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Probiotics

Consumption of Probiotics Associated With Reduced Risk of Diarrhea From Antibiotic Use

Consumption of probiotics (live microorganisms, which may occur naturally in foods such as yogurt, intended to confer a health benefit when consumed) is associated with a reduced risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, a common adverse effect of antibiotic use, according to ...More
3 weeks ago
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Probiotics Effective in Combating Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

In four different studies presented at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)'s 76th annual scientific meeting, researchers explored the effectiveness of probiotics for antibiotic-associated diarrhea; as an anti-inflammatory agent for patients with ulcerative ...More
October 31, 2011
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Probiotics Have Slight Preventive Effect on Colds

Taking probiotics seems to provide both children and adults with a mild degree of protection against many upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) including the common cold, according to a new systematic review. People who consume probiotics are also less likely to end up ...More
September 15, 2011
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Penn State, Ganeden Biotech Present New Data on Probiotic and C. diff

Ganeden Biotech announces that the company will present new in vivo data on the effect of its GanedenBC30 probiotic strain in C. diff infection at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference in Chicago, being held May 7-10, 2011. Jointly with its collaborator, Dr. Leo R. ...More
May 4, 2011
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Oral Bacteria May Offer Probiotic Potential Against Upper Respiratory Infections

Bacteria in the mouth may offer probiotic potential against upper respiratory tract infections say researchers from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, and Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. They detail their findings in the June 2010 ...More
June 18, 2010
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Probiotic Therapy Cuts Risk of VAP in Half for Some in ICU

Daily use of probiotics reduced ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients by almost half, according to new research from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. The study was published on the American Thoracic Society's Web site ahead ...More
June 17, 2010
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Allergies Blamed on Excessive Cleanliness

Allergies have become a widespread in developed countries: hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma are all increasingly prevalent. The reason? Excessive cleanliness is to blame according to Dr. Guy Delespesse, a professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of ...More
April 13, 2010
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Goodbye Needle, Hello Smoothie for Disease Protection

Instead of a dreaded injection with a needle, someday getting vaccinated against disease may be as pleasant as drinking a yogurt smoothie. A researcher from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has developed a new oral vaccine using probiotics, the ...More
March 17, 2009
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Researchers Find Convincing Evidence That Probiotics are Effective

Up to 1 in 5 people on antibiotics stop taking their full course of antibiotic therapy due to diarrhea. Physicians could help patients avoid this problem by prescribing probiotics, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ...More
December 18, 2008
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Probiotic Microbes Could Be a Key to Good Health

By Mary Beth Reilly Medical researchers are finding that one of the keys to good health could be living in our guts – specifically, in the world of microbes that live in our digestive tracks. Researchers are discovering that this “good” bacteria helps not only to stimulate ...More
March 6, 2006
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