Posted in Cancer Prevention, General, Prevention, Vaginal Health on September 28th, 2012 Comments Off
If you go to your doctor’s office and get told to not come back for a pap smear in 1 year or 3 years or 5 years…. this may be an appropriate recommendation according to the pap smear guidelines, (based on pap smear history, risk of cervical dysplasia, age and history of human papilloma virus- [...]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, Prevention, Probiotics on September 21st, 2012 Comments Off
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted using twelve electronic databases to evaluate the evidence for probiotics in the prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Studies that used one or more species of live microorganisms of Lactobacillus species, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces, Streptococcus, Enterococcus and/or Bacillus were included. Randomized trials were included if the probiotics were [...]