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A Bacterial-Derived Metabolite and Anxiety in Autism and Schizophrenia
Readers with (or who have family members with) anxiety issues, autism, or schizophrenia, please pay special attention to today’s post. I have feeling that this is a really significant finding. Researchers at Cal Tech (along with colleagues at Stanford and other major California Universities)… Continue Reading “A Bacterial-Derived Metabolite and Anxiety in Autism and Schizophrenia”
Neurodegnerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Prime Targets for Helminths
Within just a few weeks of each other, two papers have been published looking at the potential of using helminths to treat neurological conditions. Not surprisingly, both focus on the powerful anti-inflammatory effect of helminths. (For those of you new to helminths: these are… Continue Reading “Neurodegnerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Prime Targets for Helminths”
A Quick Update on the Mycobiome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A great article appeared last week on Gut Microbiota for Health,[i] on the overlooked mycobiome in digestive diseases. I’ve written about this topic several times before and am always very happy to see new research focused on the topic. The authors of the paper[ii]… Continue Reading “A Quick Update on the Mycobiome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
The Microbiome and Mental Illness: An Old Story that is Too Far From its Happy Ending
I just finished reading an article from 2018 on mental health and the microbiome that describes some of where we are now, knowledge-wise, and where we need to be before psychobiotics become a treatment norm.[i] There were multiple pieces of information in it which… Continue Reading “The Microbiome and Mental Illness: An Old Story that is Too Far From its Happy Ending”
New Research on Gut Bacteria and Schizophrenia
Another really interesting paper was just published on the subject of the gut biome’s relationship to schizophrenia.[i] I first wrote about this subject back in 2017, and have kept a pretty close on in it since. Firstly, schizophrenia is very closely related to autism,… Continue Reading “New Research on Gut Bacteria and Schizophrenia”
A Probiotic/Colostrum Pilot Study in Autism…Which Likely Has Clinical Implications in Other Inflammatory Illnesses
Yesterday, I read a cool little pilot study[i] out of the University of California, testing the tolerability and efficacy of a probiotic and bovine colostrum on a small group of children with autism. And while the results on this population were interesting, as I’ll… Continue Reading “A Probiotic/Colostrum Pilot Study in Autism…Which Likely Has Clinical Implications in Other Inflammatory Illnesses”
2018: My Top 10 List of Favorite Stories!
My longer-time readers know that, as we close out another year, I like to take a look back at some of my favorite research stories from these past 12 months. So here it is…Judy’s “the best of 2018” top 10 list, in chronological order:… Continue Reading “2018: My Top 10 List of Favorite Stories!”
Leaky Gut and Leaky Brains…and Disease
If you remember, my last post was a quick update on what we currently know about the microbiome-depression link, and I mention leaky gut with a promise to write more about it this week. Toward that end, on Friday evening, I read an article… Continue Reading “Leaky Gut and Leaky Brains…and Disease”
Schizophrenia and the Mycobiome: A Pilot Study
I don’t often find articles of interest about organisms of the human biome other than bacteria, but yesterday, I came across one looking at the mycobiome in schizophrenia that is definitely worth writing about. I’ve actually covered research by this research team in the… Continue Reading “Schizophrenia and the Mycobiome: A Pilot Study”
Boys, Girls, Gut Bacteria..and Inflammation
This was a WOW for me. An international team of researchers have discovered that, in mice at least, immune cells in the brain react differently to changes in gut bacteria…and on whether or not they are fetuses or adults.[i] The absence of a maternal… Continue Reading “Boys, Girls, Gut Bacteria..and Inflammation”
