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Causes of Mucus in Stool and When to Be Concerned
Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Mucus in stool is normal, but it's not usually visible to the naked eye. When it is ...
People with Parkinson’s or IBD may be deficient in similar types of good bacteria
People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or Parkinson’s disease have depletions in similar types of beneficial bacteria, ...
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6 reasons your poop smells so awful, from antibiotics to celiac disease
Health experts point to these six culprits as the most likely causes of a sudden change in stool odor. 1. Antibiotics Antibiotics help your body kill off as many bacteria as possible, but they don ...
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Mysterious Microbial Obelisks Colonize our Gut, Mouth, and Stool
and even in human stool, from people on different continents. Many of these obelisks only loosely resembled each other, so there are likely different types of obelisks. The research team examined one ...
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The secret to a healthy gut is simpler than you think
The researchers used DNA technology to analyze participants’ stool samples, which allowed them to identify the different types of bacteria proliferating in their microbiomes, says study author ...
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Understanding the world within: Study reveals new insights into phage–bacteria interactions in gut microbiome
"Using our new analytical tool, we profiled the combined phage-bacteria communities in 12,262 stool samples from 887 participants of the TEDDY study during their first four years of life," said co ...