How the health of your lungs is linked to the bacteria in your gut

How the health of your lungs is linked to the bacteria in your gut

Children with asthma may have lower levels of beneficial bacteria in their gut. Studio Nut/ Shutterstock By Samuel J. White, York St John University and Philippe B. Wilson, York St John University The trillions of bacteria living in our gut have an extraordinary effect on our health. They’re in charge of digestion, breaking down the foods we eat and extracting their vitamins and minerals. A healthy, balanced microbiome […]

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Double whammy antibiotic makes antibiotic resistance much harder – new study

Fahroni/Shutterstock By Tom Smith, Sheffield Hallam University Most antibiotics are natural products of bacteria and other microorganisms from the environment. They are part of a silent chemical warfare among microorganisms in soils, rivers and seas right now. The fact that they are natural products that have been around for millions of years means that even as we discover new antibiotics, there are probably already microorganisms that are resistant to […]

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