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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Shaw's Ecologic

Looking back at a few stories - We end the year with a recap of five of the year's most popular HND pieces. For your reading pleasure...

1.     No Minnesota Nice For Dan Markingson
2.     Scaring People About e-Cigarettes: A Public Health Disgrace
3.     Pernicious Junk Science
4.     Research Using Fetal Tissue
5.     More On Walking Back The Low Fat

A real gut check on diabetes - This HND piece describes some interesting research being done on gut bacteria, in light of improvements in genetic analysis techniques. Certainly, the friendly bacteria are vitally important to us, and it is no coincidence that 60-70 percent of our immune system is located in the gut, and is therefore intimately connected with the microbes. There are some provocative early findings on both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, in that the gut bacteria profile is different, comparing diabetics to normals. One big question is whether this is a chicken/egg situation., and if you can eliminate diabetes by inoculating the sufferers with proper bacteria. Could harnessing our tiny friends be the key to conquering chronic disease? Read the complete article.

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