An article in the February 2010 issue of Journal of Medical Microbiology explores the potential of various bacteria strains to address the causes of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD). Certain types of bacteria produce compounds that can reduce inflammation of the intestinal lining.
Nearly six months ago I wrote an article addressing the potential of bacteria within [...]
During the holiday season, I thought it appropriate to discuss how probiotics can help keep children healthy. This discussion will review two articles that have been published in the last month about the benefits of probiotics for children.
Probiotics and Acute Infectious Diarrhea
The first study was to determine whether probiotics have clinical benefit for children with [...]
In the past, I’ve mentioned some of the benefits of probiotics for children. I would now like to discuss how probiotics may lessen childhood allergies like asthma, eczema and hay fever.
Emergence of the Hygiene Theory
Over the last 30 years there has been a two-to-three fold increase in childhood allergies in developed countries. This is significant [...]
We have spent the last year researching and developing a new high quality probiotic for infants and children – EndoMune jr. This product will be available later in the month.
You may ask why create a probiotic for kids – why not use the existing EndoMune?
EndoMune jr is a high quality probiotic consisting of bacteria that [...]
Everyday in the news there are updates about this year’s flu season, especially about the H1N1 virus (Swine flu). By all accounts, the infectivity rate is going to be very high.
We have all heard the recommendations:
1) Get the vaccine
2) Wash your hands
3) Avoid crowds
4) Don’t sneeze or cough into your hands
5) Drink lots of fluid, [...]
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