Dysbiosis

This is the first installment of the Healio | Women’s Health & OB/GYN Nourish to Flourish column, edited by Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES. In future installments, Weiner and Healio will speak with experts to discuss the impact of food and nutrients on women’s health.

The gut microbiomes of children with ADHD differed from those of children without ADHD, findings published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showed.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Intestinal fungal dysbiosis was associated with asthma severity, particularly hospital use in the previous year, with severity possibly exacerbated by crosstalk between the gut and the lung, according to study results.

Gut dysbiosis is more frequent in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, compared with controls, and is associated with worse axial spondyloarthritis disease activity and physical function, according to data.

The Microbiome Health Index for post-Antibiotic dysbiosis was a promising biomarker for predicting antibiotic dysbiosis and subsequent microbiome restoration, according to research published in Frontiers of Microbiology.

Mucosal biofilms are endoscopic features in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis with disrupted bile acid metabolism and bacterial dysbiosis, according to a study in Gastroenterology.

Microbial dysbiosis caused by Helicobacter pylori infection may be an important driver in the development of gastric cancer, according to study results.

Oral health and hygiene and dietary practices may be associated with the development and severity of psoriasis, according to a study in Dermatology Online Journal.

In June, the FDA issued a safety alert after two patients who had received investigational fecal microbiota transplants in two separate clinical trials developed invasive infections caused by drug-resistant Escherichia coli, and one died.

In this video, Pooja Khandelwal, MD, an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati's Department of Pediatrics, discusses how age, transplant source and gut microbiota are main factors for the development of graft-versus-host disease.