Eating foods with live microbes (such as prebiotics and probiotics) reduced the prevalence of frailty in older adults by 17.5% in people who ate a moderate amount and 22.1% in those with high intake, ...

Professor Matthew Stott of the University of Canterbury is fascinated by the extremophiles he studies - microbes that live at ...

Yogurt, which contains live strains of bacteria, is thought to protect against many types of diseases, with some reports indicating it could reduce risk of colorectal cancer.

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes.

A specific microbial metabolite in the gut microbiome that helps regulate brain activity is linked to anxiety, a new study in ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS Mass General Brigham researchers looked at the role of long-term diet and the gut bacteria in colorectal cancer using data on participants who had been followed for three decades. They ...

In what’s been called a world first, consumers in the UK are now able to buy a pet treat made with lab-grown meat.

Gut bacteria are to blame for the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer, new UVA Cancer Center research ...

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, flower sales will boom as loved-up romantics snap them up to declare their love.

Kaitlin Mitchell, a houseplant and garden expert, says that knowing common plant care concepts can empower you to be a better ...

They don’t call it the honeymoon disease for nothing - a GP shares her essential advice to help prevent UTIs from ruining ...

The condition, known as 'fried rice syndrome,' is a type of food poisoning that is not widely recognised. The problem comes ...