Probiotics modestly reduce pain intensity and weekly episodes in children with abdominal pain disorders
Probiotics may offer modest relief for children with abdominal pain
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 1899 patients found that probiotic supplementation moderately reduces pain intensity and weekly …
New research suggests that probiotics can help reduce the intensity and frequency of stomach pain in children with certain digestive disorde…
Probiotics in functional pet foods face challenges regarding host specificity and processing stability
New insights into using probiotics for dog and cat health
This narrative review explores the use of probiotics in functional pet foods, focusing on strain resources and stabilization technologies. T…
Adding healthy bacteria to pet food could improve gut function, but researchers warn that many current products lack stability and clinical …
Microbial dysbiosis impairs healing of diabetic foot ulcers through reduced diversity and biofilm formation
Microbiome Balance May Help Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
This mini review examines the role of microbiome dysbiosis, probiotics, phage therapy, and faecal microbiota transplantation in managing dia…
Research suggests that restoring healthy bacteria and diversity in the skin and gut may help improve healing for people with diabetic foot u…
Microbiota-directed therapies for atopic dermatitis currently lack consistent human clinical evidence
Microbiome therapies for eczema still lack strong evidence
This narrative review examines microbiota-directed therapies including probiotics, postbiotics, and microbial metabolites for atopic dermati…
A new review finds that microbiome-based treatments for atopic dermatitis are promising but backed by limited human data.
Probiotic strains CBA-L74 and SS-K12 significantly reduce acute otitis media incidence in children
Specific probiotic strains may lower risk of ear infections in children
This network meta-analysis of 18 RCTs involving 4,462 children found that probiotic strains CBA-L74 (OR 0.27) and SS-K12 (OR 0.44) significa…
New research identifies specific probiotic strains that could help prevent middle ear infections and reduce antibiotic use in children.
Gut microbiota interventions may modulate bone metabolism and influence progression of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Gut bacteria may help prevent osteoporosis in older women
This systematic review explores how gut microbiota-based interventions, including probiotics and prebiotics, may impact bone health in postm…
A new review suggests probiotics and other gut-focused treatments could help protect bone health in postmenopausal women.
Sugar acts as a pivotal ecological factor influencing metabolism, biofilm formation, and interspecies interactions in dental caries
New Strategies Help Prevent Dental Caries Through Ecological Management
This narrative review explores the role of dietary sugars and various prevention strategies like fluoride application and probiotics in mana…
Sugar plays a major role in how bacteria build plaque on teeth, but new strategies like probiotics and fluoride may help balance the oral mi…
Protein plus probiotic supplementation improves physical performance with Hedges g of 0.45 in adults
Probiotics plus protein may boost physical performance
This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials involving 679 adults found that protein plus probiotic supplementation significantly impr…
Adding probiotics to protein supplements improved physical performance in adults, but body composition changes were minimal.
Probiotics show potential for knee osteoarthritis symptoms but evidence is limited
Probiotics may ease knee osteoarthritis symptoms, review finds
This meta-analysis of probiotics for knee osteoarthritis found potential benefits for symptoms, with Saccharomyces boulardii and LatiLactoba…
Probiotics, especially specific strains, might help with knee osteoarthritis pain and stiffness, but evidence is early.
Probiotics, synbiotics, and berberine modestly lower fasting glucose and HbA1c in type 2 diabetes
Probiotics and Berberine Modestly Lower Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetes
This meta-analysis of over 2,000 participants found that probiotics, synbiotics, and berberine produced significant but modest reductions in…
Probiotics, synbiotics, and berberine may help lower blood sugar and HbA1c, but the effects are modest.
Probiotics reduce nasal and eye symptom scores in children with allergic rhinitis
Probiotics may help children with allergic rhinitis nasal and eye symptoms
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,739 children found that probiotics, prebiotics, or synbiotics significantly reduced nasal and …
A large review found that probiotics, prebiotics, or synbiotics reduced nasal and eye symptoms in children with allergic rhinitis compared t…
Meta-analysis finds probiotics modestly improve sleep quality with low certainty
Probiotics may modestly improve sleep quality, review finds
This meta-analysis of 39 trials (4094 participants) found that probiotic supplementation modestly improved global sleep quality (MD -0.71 on…
A meta-analysis of 39 trials found probiotics slightly improved sleep quality and daytime function, but effects were small and evidence unce…