Meet Your Microbiome is a webseminar proposed by the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation. In this online education presentation, Dr. Richard Fedorak from the University of Alberta discusses the links between the microbiome, health and disease.
Gut Microbiota Research & Practice is a section dedicated to promoting knowledge-sharing and debate among researchers, scientists and healthcare professionals. You will find a selection of discussions about articles from scientific literature as well as other content including interviews with experts, event reports, and special publications.
Dr. Josef Neu, on personalized care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
11 Oct 2014by Kristina Campbell
Dr. Josef Neu is a neonatologist and pediatrician, as well as an associate professor at the University of Florida. He researches developmental gastroenterology and neonatal nutrition. He sat down with Gut Microbiota for Health at the Harvard Probiotics Symposium 2014, after
Probiotics Throughout the Lifespan: the best of the #hprobio14 live-tweet
10 Oct 2014by GMFH Editing Team
Below is the best of our Twitter coverage of the four sessions of the 'Probiotics Throughout the Lifespan' Symposium which was held in September at the Harvard Medical School. Session IA: Pregnancy Session IB: Neonatal Period Session II: Adult Period
Veiga study analysis: Can probiotics improve gut microbiota stability?
6 Oct 2014by Mary Ellen Sanders
In this contribution, GMFH board member Mary Ellen Sanders analyzes one of our recent website selections: Veiga et al. (2014) Changes of the human gut microbiome induced by a fermented milk product. Probiotics are a promising means to manipulate the
In a previous GMFH article, ‘PROBIOTICS’ PART I: A BRANCHING DEFINITION, we covered recent updates to the definition of probiotics as discussed at the October 2013 meeting organized by The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP). Three of
Probiotics have a well-known definition that has been cited for over a decade: ‘Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’. Written in a 2001 joint report of the Food and Agriculture Organization
Microbiome and Health: special edition of the San Francisco Medical Society Magazine
24 Sep 2014by GMFH Editing Team
The September 2014 issue of the San Francisco Medical Society Magazine is dedicated to The Microbiome and Health, and features 13 articles. Notable contributors include Elisabeth Bik, Erica Goode and Karen Blum. Authors developed topics regarding the latest discoveries about
Member contribution: Embarazo y Lactancia en el desarrollo del Microbioma
19 Sep 2014by Demian Herrera
My name is Demian Herrera and I’m a paediatrician, working right now in private consult and as a teacher for paediatrics for medical students and physiology and biochemistry for odontology students; I have a passion for the intestinal microbiome and
Researchers from Israel recently published in Nature how NAS [Non-caloric artificial sweeteners] affect glucose tolerance. In an initial experiment, researchers found mice that consumed water, glucose, or sucrose had comparable glucose tolerance curves, but all 3 mouse groups consuming NAS
A panel of scientific experts* assembled in London, UK, on October 23, 2013 to discuss the scope and appropriate use of the term ‘probiotic.’ The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) organized the meeting to review the relevance