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SCIENCE STUDIO: Microbiome and Moods

McMaster University

 

   Keith talks with Dr. Stephen Collins, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Medicine, McMaster University.  Dr. Collins is a gastroenterologist, and he talks about his studies of individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.  Animal research shows that when the microbiome of the gut is altered, the individual's mood is similarly affected.  http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/medicine/gastro/faculty-member_collins.htm

Aired Jan. 12, 2014.

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