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Probiotic found to be effective treatment for colitis in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found. Mice treated with B. polyfermenticus during the non-inflammatory period of the disease had reduced rectal bleeding, their tissues ...


Milk protein supplement may help prevent sepsis in very low birth-weight infants

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Very low birth-weight newborns who received the milk protein lactoferrin alone or in combination with a probiotic had a reduced incidence of late-onset sepsis, according to a study in the October 7 issue of JAMA.


Light shed on the secret behind probiotic bacteria promoting health

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Functional food is the food industry's fastest-growing product group, its leading products including dairy products which contain probiotics, that is, bacteria promoting health. Valio's Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®) is the ...


Just how friendly are those probiotics in your food?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Ready for some live, active cultures in your chocolate? How about your breakfast cereal? Probiotics, the so-called "friendly" bacteria with health benefits, have busted out of the dairy case and are colonizing other areas ...


Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to indicate that probiotics have a slimming effect.