Jacqueline Finnan Hemmer brings nonprofit leadership and advocacy experience to advance trauma-informed care for ...

Evidence is mounting that specific gut bacteria are linked to sleep conditions, which may open the doors to dietary ...

Artificial sweeteners have long been cast as either miracle weight-loss allies or metabolic saboteurs — but the science is ...

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The stool samples, on the other hand, were analyzed using genetics and microbiome analysis tools, to identify the DNA in gut bacteria, as well as the abundance of different microorganisms and overall ...

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)--Having a dog at home likely helps alter adolescent children's microbiome to make them happier and have better social skills, a study by a Japanese research team showed.

Many families have long had a sense that growing up with a dog offers more than simple companionship, and new research adds weight to that belief. A study published in iScience suggests that ...

We often hear talk of things being good for our microbiome, and in turn, good for our health. But it wasn’t entirely clear what a healthy gut microbiome consisted of. Now, a study of more than 34,000 ...

A dog is more than just a loyal friend—it could also boost mental health. A recent study from Japan provides initial evidence that living with dogs can influence the oral microbiome in teens, thereby ...

The girl has lived with her dog since she was three years old. Every summer, they go camping together. “Raising dogs has beneficial effects, especially for adolescents, and these effects may be ...

Studies show you can do yourself a favor by abstaining from liquor. It’s called observing Dry January after the holidays and has become a trend doctors have been monitoring the benefits. Brown ...

It's no surprise that dogs benefit people's mental health. In a paper published in iScience, researchers point to a reason as to why: dogs prompt changes in the collection of microbes that live in and ...