Supermarket shelves abound with yogurt and other products chock-full of probiotics — “good bacteria” — meant to cultivate our inner microbial life. Though the evidence around these products is mixed, ...

Even before the microbiome craze — the hope that the bacteria in your gut holds the key to good health — people were ingesting cultures of living microorganisms to treat a host of conditions. These ...

Medically reviewed by Patricia Mikula, PharmD Taking probiotics (beneficial living microbes) and magnesium together is ...

Q: Can you explain probiotics? Who should take them, and are they harmful in any way? They seem helpful to me in calming my stomach. A: For many generations, society feared bacteria, seeing only the ...

In a small pilot study of men with schizophrenia, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sheppard Pratt Health System say they have evidence that adding probiotics -- microorganisms, such as ...

Dear Doctor: Can you explain probiotics? Who should take them, and are they harmful in any way? They seem helpful to me in calming my stomach. Dear Reader: For many generations, society feared ...

Excessive alcohol consumption leads to painful hangovers and accompanying headaches, fatigue, and nausea. Drinking alcohol has also been linked to a raft of health problems in the human body, ...