October 9, 2025
Netflix's documentary "Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut" explores the gut microbiome through the experiences of four individuals dealing with various health issues.
October 1, 2025
Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson's disease.
May 13, 2025
In a recent medical study, Stanford researchers say a new stem cell experiment is transforming the lives of stroke patients.
March 25, 2025
Scientists are learning how to harness the power of the gut microbiome to make certain cancer drugs more potent.
April 10, 2024
There’s a better predictor of heart disease risk, some doctors and researchers say, but many doctors and patients aren’t talking about apoB
April 10, 2024
Picture a bustling city on a weekday morning, the sidewalks flooded with people rushing to get to work or to appointments. Now imagine this at a microscopic level and you have an idea of what the microbiome looks like inside our bodies, consisting of trillions of microorganisms (also called microbiota or microbes) of thousands of different species.
April 10, 2024
You think of bacteria as something bad that you should avoid. But, turns out, most of the bacteria inside your gut play an important role in keeping you healthy.
April 10, 2024
Your gut microbiome is a microscopic world within the world of your larger body. The trillions of microorganisms that live there affect each other and their environment in various ways.
April 10, 2024
TMAO (or trimethylamine N-oxide) is a metabolite produced by gut bacteria. Briefly, nutrients such as
phosphatidylcholine (also known as lecithin), choline, and L-carnitine are abundant in animal-derived products
such as red meat, egg yolk and full-fat dairy products.