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Probiotics and preemies: Ensuring safety amid uncertainty

October 11, 2024 Dietary supplements, FDA, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatology, NICU, pediatrics, probiotics, Regulation

As a neonatologist dedicated to the care of premature infants, I constantly navigate the delicate balance between innovation and caution in the treatments we offer.

Policywise

Reluctant to prescribe probiotics? Gut health, safety and ethics

August 11, 2023 ethics, gut health, microbes, NICU, prematurity, probiotics, safety

“First, do no harm.” I can think of no more important principle as I examine a tiny, fragile newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit

From The Labs

Friend and foe: Histamine mediates allergies and can fight colorectal cancer

December 19, 2017 Allergies, Colorectal Cancer, histamine, histidine decarboxylase, inflammation, L. reuteri, probiotics, tumor growth, tumorigenesis

Previous studies have shown that histamine is not only involved in allergic disease, it also may have a potential antitumor effect. At Baylor College of

From The Labs

Next-generation probiotics might join the fight against gut bacterial infections

October 31, 2017 C. difficile, fecal transplant, Gastrointestinal diseases, good bacteria, L. reuteri, probiotics

Clostridium difficile infections are the most common cause of diarrhea associated with the use of antibiotics. If these bacteria attempt to invade the human gut,

Momentum

In Case You Missed It: Detecting autism, the fight against AIDS, the mystery of magnetoreception, understanding probiotics, and more

August 3, 2013 AIDS, Autism, Baylor College of Medicine, Jordan Magaziner, magnetoreception, microbiome, Nutrition and Wellness, probiotics, Stress

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