A study on Irritable bowel syndrome resulted in improvement for 90 percent of patients, then their funding ran out The Norwegian Patient Association started a fundraising campaign for a Norwegian research project on faecal transplants to treat Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Baby's gut bacteria might predict obesity A study of Norwegian children suggests that intestinal bacteria composition at age two correlates closely with weight gain later in childhood.
Gut bacteria flora linked to chronic heart failure A new Norwegian study has found that chronic heart failure patients lack important microbiota in their intestinal tracts.
Are probiotics really that good for you? We swallow billions of allegedly healthy bacteria in fermented foods, beverages and nutritional supplements. Scientists question whether this is always a good thing.