Probiotics could be used to protect critically ill patients from developing pneumonia, according to scientists.
The friendly bacteria can block the colonisation by dangerous bugs of the airways of ventilated patients, the Swedish study concluded.
The probiotic solution performed just as well as normal antiseptics used to keep pneumonia-causing bacteria at bay, the journal Critical Care reported.
Being more natural it could pose fewer side effects, the authors said
Many health problems are accociated with diabetes complications. This chronic illness can cause high blood sugar levels, which in turn can lead to the damaging
An estimated 80 percent of all women don't like they way they look. Eating disorders don't just affect women though. Of those diagnosed with disorders such as anorexia or bulimia, 10 to 15 percent are males.