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It’s antibiotic season. Brush up on how you should use them – and when to avoid them.

Famed microbiome researcher Dr Martin J. Blaser shares what he sees as the most promising applications, and the rigorous clinical trials needed to realize them.

Christian John Lillis, co-founder and executive director at Peggy Lillis Foundation, discusses the role of the pharmacist in education that advances C diff awareness in the medical community.

“Most of us don’t even want to think about dying, getting frail, losing vitality, closing our eyes for the last time, but one thing’s for sure – it’s coming. The question is when. How many years will you get out of your body? And do we even have any say in the matter?” best-selling author and longevity explorer Dan Buettner asks in the introduction to the new Netflix hit series “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones”.

The gut microbiome of the Hadza people of Tanzania is vastly more diverse than the gut microbiome of the average Californian, says a new study that highlights the extensive changes induced by industrialized diets and lifestyle.

The gut microbiome of the Hadza people of Tanzania is vastly more diverse than the gut microbiome of the average Californian, says a new study that highlights the extensive changes induced by industrialized diets and lifestyle.

The gut microbiome of the Hadza people of Tanzania is vastly more diverse than the gut microbiome of the average Californian, says a new study that highlights the extensive changes induced by industrialized diets and lifestyle.

Those prepared with bacterial cultures may be useful, but scientific support for their alleged benefits in treating diarrhea, eczema, and ear infections is scarce. We review the data

Experts warn of an ‘invisible extinction’ going on inside our bodies that is harming human health.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Martin J. Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and professor of medicine and microbiology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the Center for... view more  Credit: Roy Groething Martin J. Blaser, MD, has been awarded the 2020 Prize Medal by the Microbiology Society of Great Britain in recognition of his study of the microbiome and its interactions within the human body that provide protection against and lead to disease. Dr. B...