HEALTHY LIVING
CANCER: MOUTH BACTERIA AFFECTS ESOPHAGEAL RISK Bacteria in your mouth may either raise
THE LATEST RESEARCH
Exercise Changes Gut Bacteria
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xercise changes the microbial composition of the gut, which can
in turn have a positive impact on your overall health, according to research published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Two studies — one in mice and one in humans — isolated changes from factors such as diet and antibiotic use as opposed to changes caused by exercise. They found that humans who
went from a sedentary lifestyle to exercising regularly had a higher proportion of microbes that produce butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) that promotes healthy intestinal cells, reduces infl ammation, and generates energy. When they reverted to a sedentary lifestyle, levels of SCFA declined again. “These are the fi rst studies to
PROBIOTICS INCREASE FLU SHOT’S EFFECTIVENESS
Taking a probiotic after having a flu shot may make it work better, say researchers at the University of Melbourne. They reviewed 26 trials that investigated the eff ects of supplements on the eff ectiveness of the flu vaccine, and concluded that a probiotic supplement makes it more eff ective. “Probiotics off er a relatively cheap intervention to improve vaccine ef icacy,” they wrote in the journal Vaccine.
show that exercise can have an eff ect on your gut independent of diet or other factors,” said lead researcher Jeff rey Woods, a University of Illinois professor of kinesiology and community health.
Gut Bacteria May Trigger MS C
hanges in gut bacteria during young adulthood could trigger multiple sclerosis in people who are
genetically predisposed to develop the autoimmune disease, say researchers from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Their study is one of several recent investigations that discovered microbiomes in MS patients were diff erent from healthy people. One study found the gut microbes of MS patients contained levels of two inflammation-boosting bacterial groups (Acinetobacter and Akkermansia) that were four times as high as those found in healthy people. A related German study examined identical twins in which only one had MS, and found that the twin with MS had significantly higher amounts of Akkermansia than the healthy twin.
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or lower your risk for esophageal cancer, according to a study conducted at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center. Researchers analyzed data involving more than 120,000 patients, and found that the presence of a bacteria called Tannerella forsythia that’s commonly linked to gum disease increased the risk of esophageal cancer by 21 percent. In contrast, two types of bacteria — Streptococcus and Neisseria — were associated with as much as a 24 percent decrease in risk.
OBESITY: PATCH BURNS BELLY FAT Researchers at Singapore’s
Nanyang Technological University have developed a skin patch that uses drugs that turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat. The patch contains hundreds of micro-needles that are loaded with a fat-burning drug. As the needles degrade, the drug is dispersed to the white fat underneath the skin.
INSOMNIA: AMBER-COLORED GLASSES PROVIDE RELIEF The blue light that many modern devices
emit, including smartphones and laptops, can keep you from getting a good night’s sleep; but simply wearing amber-tinted glasses that block blue light may allow you to use your electronic devices at night and still sleep well. Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center found that wearing wrap-around frames with amber-tinted lenses for two hours before bedtime gave participants an extra 30 minutes of sleep.
BRAIN: CAN OXYGEN THERAPY EASE ALZHEIMER’S? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has the ability
to alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s, says a new study from Israel’s Tel Aviv University. Participants undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy breathe pure oxygen in a pressurized room or chamber. The Israeli team administered hyperbaric oxygen treatment to mice for one hour per day. After 14 days, test results showed that the treatment reduced both inflammation and plaque by 40 percent.
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