Socializing children at a young age helps them develop greater diversity in their microbiome, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria ...

At a time of year when many are spring cleaning homes, here’s advice from experts: Protect your house’s microbiome for your health. The world around us, including our homes, is full of microorganisms ...

Stomach acid can dissolve probiotics and lessen their efficacy. Nature’s Bounty uses an enteric coating to protect the ...

Dear Doctor K: Are all germs dangerous to our health? Dear Reader: Not all microorganisms (also called germs or microbes) are bad for our health far from it. Our knowledge of the impact of germs on ...

Scientists have pinpointed a group of bacteria that consistently appear in high numbers in healthy people, suggesting that these could one day be targeted through diet or probiotics ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.--When you hear the word "bacteria" you might think it's a bad thing. So you get rid of it all - the cleaner the better! Doctors say this is actually a problem because there are good ...

You’ve come to the right place. This is where fermented foods, as well as prebiotics and probiotics, play their major role.