(The Hill) — An infant’s death has prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a warning to medical professionals about giving probiotics to hospitalized preterm infants.

Newborn babies have one of three pioneer bacteria in their gut shortly after birth, one of which could be used to develop new personalized infant therapeutic probiotics, researchers show.

Taking probiotics with antibiotics can help protect the gut from the negative effects of antibiotics. But some people may ...

Objectives: to evaluate the influence of probiotic supplementation on the immune response of infants following Mumps, Measles, Rubella and Varicella vaccination. Study design: a randomized ...

Newborn babies have one of three pioneer bacteria in their gut shortly after birth, one of which could be used to develop new personalized infant therapeutic probiotics, researchers show.

A probiotic formula given to infants who are allergic to cow’s milk changes the composition of their gut bacteria to help them develop tolerance to the food, according to a new study.

On this basis, we studied the putative effects of probiotics on the frequency of regurgitation and gastric emptying time in infants with functional gastroesophageal reflux. Patients and methods ...

Research in the area of prevention of allergic disorders through modification of the intestinal microbiota by provision of probiotics and/or prebiotics is relatively new. This paper briefly ...