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Chemistry World December 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Blame it on the Bacteria The bacteria in human guts could be partially responsible for obesity, report US researchers.
Fast Company February 2015 Jon Gertner	What's Lurking In Your Microbiome? Possibly, a Cure for Disease Second Genome is a small company that focuses on the microbiome: the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that people carry around with them from birth until death.
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Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner	Jeremy Nicholson's Gut Instincts: Researching Intestinal Bacteria The body and its intestinal flora produce chemicals with hidden health information, Jeremy Nicholson has found. Someday treating disease may mean treating those bacteria.
Science News May 20, 2006 Ben Harder	Bacteria Can Keep Their Kin in Check Products containing beneficial bacteria might help people fight the ill effects of some gut microbes in diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome.
Food Processing August 2006 Mark Anthony	Digestive Health's New Phase The gastrointestinal tract is one of the body's first lines of defense against disease. The more we understand and encourage healthy g.i. tract balance, the better we'll be able to protect ourselves from disease.
Nursing November 2008 Michael W. Day	Fight Back Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease It takes guts to live with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, both of which can take a heavy toll on their victims. Find out how to help your patient tame the attacks.
Scientific American November 14, 2005 Gunjan Sinha	Bugs and Drugs Gut bacteria could determine how well medicines work.
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Bacteria altered to suppress hunger faces long road to clinic A US-based research team has programmed gut bacteria to produce a hunger-suppressing molecule that has been shown to aid weight loss in mice. However, there are still significant challenges ahead.
Chemistry World August 28, 2009 Hayley Birch	A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down Modified gut bacteria that produce therapeutic agents in response to specific dietary sugars could be employed as novel treatments for bowel disorders.
Nursing March 2010 Delahanty & Myers	3 bad bugs Acinetobacter baumannii, Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and infections that develop as a result of antimicrobial therapy, such as Clostridium difficile.
Food Processing August 2013 Claudia O'Donnell	Probiotics - From Weight Management to Survival Skills New studies look at gut microbiota and obesity, while probiotic viability remains a goal.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Mary Ellen Sanders	10 Myths About Probiotics Interest in probiotics is increasing, but most Americans do not understand their contribution to health. Often, the amount of probiotics in products is not specified, further confusing consumers.
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American Journal of Nursing June 2008 Mary C. Vrtis	Is Your Patient Taking the Right Antimicrobial? Ways in which bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials and the prevalence and costs of health care-associated infections resulting from antimicrobial resistance.
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Food Processing August 2011 David Feder	It's Alive! Probiotics Are Growing for Food Processors New research shows putting bugs in your food is a better idea than you probably thought.
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American Journal of Nursing September 2010 Bliss & Norton	Conservative Management of Fecal Incontinence This article summarizes the strategies that have proven most effective in uncovering and combating this prevalent yet seldom acknowledged condition.
Food Processing April 2011 Mark Anthony	Soluble Fibers: Prebiotic Boon to Health Fiber is breaking out of its "wood-chip" image with its attraction as a prebiotic component and the functional gateway to digestive health.
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Chemistry World August 31, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Gut's Taste for the Sweet Life Revealed A sugar-sensing receptor in the intestine could explain why drinking diet cola may hinder obese people who hope to lose weight and lead to new ways of treating obesity and diabetes.
Science News March 1, 2003 Ben Harder	Bacteria-Stocked Beverage Clears Pathogens from Nose Considerable evidence indicates that ingesting certain bacteria, called probiotics, can maintain or improve intestinal health. Some researchers have also examined whether these bacteria could aid health in other parts of the body.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2006	Matter of Support Lifeway Foods' new Probugs(TM) line is a no-spill organic whole milk kefir product for kids that contains 10 live and active kefir cultures (most yogurts have two or three types) that give a healthy boost to the digestive and immune system.
Prepared Foods June 6, 2007 Claudia O'Donnell	The Biotics As the success of probiotics grows in the North American market, the use of prebiotic fibers is also expanding.
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American Journal of Nursing August 2011 Craft & Prahlow	From Fecal Impaction to Colon Perforation The authors present the case of an elderly, nonverbal nursing home resident with dementia who developed fecal impaction, despite interventions such as enema.
Popular Mechanics April 8, 2009 Erin McCarthy	Fringe's Stomach Science is Part Fact, Part Fiction Fringe is back after a month-long hiatus. We get to the bottom of "Inner Child," an episode flirting with stomach science.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Superbugs So long as antibiotic use remains widespread and excessive, superbug bacteria will be here with us. Read on about some of the most common North American superbugs.
Wired February 2007 Steve Silberman	The Invisible Enemy The Pentagon created the perfect machine for saving the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq. But then soldiers started getting sick. The culprit: a drug-resistant supergerm infecting the military's evacuation chain.
Prepared Foods October 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	Article: Formulating Foods and Beverages for Enhanced Immunity Many ingredients have been found to enhance immunity and are popping up in new products on store shelves everywhere. Some of the more common ingredients are discussed here.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2013 Ben Comer	Top Medical Innovations for 2014 At the conclusion of the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit each year, 10 innovative technologies are unveiled before the audience, and designated as new and revolutionary tools for the treatment of disease and disability.
Nursing April 2009 Colwell & Gordon	Helping patients combat colon cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 148,810 people received this diagnosis and an estimated 49,960 died of the disease.
Fast Company May 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda	Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs.
Science News July 28, 2007 Janet Raloff	A Gut Feeling about Coffee People's gut microbes digest fiber from coffee in a fermentation process, making beneficial compounds.
Scientific American January 2007	Meet Resistance Head-On With resistance to antibiotics growing at an alarming pace among pathogenic bacteria, Americans must become more aggressive with regard to early intervention in the processes that foster resistance.
Prepared Foods May 2009	R&D: Healthy Endeavors, from Pre- to Probiotics Speakers at an R&D Applications Seminar series offer formulation solutions in an area of growing popularity: probiotics, prebiotics and dietary fiber.
Chemistry World January 31, 2008 John Bonner	RNAi Scores Victory Against Crohn's Disease in Mice Thousands of people suffering from the debilitating gut condition Crohn's disease could experience relief from their symptoms through a technique that blocks production of a key protein in the inflammation process.
AskMen.com Harold Russell	The Lowdown On Superbugs The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant strains of bacteria, commonly referred to as superbugs.
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Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Mike Brown	Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US.
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