ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Medical research
The gut microbiome of Irish Travellers gives a timely public health lesson
Investigators at APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Center in Cork were stunned by the findings of the first microbiome study of Irish Travelers which challenges the concept of a "normal" or "healthy" microbiome and asks: ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Microbiome: Scientists highlight role of harmful gut bacteria in fever afflicting cancer patients
An altered gut microbiome is an unexpected cause of fever afflicting many patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to scientists who've also discovered that poor appetite during cancer treatment may trigger the biological ...
Inflammatory disorders
Toxin-producing yeast strains in the gut fuel inflammatory bowel disease
Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut microbiome changes linked to precancerous colon polyps
A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham has linked certain types of gut bacteria to the development of precancerous colon polyps. Their results are published in Cell Host & Microbe.
May 31, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Antibiotics after breast cancer linked to poorer survival, study finds
Women with triple-negative breast cancer who received multiple antibiotic prescriptions within three years after their cancer diagnosis were more likely to experience disease recurrence and to die from their cancer than those ...
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