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Microb Cell
April 2019
Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, and Surgery, Western University.
In the past forty-five years, the field of probiotics has grown from a handful of laboratory studies and clinical ideas into a legitimate research and translational entity conferring multiple benefits to humans around the world. This has been founded upon three principles: (i) the need for alterna-tives to drugs that either have sub-optimal efficacy or severe adverse effects; (ii) a growing interest in natural products and microbes, in particular cata-lyzed by studies showing the extent of microbes within humans and on our planet; and (iii) evidence on the genetics and metabolic properties of probi-otic strains, and clinical studies showing their effectiveness. While some man-ufacturers have sadly taken advantage of the market growth to sell supple-ments and foods they term probiotic, without the necessary human study evidence, there are more and more companies basing their formulations on science.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Psychoanal Assoc
August 2009
University of Washington, USA.
In an era of managed care, psychoanalytic treatment of children is under fire as critics question whether the evidence of success in child analysis is sufficiently robust to warrant the large commitment of time and money required for this treatment. This article chronicles the history and current state of research at the Anna Freud Centre, and describes the evolution of a database that has methodically recorded and systematically organized data from over 750 cases of children referred to the Centre over a forty-five-year period. Analysis of this database has determined what kinds of childhood disorders are best treated with intensive psychoanalysis, and what kinds do not respond to this form of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Chem
November 2009
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA.
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