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SUPER DONOR FECAL TRANSPLANT HELPS IBS Check out this article in Healio about a study that supports a stool transplant from a “super donor” that effectively helps to treat IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME! Helio Gastroenterology: ‘Super donor’ FMT effective in IBS “Fecal microbiota transplantation [taking stool from one person and putting it into another person’s […]
IBS TAKES A TOLL – BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS Check out the results of a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology by Ballou et al about the massive impact on quality of life that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can have. IBS affects 15% of the United States population. Patients with IBS have worse health-related quality […]
ANALYZE YOUR GUT BACTERIA TO SCREEN FOR COLON CANCER Check out the website on a new noninvasive technique for colon cancer screening called LifeKit Prevent Colorectal Neoplasia Test (Prescient Metabiomics). The FDA recently granted Breakthrough device status, which allows the company to receive additional agency input as it finalizes test development as well as expedites […]
RED WINE PROMOTES BETTER GUT HEALTH Check out this article from Science Daily about a study published in August in the premier journal, Gastroenterology. Researchers in London found that moderate consumption of red wine helped to promote better diversity within the gut microbiome, which could contribute to red wine’s many reported health benefits. Science News: […]