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Enriched infant formula offers no academic benefit later: Study
Researchers analyzed academic results of adolescents who were given either fortified formula or standard formula as infants and found no benefit...
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Colorectal polyps often recur after incomplete resection
Compared with complete resection, incomplete resection substantially increases the likelihood that a polyp will be found during follow-up...
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Admissions for eating disorders double in pandemic
More adolescents have needed help for eating disorders, which has exacerbated a treatment bottleneck.
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Bifidobacteria supplementation regulates newborn immune system
A healthy gut microbiome plays the greatest role in immunological development during the first 3 months post partum.
From the Journals
Hypothesis: Milk and beef ‘causally linked’ to colorectal cancer
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Milk is overtaking nuts as top food allergy threat
Cow’s milk is the most common food allergy in children younger than 5 years, and accounts for about half of all food allergies in children younger...
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Large study finds no link between gluten, IBD risk
The findings spanned subgroups stratified by age, body mass index, smoking status, and whether individuals primarily consumed refined or whole...
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Inactivated Bifidobacterium improves IBS symptoms
The modest improvement was seen for both constipation- and diarrhea-predominant IBS.
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Arsenic levels in infant rice cereal are down
Seventy-six percent of samples of infant rice cereal tested in 2018 had levels of arsenic at or below 100 parts per billion.
Guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Traveler’s Diarrhea
Family Medicine physicians discuss this guideline by the International Society of Travel Medicine.