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Coffee
fromOpen Culture
3 weeks ago

Why Coffee Makes You Do Your Business

Coffee influences digestion, gut bacteria, and the nervous system, often accelerating bowel movements.
Medicine
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

How a toxin from the gut microbiome may help spark colorectal cancer - Harvard Gazette

Colibactin from common gut bacteria forms inter-strand DNA cross-links that induce severe DNA damage, promoting chromosome breaks and mutations linked to colorectal cancer.
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths

Researchers have discovered that gut bacteria produce a molecule that not only induces but also causes atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fat and cholesterol in the arteries.
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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Do Gut Bacteria Contribute to OCD?

Gut bacteria are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Mendelian randomization indicates these bacteria can cause OCD.
Dietary changes could serve as a viable treatment for OCD.
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