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A new type of therapeutic food specifically designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is superior to standard therapy in promoting growth, according to a clinical trial conducted in Bangladesh. Researchers designed the study to supplement the diet of malnourished children with a formulation that contains locally available, culturally acceptable foods selected based on the ability of the ingredients to boost key growth-promoting gut microbes. The work supports the notion th...

New food is designed to nurture healthy gut microbes A new study shows that a therapeutic food designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is better than standard therapy in supporting their growth. The research, published online April 7, 2021, in The New England Journal of Medicine, was a collaboration between Washington University School of Medicine and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the clinical trial was conducted. Pi...

Our government tasked ethicists and doctors to create a decision-making framework for the worst-case scenario.

Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 11:10 am By John von Rhein Chicago Symphony Orchestra members perform Dvořák’s Wind Serenade in Episode 9 of CSO Sessions. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Ten months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in company with several other top-tier U.S. ensembles, is refusing to sing the lockdown blues. October 1 brought the debut of CSO Sessions, a set of hour-long chamber music concerts performed by members of the orchestra and filmed onstage the previous month a...

The Emergency Food Partnership provides thousands of free meals to those facing hunger during the pandemic. Rozette Rago A Venice Family Clinic patient picks up his meals at the food distribution at Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica. Cheryl Cheng ’02 | Photography by Rozette Rago | December 17, 2020 G UADALUPE MORALES WAS SCARED. She was pregnant and knew she needed prenatal care, but she didn’t have health insurance and wasn’t sure where to go. “I felt los...

Tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> halle, you heard paul ryan talk about the idea of trying to nullify this or box the president in to some kind of degree. there has one one bill by jeff flake to try to nullify these tariffs. theres not been the big push from leadership to try to get something on the floor and moving through very slow process up here to do something before this goes to effect later in march. they will stay the law of the land. >> garrett hank on the hill. thank you so much. forme...