Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that you do not recommend probiotics in healthy people. I am a 78-year-old male who, three years ago, underwent an esophagectomy to remove my esophagus and part of ...

The drugs can wreak havoc on your microbiome. Here’s what may be key to restoring it. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: I was recently prescribed antibiotics ...

The gut microbiome and its role in your overall health have been some of the fastest-growing areas of nutrition research over the past decade, and for good reason: It seems that almost every system ...

Inside every human is a thriving zoo of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microscopic organisms collectively known as the microbiome. Trillions of microbes live in the digestive tract alone, a ...