Gut-brain axis

  • Chris Woollams Health WatchParkinson's disease, gut health, GI symptoms, Dysphagia, Gastroparesis, IBS, antibiotic use, pathogen Enterococcus, gut-brain axis, α-synuclein

    Warning signs for Parkinson’s identified

    A difficulty swallowing, stomach (rather than gut) issues, IBS without diarrhoea and constipation may specifically predict the early onset of Parkinson’s disease. On this Website, we have previously presented research showing that Parkinson’s disease may originate in the gut rather than the brain. Maybe not in every case but certainly there is a link. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical School,…

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  • Chris Woollams Health WatchCerebral Palsy, child epilepsy, microbiome, brain, Gut-brain axis, brain injury, childhood-onset, Bacteroides, Lactobacillus, Intestinibacter, Bifidobacterium

    Cerebral Palsy and Child Epilepsy linked to significantly altered microbiome

    Cerebral palsy and epilepsy in children  are two interactive neurological diseases.  According to the American Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a staggering 1 in 345 children now have Cerebral Palsy. This represents a quite alarming growth rate over the past 20 years. In that time, antibiotic and vaccine use has increased markedly in the USA. Unfortunately, the clinical…

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