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- 28 August 2023
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Overactive Bladder Syndrome and Intestinal Health
Did you know that functional bladder disorders like overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis are connected to many other parts of our body, such as the brain and intestines? Overactive bladder is a common syndrome characterized by uncontrolled bladder contractions resulting in urgency, frequency, and nocturia (waking up multiple times during the night to urinate). Patients with overactive b...
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- 24 August 2023
Use of Probiotics and Prebiotics in the Treatment of Intestinal Diseases
Did you know that in my scientific research as a microbiome microbiologist for over 25 years, the first issue I often observe in individuals with intestinal diseases is intestinal dysbiosis? Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the bacterial composition within the gut. Conditions like Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), diverticulitis, anal fissures, chronic c...
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- 22 March 2023
The Importance of a Healthy Microbiota in Women's Health
The solution for breast cancer, polycystic ovary syndrome, menstrual pain, and even endometriosis lies in a healthy microbiota. I'd like to begin by mentioning the existence of a field of science that investigates the relationship between the gut and feminine hormones, specifically the Estrobolome, which comprises bacteria present in the intestines that play a role in estrogen metabolism. Bacte....
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- 22 March 2023
The Effects of Nature and Our Pawed Friends on Our Microbiota
We are living on a planet that is over 4.5 billion years old. Considering that the oldest rock is around 3.8 billion years old, the oldest bacterial fossil is 3.5 billion years old, and modern humans have only been around for approximately 50,000 years, it's easy to understand that bacteria have thousands, even tens of thousands, of times more life experience than humans. Over the past 3.5 bill...
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- 21 March 2023
Can the Effects of Autism be Reduced by Supporting the Microbiota?
Research has repeatedly demonstrated the significant role of infant microbiota in individuals' social, emotional, and neurological (brain) development. Babies with a healthy microbiota continue to live as more social, healthy, and adaptable individuals throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The first step to having a healthy microbiota during infancy starts with the expectant mother'.....
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- 16 March 2023
The Relationship Between Cancer and Microbiota
We live on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old, and the fact that bacteria have existed on Earth for at least 3.5 billion years is now being gradually acknowledged by not only scientists but also by everyone. Describing the biological support that these bacteria have provided to us, humans living on Earth for just 50,000 years, is truly impossible with words. These bacteria not only play a r...
Ali Rıza Akın - Microbiota & Akkermansia Muciniphila Expert
Ali Rıza AKIN began his scientific career at the University of Istanbul, Biology Department, where he worked on human microbiota, next-generation probiotics, and host-microbe relationships for 25 years. He continued his research journey in Northern California, Silicon Valley.
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