Plus, how to tell if it needs healing in the first place.

The gut microbiome plays an important role in many aspects of health, from digestion and immune function to metabolic balance ...

To measure how bacterial communities shift between health and disease, the team developed a new metric called the Ecological ...

Some medications may disrupt the “good” bacteria in your gut microbiome, potentially affecting your digestive and overall health.

Driven by a fascination with bacteria, microbiologist Julie Kopczyńska has trawled through existing research on the gut microbiome and created an easy-to-use gut health calculator. She says it's a ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and inflammation to disease risk, according to new review of scientific ...

A study of about 15,000 adults finds a lasting association between the use of certain antibiotics and the balance of the intestinal microbiota. The intestinal microbiota, that community of bacteria ...

The gut microbiome-the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract-drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings ...

Antibiotic treatments can affect the composition of the community of bacteria living in the gut, known as the gut microbiome, for a long time. A new study shows that certain types of antibiotics can ...

Young mice that received fecal transplants from older ones showed ovarian rejuvenation, suggesting potential therapeutic ...

We spend around 90 percent of our lives indoors. But what you might not realize while you’re cozied up at home is that you don’t just share your space with your family or pets — you also share it with ...