Antibiotics in Baby Food?
A recent study published in the Food Chemistry journal caught my eye and I wanted to let you all know about it. It seems that a group of researchers…
Antibiotics, PPIs, and Low-Fiber Diet Set the Stage for C. difficile infection
Four weeks ago I began a blog series on the effects of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) on the development of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, a bacterial infection that has become more…
Listen Up Ladies—Job Stress Can Lead to Heart Disease
Recent findings by Harvard researchers in the Women’s Health Study (which involved more than 17,000 female health professionals) indicate that women whose work is highly stressful are at a…
Chronic Health Conditions – What’s Your Gut Got To Do With It?
Most people have a difficult time making the association between what is going on in the gut and health problems in other parts of the body. I help them connect…