Our microbiota is linked to essential physiological processes, but when its communication falters, our health can suffer. Synthetic probiotics offer a promising approach to treating gut-brain axis disorders.
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Gas often plays a role in bloating. On average, our gas expulsion is around 600–700 mL per day, resulting in around 14 farts a day.
No, you’re not imagining it. Some people really do experience bloating or gut upset when they eat a lot of salad.
Poop comes in many shapes, sizes and textures. The kind that’s too runny might be the result of wayward germs, Crohn’s disease or lactose intolerance.
Drug manufacturers often shun the use of placebos in clinical trials. But research suggests that placebos could play an important role in the treatment of depression, pain and other maladies.
Our findings also have potential implications for the identification and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.
The FODMAP diet was developed to reduce the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. But as it grows in popularity, online bloggers and ‘health gurus’ are promoting it for a range of unusual purposes.
Marijuana is known for delivering a good high. But the plant’s uses go well beyond the recreational. Marijuana contains a trove of medicinal compounds whose uses we are just now discovering.
People who bloat don’t produce more abdominal gas than others but they might have problems getting rid of it.
Irritable bowel syndrome causes abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhoea. These symptoms overlap with other disorders, so it’s important to get the correct diagnosis and then the best treatments.
Stress makes people tired and irritable, but its dangers to the body do not stop there. Chemicals that were meant to work under an immediate threat harm organs in the body and can elevate blood pressure.
Stress has subtle, underlying effects on almost every part of the body, including the heart, gut and immune system.
Our brain and gut are constantly talking to each other, so it makes sense mental health and stomach issues have a close relationship.
New parenthood got our fluid dynamics experts thinking about what ends up in the diaper. They headed to the zoo and the lab to come up with a cohesive physics story for how defecation works.
There are several things that can cause bloating and a few things you can do to help prevent it, like avoiding certain foods and exercising.
Recent headlines proclaimed an Australian-developed pill might be able to help those with coeliac disease eat wheat without becoming ill. But the fine print says it’s no treatment or cure.
Links have been made between the community of bacteria in your gut and depression, pain, stress and sleep. So what does the science say?
Could it be that in some cases, changes in the gut are actually driving mood disorders rather than the other way around? Mounting evidence suggests this is likely to be the case.
Conditions affecting the stomach and bowels are common in modern humans and many are on the rise.
We’ve all experienced the abdominal cramps and the urge to get to a toilet – quickly! When the stomach and intestinal tract become inflamed, our bodies respond with the sudden onset of diarrhoea, associated…
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair, Associate Professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University
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Research Associate, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet
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Distinguished Laureate Professor of Medicine University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences & Social Work, Griffith University
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Adjunct lecturer and nutritionist, UNSW Sydney
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Dietitian & Academic, Southern Cross University
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Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
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NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Michigan
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
