Tag: Intestinal parasite

Evolutionary medicine and why parasitic gut worms can keep you well

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

The Potential Health Benefits of Parasitic Gut Worms
Brandon Keim, wired.com

A dose of par­a­sitic whip­worms cured mon­keys with chron­ic diar­rhea, fix­ing immune sys­tems gone hay­wire and offer­ing a snap­shot of the unex­pect­ed ben­e­fits worms — which might some­day be used as liv­ing vac­cines — offer to peo­ple.

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Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims
Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com

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It’s not just that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment doesn’t want the mar­keters of dietary sup­ple­ments to just make up what their prod­ucts can do for con­sumers, accord­ing to a new study on the preva­lence of weight loss and immune…

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