Probiotics To Treat Diarrhea In Infants

Each year more than half a million infants worldwide, primarily in developing countries, die from diarrhoea caused by rotavirus. Even in industrialised countries management of the infection costs economies about $1 billion a year. Now a study in the online open access journal, BMC Microbiology demonstrates that with the addition of probiotic bacteria, preventative measures can potentially be made far cheaper but just as effective. [click link for full article]

More: continued here

Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on October 5th, 2007