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6228036403001 In the last decade, health experts touted the benefits of having plenty of good bacteria in the gut.  They say having a diverse gut microbiome strengthens the immune system.  As it turns out, a diverse microbiome in our environment operates the same way. In other words, there are plenty of good bugs all around us that can help us fight off disease.   However, during the COVID pandemic more than ever before, many of the good bugs in our environment are being wiped out with high-powered cleansers like antibacterial agents and bleach. While health experts stress the importance o...

CBN Medical Reporter Lorie Johnson interviewed Dr. Jack Gilbert, author of the book "Dirt is Good."   Dr. Gilbert said the world around us is filled with all kinds of helpful microbes that actually strengthen our immune system. "The wonderful thing about microbes is they've been here for a long period of time and they've adapted to every environment on earth," he explained. "In the last 100 years since we've moved in moved indoors and live in our sealed homes, the microbes that have inhabited our bodies have taken up residence in our homes. The bacteria that live on our skin, in our mouth, a...

Life after loss in ‘Sanctuary’ In a second memoir, Emily Rapp Black meditates on motherhood, survival, and hope By Julianna Baggott Globe Correspondent,Updated January 20, 2021, 7:17 p.m. Email to a Friend Emily Rapp Black In her latest memoir, “Sanctuary,” Emily Rapp Black attempts to plumb both grief and love. After the death of her son, Ronan, to Tay-Sachs disease before his 3rd birthday, a journey she writes about in her previous memoir “The Still Point of the Turning World” (2014), Black finds herself living in the aftermath of unimaginable loss. On these p...

Read Article Mt. Blue High School’s Xander Gurney competes in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski meet at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington in Jan. 2020. Morning Sentinel file photo by Michael G. Seamans   Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of previews of Franklin- and Kennebec-county teams in the Sun Journal’s coverage area that have decided to play this winter. Mt. Blue Alpine ski coach Mark Cyr said newcomers will lighten the load after the Cougars lost a few top-notch skiers this season. “We have had an outstanding early season, really focusing on fundamentals,�...

Facebook and other U.S. tech giants could face new data privacy cases in Europe after the ECJ said any regulator in the region can bring about new proceedings.