Why You Should Be Worried About Changes to the Microbiome. https://youtube/watch?v=3ew37rxAhjg. Dr. Martin Blaser discusses his hypothesis that the overuse of antibiotics, c-sections, and antiseptics has permanently changed our microbiome and are causing an increase in modern diseases such as obesity, juvenile diabetes, and asthma. Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues. A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the fields leading expert. Tracing one scientists journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now, this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances—antibiotics—threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences. Taking us into both the lab and deep into the fields where these troubling effects can be witnessed firsthand, Blaser not only provides cutting edge evidence for the adverse effects of antibiotics, he tells us what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future. Dr. Martin Blaser has studied the role of bacteria in human disease for over 30 years. He is the director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU. He founded the Bellevue Literary Review and has been written about in newspapers including The New Yorker, Nature, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. His more than 100 media appearances include The Today Show, GMA, NPR, the BBC, The OReilly Factor, and CNN. He lives in New York City. Could a Fecal Transplant Help You Lose Weight? Do you think the gut microbiome affects oral health, caries and periodontal disease? Dentaltown Message Board > Health Topics > The Oral-Systemic Health Connection > dentaltown/MessageBoard/thread.aspx?s=2&f=1924&t=241518&r=3679937 #MissingMicrobes #MartinJBlaserMD #Dentist #Dentistry #DentalStudents #Dentaltown #DentaltownMessageBoards #dentalpublichealth #endodontics #oralandmaxillofacialpathology #oralandmaxillofacialsurgery #orthodonticsanddentofacialorthopedics #pediatricdentistry #periodontics #prosthodontics #oralandmaxillofacialradiology
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