Bacteria Microbes - Articles
Bacteria and Immune Health
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Julia O.
Image found onWikimedia CommonsI thought this article from Science Daily was really interesting. I remember that one of my doctors told me that the intestinal tract is an integral part of the body's immune system in a recent visit. Read on: Bugs In The Gut Trigger Production Of Important Immune Cells, Study FindsScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2008) — ...
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Babies and Bacteria
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Matt M.
I found this interesting study that looked at how bacteria is passed from mother to baby. Researchers analyzed bacteria in the mother's diet during pregnancy, in the mother's breastmilk, and then compared this to the bacteria in the infant. There were strong correlations between the mother's types of bacteria and the infant's bacteria, as you wou ...
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Bacteria in the Milk..BD
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Medical Quack
Bacteria in the Milk..BDBOSTON - State health officials warned consumers not to drink milk produced by a Massachusetts dairy, saying it was the likely source of a bacterial illness that killed two men and sickened two others. Listeriosis is a kind of food poisoning that can be dangerous to the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chron ...
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The bacteria was identified!
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Kelly
Sorry for the quick post on Sunday - I was trying to get out the door to watch our Angels lose to Boston! ;) When I spoke to the lab at the ER and the bacteria was identified. Just before leaving for the game, the ER doctor called after reviewing the results. He felt that Jenelle would be fine with the IV antibiotics she received on Saturday. Als ...
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Bacteria and Learning?
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Seth Roberts ..
Do bacteria-laden foods improve learning? A recent study:The ability of dietary manipulation to influence learning and behavior is well recognized and almost exclusively interpreted as direct effects of dietary constituents on the central nervous system. The role of dietary modification on gut bacterial populations and the possibility of such micro ...
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Bacteria, Yummy
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Fit Bottomed Girls
Yogurt is a great thing. It's one of those treats that you can have for a sane amount of calories, it's sweet (many even come in dessert-inspired flavors), and because yogurt is full of calcium and protein, it's good for ya. These reasons are precisely why I eat yogurt darn near everyday. Usually, it's the last course of my lunch meal (the first be ...
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Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
What are foodborne illnesses?Foodborne illnesses are caused by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Harmful chemicals can also cause foodborne illnesses if they have contaminated food during harvesting or processing. Foodborne illnesses can cause symptoms that range from an upset stomach to more serio ...
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Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
What are foodborne illnesses?Foodborne illnesses are caused by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Harmful chemicals can also cause foodborne illnesses if they have contaminated food during harvesting or processing. Foodborne illnesses can cause symptoms that range from an upset stomach to more serio ...
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Probiotics: Nature’s “Friendly” Bacteria
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Carolyn C.
In addition to getting a flu shot and washing your hands frequently, you may want to add some “beneficial” bacteria to your immune system defense this winter. Yes, despite what you’d think from the huge market of antibacterial products, not all bacteria are bad. In fact, the so-called “good bacteria” that inhabit you ...
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Bacteria-Free Mice
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Seth Roberts ..
Bacteria-free mice have malfunctioning digestive systems and immune systems. Sarkis Mazmanian, an assistant professor at Caltech, has found that as little as one bacterial-surface molecule can make their immune systems work much better. Exposure to this molecule also protects the mice against a bacterium that would otherwise cause a mouse model of ...
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