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The overuse of antibiotics has created strains of bacteria resistant to medication, making the diseases they cause difficult to treat, or even deadly.

 

But now a research team at the University of Rochester has found a weakness in one superbug.

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Olive Oil Reduces Inflammation

Here’s another reason to enjoy using olive oil: new research confirms that olive oil reduces inflammation.

 

The study shows that oleuropein aglycone, a polyphenol present in olive oil, reduces inflammation associated with intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury in mice.

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by Drs. Charles Gerson and Mary-Joan Gerson

 

What is Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?

 

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disturbance of the colon.

 

It is characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort associated with an abnormal bowel pattern in the absence of pathologic findings.

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