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Could Our Microbiome Treat Mental Disease and Other Illnesses? | Chris Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D. Heal the Mind to Heal the Body

More recently, when people are exposed to long antibiotic treatments, not only are the culprit bugs destroyed, but all their good bacteria are destroyed too. As a result, some people’s guts are colonized by a very-difficult-to-treat bug called Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.) and despite additional antibiotic treatments, these patients sometimes develop recurrent C. Diff. infections. Read full story here […]

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AFR | Microbiomania: what we actually know about the human microbiome

Many years ago, when the work of Sydney gastroenterologist Professor Tom Borody was first reported in the media, readers were aghast. He was the first person to perform faecal transplants in Australia and his colleagues did not approve. Most had never heard of such a thing and couldn’t believe it was happening. There is documented evidence of […]

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FMT News | MMM Radio

If you’re looking to make a few quick bucks, it turns out your bowel movement could be the key to a small fortune. That’s right, poo transplants are a thing, and the Centre for Digestive Disease (CDD) wants to pay you for your poo. The CDD is currently short of donors, with people who suffer […]

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CDD FMT | Sunshine Coast Daily

HARRIET makes $200 a week from her transactions and drops them off on her way to work. You may think twice now about the golden toilet rule – “if it’s brown, flush it down” because your daily deposit could be worth some much-needed extra cash.   Read the full story here

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CDD FMT Gold for Donors | Kidspot.com

You may think twice now about the golden toilet rule – “if it’s brown, flush it down” because your daily deposit could be worth some much-needed extra cash. Poo transplants and capsules, which are being trialled to help medical conditions from autism, multiple sclerosis and chronic diarrhoea, are in such huge demand that they are offering to pay for […]

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FMT Pioneer Doctor Borody – The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age

…Morton was referred to Doctor Thomas Borody, a gastroenterologist and FMT pioneer, who prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs and – the game changer, according to Morton  – faecal capsules, made bespoke at Borody’s Sydney clinic. Morton, who takes four capsules each day, has been symptom-free since September 2016. “It feels fantastic. It allows me to live a […]

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CDD appoints PhD dietitian to support patients

The CDD has appointed PhD Dietitian Annabel Clancy to support and guide patients on dietary matters before and after procedures and treatments at the CDD. Annabel graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics with honours. She is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian at the Centre for Digestive Diseases, supporting the dietary […]

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