Can a fecal microbiota transplant change a person’s personality? A patient with a severe Clostridioides difficile infection, in whom antibiotic treatments have repeatedly failed, receives a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT). In this procedure, a portion of a...
Symptoms of Fiber Deficiency: What Are the Real Signs? How can you tell if you’re not eating enough fiber? Observational studies show a link between a high fiber intake and a lower risk of death. So you might think that most people make sure to eat enough of it. In...
The Microbiome and Aging: Can Bacteria Influence the Aging Process? Perceptions of bacteria have changed dramatically over time: from terrifying pathogens that wiped out as many as one-third of Europe’s population during the era of the great pandemics, to modern-day...
Antibiotics and the Microbiome: Effects on the Gut and Health The infection has cleared up, the antibiotic worked—everything should actually be back to normal by now. But sometimes, after that, the body doesn’t feel like it’s back in balance: digestion goes haywire,...
How does the microbiome work? What bacteria really want. The attention that bacteria have received in recent years, driven by increasing microbiome research and a lifestyle industry based on it, has led to a shift in perception of what happens in our gut.Suddenly,...
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