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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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