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What if a simple blood test, and the analysis of some carefully chosen metabolites, could predict a large part of the gut microbiota diversity...and therefore our health status?   We now know that a lesser microorganism diversity in the gut microbiota is associated to disorders such as di...

A Finnish study provides new information regarding the role of intestinal microbiota during pregnancy and its involvement in increased body mass in pregnant women.   Pregnancy is a period of great hormonal, metabolic and immunological upheaval. The intestinal microbiota is no exception: i...

The effects of nicotine on the intestinal microbiota, bacterial metabolism and the gut-brain axis are thought to be sex-specific, according to American researchers.   For the first time, a study has explored the sex-specific impact of nicotine on the microbiota and neuroactive chemical si...