People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or Parkinson’s disease have depletions in similar types of beneficial bacteria, ...

Forget stress and spicy food. The real cause of most ulcers is a sneaky bacteria hiding in your gut but modern medicine has a ...

“Several dried fruits are known to help with constipation, but the most well-known are prunes,” says Rabia de Latour, M.D., a ...

A new soda pop containing a mixture of prebiotics to encourage bacterial diversity is now available. Currently, there is no ...

Most people rarely discuss their bathroom habits, yet new research suggests that bowel movement frequency might be one of the ...

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 ...

Research has shown that dogs that eat raw diets have fewer cases of ear infections as they get older. Independent research ...

Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our body with an astounding number of bacteria.

Others may need antibiotics. If you think you may have a bacterial infection, especially after traveling abroad, call your ...

Image Credit: Norgen Biotek Corporation Figure 6. Relative Abundance of Bacterial Genera Between Preserved and Non-preserved Stool Sample Stored at RT For 2 Days. Preserved stool sample using ...

More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for ...