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15 Lactose Digestion: Kefir
May Bolster Lactose Tolerance In Intolerant People Press
Release. Kefir is a little known, and slightly more expensive,
alternative to milk. It contains a multitude of good bacteria
that are thought to break down lactose in the digestive tract...
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14 Diarrhea: Probiotics
in relapsing and chronic diarrhea Abstract.
The authors describe two cancer patients who developed diarrhea
after taking antibiotics. The diarrhea eased when probiotic
bacteria were administered...
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13 Cancer, DNA Damage: Antigenotoxicity
of probiotics and prebiotics on faecal water-induced DNA damage
in human colon adenocarcinoma cells Abstract.
DNA damage was significantly decreased by all six strains of lactic
acid producing helpful bacteria tested with the exception of Streptococcus
thermophilus...
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12 Blood Vessel Development:
Teamwork In The Intestine: Gut Bacteria Interact With Intestine
To Regulate Blood Supply Press
Release. Probiotic bacteria found naturally in the mouse and
human gut interact with intestinal cells, called Paneth cells,
and are helpful in promoting the development of blood vessels
in the intestinal lining...
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11 Diarrhea: A
randomized formula controlled trial of Bifidobacterium lactis
and Streptococcus thermophilus for prevention of antibiotic-associated
diarrhea in infants
Abstract. The present study shows that prevention against AAD
(antibiotic-associated diarrhea) in infants was obtained by
oral treatment with daily dose of bacteria Bifidobacterium
lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus....
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10 Cancer: Immunomodulatory
and antitumor effects in vivo by the cytoplasmic fraction of
Lactobacillus casei and Bifidobacterium longum
Abstract.
The research showed that cytoplasmic fraction of lactic acid
producing bacteria had direct antiproliferative effects on tumor
cell lines in vitro, effects on immune cells in vivo, and antitumor
effects on tumor-bearing mice and prolonged survival periods...
Article 9 Giardia Parasite: Enterococcus
faecium SF68 enhances the immune response to Giardia intestinalis
in mice Abstract.
The results demonstrate the strong potential of the bacteria
Enterococcus faecium SF68 to prevent protozoan parasites
from causing intestinal infections...
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8 Constipation: Probiotic
beverage containing Lactobacillus casei Shirota improves
gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with chronic constipation
Abstract.
The results indicate a positive effect on gastrointestinal symptoms
of patients with chronic constipation...
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7 Diarrhea: Saccharomyces
boulardii in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
in children: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Abstract.
This is the first randomized-controlled trial evidence that
the probiotic bacteria Saccharomyces boulardii effectively
reduces the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children....
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6 Gastritis from Helicobacter pylori:
Effects of a Specially Designed
Fermented Milk Product Containing Probiotic Lactobacillus casei
DN-114 001 and the Eradication of H. pylori in Children: A Prospective
Randomized Double-Blind Study Abstract.
The researchers concluded that supplementation with fermented
milk, containing the live bacteria Lactobacillus casei DN-114
001, confers an enhanced therapeutic benefit on Helicobacter
pylori eradication in children with gastritis on triple
therapy...
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5 Intestinal Inflammation, Infections: Probiotics
and prebiotics in gastrointestinal disorders Abstract,
Review. The use of probiotics and prebiotics as therapeutic
agents for gastrointestinal disorders is so beneficial that
it is rapidly moving into the "mainstream". This review
summarizes the clinical efficacy of probiotics and prebiotics
in gastrointestinal disorders and examines the mechanisms of
action related to their therapeutic effect...
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4 Intestinal Inflammation, Infections: Probiotic
therapy of intestinal inflammation and infections Abstract.
Helpful bacteria offer promise for physiologic, nontoxic treatment
of pouchitis, ulcerative colitis, and acute infectious diarrhea,
but larger, controlled clinical studies must be performed to
clarify optimal agents, doses, combinations of various probiotics,
prebiotics, and antibiotics and therapeutic conditions....
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3 Diarrhea: Effect
of a probiotic infant formula on infections in child care centers:
comparison of two probiotic agents Abstract.
Child care infants fed a formula supplemented with the bacteria
Lactobacillus reuteri or Bifidobacterium lactis
had fewer and shorter episodes of diarrhea, with no effect on
respiratory illnesses...
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2 Cancer: Fecal
water genotoxicity is predictive of tumor-preventive activities
by inulin-like oligofructoses, probiotics (Lactobacillus rhamnosus
and Bifidobacterium lactis), and their synbiotic combination
Abstract.
DNA damage in the rats who were treated to have tumors but did
not develop them was significantly lower than in those who had
tumors, especially after four months of synbiotic and prebiotic
interventions...
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1 Cancer: Influence
of diet containing lyophilized Enterococcus faecium M-74
with organic selenium on tumor incidence in Apc1638N mice
Abstract.
Feeding Apc1638N mice which have a gene mutation that causes
tumors to develop in the small intestine a diet enriched with
good bacteria and selenium produced a minor therapeutic effect
on the tumor manifestations in small intestine...
