What would you do if you were an Olympian, about to go to Brazil to compete in the 2016 Olympics, and there are warnings about a “Superbug”? Would you think twice? Some athletes are pulling out, although there is so much controversy in Brazil right now,...
Diet is an important determinant of disease risk in all population groups. There is emerging evidence that functional food ingredients can have an impact on a number of gut-related diseases and dysfunctions associated with changing lifestyle and age. The words of...
The surprising new findings, published today in the journal Translational Psychiatry, provide what is perhaps the strongest evidence yet that gut bacteria can have a direct physical effect on the brain, and suggest that it may one day be possible to treat debilitating...
On April 11 A team of scientists unveiled a new tree of life on Monday, a diagram outlining the evolution of all living things. The researchers found that bacteria make up most of life’s branches. And they found that much of that diversity has been waiting in plain...
IN the last half-century, the prevalence of autoimmune disease — disorders in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue in the body — has increased sharply in the developed world. An estimated one in 13 Americans has one of these often debilitating, generally...
Several studies have linked changes in the gut microbiome to obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, but the details of the link have been unclear. Now, a team led by researchers at Yale University has uncovered one pathway leading from gut microbes to...
