Category: General Health
Nausea and Vomiting in Adults Latest Facts: Definition, Prevention, Causes and Treatments
Nausea and vomiting are symptoms often associated with conditions such as gastroenteritis or migraine, but they can occur without them. Although they are often harmless it is still important …
Is Your Phone Listening? How Monitoring Your Flatus and Straining Could Help Ward Off Gastro Issues
Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and great healthcare costs worldwide. Infective diarrhea and malabsorption are quite prevalent and distressing when they happen. Reports estimate every …
Effects of Antibiotics on the Intestinal Microbiome and How to Restore Internal Microbial Balance
It has been almost a hundred years since Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. In that period, the use of antibiotics has become a part of everyday life. Every drug has …Study Links Gut Biofilms to IBS Symptoms—Could Targeting Them Lead to Better Treatments?
Key Takeaways: Biofilms were found in over half of IBS patients, suggesting a possible role in symptoms. Antibiotics alone may not work—IBS likely involves multiple causes like dysbiosis and …
Probiotics May Not Fully Restore Gut Microbiome After Antibiotics: Benefits Exist, But Proof Is Limited
It is well known that antibiotics eliminate good bacteria along with bad ones which potentially cause gut microbiome dysbiosis (imbalance) and other side effects. While their role in treating …
Stress May Cause Spontaneous Abortions of Male Fetuses According to Study
It is already well established that the stress levels incurred during pregnancy have huge effects on the development of the fetus and the child. But now according to a …Mental Stress May Be the Reason Behind Your Fever
Conditions related to mental health such as anxiety and depression can negatively alter normal physiological reactions, even resulting in fever. Scientists have discovered a neural pathway that prompts a …Short-Term Rapamycin Treatment May Be Sufficient for Lifespan Extension, Reducing the Need for Lifelong Use
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing has revealed that brief exposure to the macrolide drug rapamycin could have similar effects on lifespan …