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Should you eat more dietary fiber? New study says it depends

Written by | 28 Jun 2024

Nutritionists generally advise everyone to eat more dietary fiber, but a new Cornell University study suggests that its effects on health can vary from person to person. The […]

In the drive to deprescribe, heartburn drug study teaches key lessons

Written by | 15 Apr 2024

Whether it’s costs, safety risks or “pill fatigue” they’re trying to reduce, many health systems and clinics have started working on ways to encourage deprescribing of medications that […]

University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers call for regulation of direct-to-consumer microbiome tests

Written by | 19 Mar 2024

Scientific research has linked a person’s microbiome to everything from gut and mental health to immunity and predisposition to cancer. This research comes at a time when there […]

Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten inflammatory bowel disease risk in over 40s

Written by | 11 Jan 2023

Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease—Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis—among the over 40s, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. The risk […]

Peanuts and herbs and spices may positively impact gut microbiome

Written by | 5 Dec 2022

Adding a daily ounce of peanuts or about a teaspoon of herbs and spices to your diet may affect the composition of gut bacteria, an indicator of overall […]

Robotic drug capsule can deliver drugs to gut

Written by | 5 Oct 2022

One reason that it’s so difficult to deliver large protein drugs orally is that these drugs can’t pass through the mucus barrier that lines the digestive tract. This […]

A simple diagnostic tool for gastrointestinal disorders

Written by | 26 Mar 2022

As food moves through the digestive tract, contracting muscles along the tract keep things flowing smoothly. Loss of this motility can lead to acid reflux, failure of food […]

For IBS, specific diets are less important than expected

Written by | 29 Dec 2021

Many IBS sufferers avoid certain types of food and often exclude gluten. However, a large new study from Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University, Sweden, does not […]

Antibiotics for appendicitis – first-line treatment

Written by | 29 Oct 2021

Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, and […]

Can gastrointestinal bleeding after heart attack be predicted?

Written by | 13 Sep 2021

Knowing which patients are at higher risk of bleeding complications following a heart attack can help health professionals to take preventative measures. Now researchers at Karolinska have published […]

Gut bacteria influence brain development

Written by | 11 Sep 2021

Researchers discover biomarkers that indicate early brain injury in extreme premature infants University of Vienna Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers have […]

Ultra-processed food intake linked to inflammatory bowel disease

Written by | 26 Aug 2021

Consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to be linked to an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), researchers reported on July 15, 2021 in the BMJ/British Medical Journal. […]

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