Pediatrics
Goat milk formula could benefit infant gut health: study
The laboratory study by RMIT, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, analysed two types of commercial goat milk formula.
Jun 27, 2019
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News tagged with prebiotics
Arthritis & Rheumatism
How the obesity epidemic is taking a toll on our bones and joints
Deb Baranec wasn't always obese. As a teenager, she carried a few extra pounds but managed it by being active. Her weight crept up, however, and by the time she suffered her first knee injury while skiing at the age of 27, ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Want to improve your mood? It's time to ditch the junk food
Worldwide, more than 300 million people live with depression. Without effective treatment, the condition can make it difficult to work and maintain relationships with family and friends.
Feb 4, 2019
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Health
Probiotics and prebiotics – is it safe to use them to treat disease?
The link between gut microbes and health is now well established. As a result, researchers have been investigating the effects of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics on various diseases. Worryingly, though, they haven't ...
Jul 18, 2018
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Health
Jury still out on probiotics
(HealthDay)—Probiotics have become a trendy dietary supplement, with more and more people popping bacteria-laden capsules to try to improve their gut health.
Jul 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
Prebiotics in infant formula could improve learning and memory and alter brain chemistry
Nearly every American who has become a parent in the last decade has heard the slogan, "breast milk is best," and has likely been encouraged to offer breast milk to newborns. Among other things, breast milk contains natural ...
Jan 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
Prebiotics may help to cope with stress
What are some ways you cope with stresses in your life? Do you do yoga? Meditate? Exercise? Perhaps you should add taking prebiotics to that list.
Feb 10, 2017
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Medical research
'Gut' bacteria may help put a kink in family obesity cycle
Obesity is a global epidemic and the evidence is clear: if a mother is obese or gains too much weight during pregnancy chances are the child will be at higher risk of being obese throughout its life.
Mar 2, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Probiotics reduce rate of infection after liver transplant
(HealthDay)—Liver transplant recipients have a lower rate of infection with receipt of prebiotics and probiotics before surgery, according to a meta-analysis published in the September issue of Clinical Gastroenterology ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Immunology
Gut microbes closely linked to proper immune function, other health issues
A new understanding of the essential role of gut microbes in the immune system may hold the key to dealing with some of the more significant health problems facing people in the world today, Oregon State University researchers ...
Sep 16, 2013
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