After a bout of antibiotic therapy for a sinus infection, I have been researching the benefits of probiotics, also known as “friendly bacteria.” Although we think of probiotics as the stuff we get in ...

Intestinal bacteria are important for human health as they help digest food and regulate immune function. Thus, in recent years, it has become clear that gut microbiota dysbiosis, an imbalance in ...

Gary Huffnagle, author of The Probiotics Revolution (Bantam Books, $24), calls them "friendly microbes that normally live in our digestive tracts and that are naturally found in fermented foods such ...

I f the claims of some probiotic foods and supplements are to be believed, you can never have too many beneficial beasties living in your gut. So is using probiotic foods and supplements worth it? The ...

THIS book forms a valuable summary of our knowledge of many of the bacterial infections of the digestive tract, and of the conditions resulting therefrom— valuable alike to the bacteriologist, the ...

When the gut is unbalanced with too many harmful organisms, it can lead to unpleasant symptoms in different parts of the body ...

Nutritional consultant Brenda Watson bases her new book on what she calls “your inner weight-loss secret”: When the bacteria in your digestive tract are out of balance, you gain weight; when they are ...

To SDD or Not To SDD? Prophylactic administration of antibiotics, including selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD), to critically ill patients in an era of antibiotic resistance is a highly ...

Could the supplements you're taking actually be doing more harm than good when it comes to gut health? Here's what to ...

Bacteria from the digestive system seem to have the potential to cause damage to pancreatic cells, increasing the risk of malignant tumors. Now for the first time, live bacteria from cystic pancreatic ...

Digestive disorders can affect us all from time to time. Symptoms such as bloating and pain, often accompanied with some change in bowel habits, can be a feature of dietary changes, infection and ...