Chronic constipation is associated with cognitive decline
19 July 2023
A large study found that infrequent bowel movements are associated with a 73 per cent increased risk of cognitive decline, including deficits in memory and attention
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Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal transplants
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Faecal transplants alleviated nerve pain in people with diabetes, suggesting gut bacteria may play a role in causing such pain
Young squash bugs eat adults’ poo to stock up on healthy bacteria
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Squash bugs need certain kinds of gut bacteria to survive, but young nymphs don’t get any from their parents – so they have to acquire them by eating other adults’ faeces
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Transferring a mother's vaginal fluid to a baby born by Caesarean section was linked to their development being more advanced at 6 months
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People who work in the wine industry may have fewer and less diverse bacteria in their nose compared with non-vocational wine drinkers, which could affect their sense of smell and taste
Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome
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Mice that received gut microbes from children with epilepsy on the ketogenic diet were protected from seizures. The finding suggests the microbiome is behind the diet's seizure-reducing effect
Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease
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A bacterial treatment for coral stopped or slowed 68 per cent of infections with stony coral tissue loss disease in the lab, and it prevented the spread of the disease as well
Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds
27 March 2023
Wild seabirds that ingest high levels of microplastics have an overall greater diversity of microbes in their gut, which has unknown consequences
The microbiome inside the penis can be altered by vaginal sex
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The penis plays host to a collection of bacteria known as the penile microbiome, and an analysis of urethral swabs has found that men who have vaginal sex can pick up bacteria normally found in the vagina
