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        <title>Probiotics</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[The gut and its bacteria a growing focus of research]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The yards of dank tubing in our midsections form a complex, amazing and absolutely pivotal foundation for human health. And the more that scientists come to appreciate this, the more they anticipate that future medical discoveries will come from the lowly...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Probiotics: A gut-check on bacterial health]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-probiotics-primer-20121006,0,5798225.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A fascinating, if disconcerting, fact: More than 100 trillion so-called good bacteria thrive in or on the human body. A sizable chunk of them maintain residence in the human digestive tract. Probiotics, live microorganisms that benefit their human host,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[What to look for in probiotics]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-probiotics-primer-box-20121006,0,1036015.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you're interested in seeing whether eating probiotic-infused foods might improve your digestive health, look for foods (or supplements) with one of many species of lactobacillus or bifidobacterium.

"There are something like 400 different probiotics,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[TV not always a healthy channel for advice]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-0714-tv-health-20120714,0,7853684.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-07-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Your family doctor doesn't work with a teleprompter. And there wasn't a live studio audience the last time you put on a hospital gown &mdash; thankfully. Television is great for sports, reality shows and reruns of "The Big Bang Theory," but if you're...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Healthy Skeptic: Probiotics could help in cold and flu season]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-skeptic-probiotic-immunity-20120220,0,364596.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-02-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Now that we're deep into the cold and flu season, it's safe to assume that germs are hiding pretty much everywhere &mdash; the keypad at the grocery store checkout, the handrail on the bus, the air around that miserable-looking co-worker.

Avoiding...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lactulose: A laxative that  works at both ends]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-22 11:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dear Pharmacist: I heard you recommend a drug called Lactulose as a laxative, but you said it helped with brain fog too. How can it work at both ends? &mdash; J.C., Decatur, Ill. 

Dear J.C.: It's true. The prescription medication called Lactulose is...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[EatingWell: Find out which foods and nutrients will bolster your immune system]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-27 02:30:05</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The cold and flu season is upon us. How can you bolster your defenses against the germs lurking in the common areas in your office, the supermarket, the mall and other stops in your everyday travels? Include these five immunity boosters in your diet, plus...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Probiotics may be effective in preventing the common cold]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-27 02:30:05</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Can probiotics really help prevent a cold? What about vitamin C?

ANSWER: When you're trying to keep a cold at bay, there's no shortage of self-help suggestions out there. The two you mention -- probiotics and vitamin C -- are common...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Probiotics may be effective in preventing the common cold]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/chi-tms-mayo-probiotics-cold,0,4519981.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-12 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Can probiotics really help prevent a cold? What about vitamin C? 

ANSWER: When you're trying to keep a cold at bay, there's no shortage of self-help suggestions out there. The two you mention -- probiotics and vitamin C -- are common...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Make your own flu remedy]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/mc-cheap-flu-remedy-20130119,0,4709249.column?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-01-19 17:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Something special comes along this time of year to remind many of us about the joys of parenting. 

It usually kicks in about 3:30 a.m. or so, when a little one stumbles down the stairs moaning about how he just threw up in his bed. 

So you do what any...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't get mugged by diabetes meds]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-04 11:02:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dear Pharmacist: I have your "Diabetes Without Drugs" book and it has helped me, but I'm still on two of the original five medications for this condition. Which nutrients should I take with my medicine? &mdash; B.B., Micanopy, Fla. 

Dear B.B.: For my new...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Probiotics may be a factor in preventing obesity]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-10-10 09:01:31</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Accumulating research indicates microbiota in lean individuals is different from that of obese people; lean people tend to have a higher proportion of two types of beneficial bacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, than obese people.

Emerging evidence...]]></description>
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