Metabolic and brain function are the focus of the 2016 Harvard Probiotics Symposium: Gut Health, Microbiota & Probiotics throughout the lifespan. Top researchers from around the globe will present their latest research in what promises to be a stimulating two days in Boston, Massachusetts. It’s a bit early for leaf peeping but Boston is colorful […]
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In Alzheimer’s, Microbes Mind the Mental Gap
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is fearsome, affecting 44 million people worldwide; worse, those numbers are growing as populations age. While seemingly random, AD does not strike equally. Western Europe and North America claim the most whereas AD is least prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aha! Here’s a clue which lines up with the role of microbes in […]
No Bliss in Probiotic Ignorance
As you would expect, party banter sometimes leads to probiotics. Seems no one really knows too much but most people are aware of their importance, similar to how we feel about a political map of the Middle East. Leigh Galasso, a graduate student at D’Youville College decided to find out what consumers know and analyze […]
Colic Soothed by Probiotics
A baby cries–that’s normal. But when a baby cannot be consoled—by a hug, milk or a diaper change—parents worry. Colic is that ceaseless run of crying in the first few months of life that deprives everyone of sleep but then often stops just as mysteriously as it began. Parents do know that gastrointestinal distress often […]
Leading Ingredient & Solutions Tradeshow: Oct 4-8, Las Vegas
SupplySide West celebrates 20th anniversary & prepares for largest event to-date PHOENIX, (August 10, 2016) – Informa’s SupplySide West, the leading ingredient and solutions tradeshow where science & strategy intersect, 20th annual event takes place October 4-8 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Named to Trade Show News Network’s list of top […]
Leading Ingredient & Solutions Tradeshow: Oct 4-8, Las Vegas
SupplySide West celebrates 20th anniversary & prepares for largest event to-date PHOENIX, (August 10, 2016) – Informa’s SupplySide West, the leading ingredient and solutions tradeshow where science & strategy intersect, 20th annual event takes place October 4-8 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Named to Trade Show News Network’s list of top […]