Spread the love         Gut Microbes: The Secret Boosters of COVID Vaccines? The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccines, but for some individuals, their effectiveness isn’t guaranteed. This is where your gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms living in your…

Spread the love         Detecting Liver Disease Early: New Tool Could Make a Big Difference. Chronic liver disease, a growing threat to global health, often progresses silently in its early stages. Detecting its precursor, steatotic liver disease (SLD), and advanced liver fibrosis…

Spread the love         Gut Bugs Influence Brainpower in Healthy Kids: Surprising New Study. A groundbreaking study reveals a surprising link between gut bacteria and brainpower in healthy children. This means even healthy kids’ cognitive development can be influenced by the tiny…

Spread the love           Gluten-Free Diet: Who Really Needs It? Before you jump on the bandwagon, understand who truly benefits from a gluten-free lifestyle. What is gluten, anyway? It’s a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, responsible for the fluffy…

Spread the love         Ischemic Cholecystitis or Acalculous Cholecystitis : A Hidden Threat Beyond Gallstones. Ischemic cholecystitis is a form of gallbladder inflammation that occurs without gallstones or another form of external compression. It is caused by poor perfusion to the gallbladder…

Spread the love         Good news for parents of preschoolers with recurrent wheezing! A Promising Tool for Wheezing in Preschoolers: pH-MII Monitoring and GERD. A recent study published in Diagnostics suggests that a special test called pH-multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII) monitoring can…

Spread the love         Health benefits of Beans for patients with history of colorectal cancer. Adding a cup of beans to the usual diet enhances the gut microbiome and regulates host markers associated with metabolic obesity and colorectal cancer, according to a…

Spread the love           New Antibiotic Shows Promise Against C. Diff with Unique Gut Microbiome Effect.  In a phase-one human clinical trial, a University of Houston pharmacist researcher has demonstrated that a newer generation tetracycline antibiotic, called Omadacycline, may be a…

Spread the love         A Game-Changer for Early Gastric Cancer Detection: A New Blood Test Shows Promise. A research team led by the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has discovered that the stromal cell-derived factor 4 (SDF-4) protein is a reliable…