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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 that healthy growth of infants and children is closely linked to healthy development of their gut micr...

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. Pictured, a mother feeds her child one of the therapeutic foods as part of the clinical trial. (Photo:...

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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 at Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center. Available on demand at the organization’s website ( cso.org/cso...

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 lost,” Morales remembers. “I was a teenage mom, and I was a single mom, so it was very difficult. I...