Elizabeth Gehrman has written “Probiotics on the Brain” which appeared October 12 in the Boston Globe Magazine and online here. Gehrman spotlights Dr. James Greenblatt, a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer of Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, Massachusetts who uses probiotics along with traditional medicine in his practice. The discovery of a gut-brain axis […]
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"Probiotics on the Brain"
Elizabeth Gehrman has written “Probiotics on the Brain” which appeared October 12 in the Boston Globe Magazine and online here. Gehrman spotlights Dr. James Greenblatt, a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer of Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, Massachusetts who uses probiotics along with traditional medicine in his practice. The discovery of a gut-brain axis […]
Antibiotics in Infants Linked to Obesity
Pediatricians routinely prescribe antibiotics to their youngest patients for many common infections. One danger of course is antibiotic resistance but now a new study suggests some may also be more likely to grow fat. An analysis published in the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics looked at about 65,000 children at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, […]
Human Microbiome Project
The Human Microbiome Project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health is an ambitious undertaking which demonstrates the good that government can accomplish on a large scale. Here is the way it works: Phase I: 2007 to 2012– data gathered to identify human microbes Phase II: 2013 through 2015–data assembled identifying interactions between microbes and […]
Probiotic Talking Points
Some of the probiotic glitterati were at Harvard Medical School for a two-day symposium last week. The lineup of topics stretched across the ages from neonatal to childhood, adulthood, and into the elderly stage. Next time I’ll share before the event—free and first-come,first-serve ticketing, not to mention free lunch; their generous style is part of […]
Probiotics and Sepsis
Cancer treatments including radiation and chemical often lead to diarrhea, a contributor to the debilitating side effects. Because probiotics are well-known to intervene and often alleviate diarrhea, clinicians ask whether probiotic supplements should be advised. There is a glitch. Immunity in cancer patients is fragile. So will adding a live organism to the mix be […]