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Comment on The bacteria in your belly Pt.1 – Babies by Tina

Tina — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:01:46 +0000

Omg — that is completly untrue — ask your doctor the next time you are in for a visit and they will tell you. Babies do NOT eat their mom’s poo while being born, or at any other time for that matter. A woman’s vagina is replete with the same good bacteria that are in her intestines and it is through this vaginal exposure (and consequently, a little swallowing of what’s there) that the baby gets their first dose of flora.

Comment on The bacteria in your belly Pt.1 – Babies by Candice

Candice — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:00:39 +0000

Every person, especially babies, benefit from taking supplemental beneficial bacteria, as found in a probiotic. Babies do particularly require higher levels of bifidobacterium while adults require more of the lactobacillus variety. Probiotics are typically age-dependent and can be determined by checking the label. The bacterial environment inside the gut is stressed by many things – antibiotics, medications, chronic diarrhea, the effects of food poisoning, etc. Anytime there is a digestive stress, be sure to include a probiotic !! These good bacteria will grow and reproduce once inside the gut, but we eliminate a lot of bacteria in stool, so always replenishing the probiotic environment is an ideal plan. This healthy terrain strongly supports the overall immune system and can prevent a lot of future autoimmune diseases from developing.

Comment on Open letter to anti-vaccinationists by Everyman’s statistics about vaccination & disease [opendna project]

Everyman’s statistics about vaccination & disease [opendna project] — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:46:43 +0000

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Comment on Understanding Anterograde Amnesia by Amnesia Symptoms, Causes, Signs, Treatment and Prevention AmnesiaHealth Facts

Amnesia Symptoms, Causes, Signs, Treatment and Prevention AmnesiaHealth Facts — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:24:52 +0000

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Comment on Puffer-fish poisoning – Poison, poison… Tasty fish! by joshua

joshua — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:41:17 +0000

i thout it killed you and you ar not really dead you are just shut down and come back to life?

Comment on The bacteria in your belly Pt.1 – Babies by primalpat

primalpat — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:09:16 +0000

MY GOD! My childhood illnesses popped up constantly BECAUSE I was born by C-section…AND…premature. I was cooped up in a hospital for six months after birth.

Wow. My mind is blown.

Comment on Exploding Head Syndrome – No pun required by Gin

Gin — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:12:48 +0000

I’ve got Exploding Head Syndrome. It’s not that bad actually. Just makes you wake up thinking someone’s shot you in the head because my type of “explosion” is a revolver firing. It’s kind of funny. Except for like; two months when the gun turned to what sounded like a demon screaming. Anyhoo….also, sorry to be pedantic but EHS ain’t a disease like you said; it’s a condition or; if you want to be posh, a somatomic disorder.

Byes!

Comment on Bacteria: Cancer Warriors by Craig Taylor

Craig Taylor — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:55:29 +0000

you have a funny start there.

“Finally, while Thomas and I do sometimes carry around stethoscopes and I have a manual Sphygmomanometer, we are not doctors or medical experts. We are just biology nerds with an internet connection.”

anyways, i wouldn’t argue with that because its true that even Biologist needs those kind of medical instrument.

Since it has been two years, and maybe your stethoscopes and sphymamometer are pretty sure old maybe you could check my list http://www.pulsestore.com/medical-instruments.aspx

I bet you would like it!

Comment on Tuberculosis, Vampires, Speckled Eggs, Kings and a Nasty Cough by Lesley Ann Wallace

Lesley Ann Wallace — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:05:02 +0000

Thanks for delightful article. Nice to see a bit of humour even about a serious subject. Anyone else got Bacterium Avium Microcellularae? A rare strain of TB with treatment lasting a year. Not a picnic. I thought only ‘other people’ got diseases like this, however, the more people I speak to, the more cases I hear about and this is in first world countries. Les Wallace, Benoni, South Africa.

Comment on Antibiotic-associated colitis – Poo transplants! by The bacteria in your belly Pt.1 – Babies | Allergies

The bacteria in your belly Pt.1 – Babies | Allergies — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:55:35 +0000

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