Tag: Coronavirus

  • Coronavirus Drives Us to Drink and Our Microbes Are Enablers

    Coronavirus Drives Us to Drink and Our Microbes Are Enablers

    Can a healthier gut microbiota help us to drink less? COVID-19 is making happy hour come earlier for many who are sheltering in place. But should we really be starting our day with Chardonnay over our Cheerios? Insidiously, the coronavirus may have enablers: your gut microbes. You have a unique set of microbes in your gut, called…

  • Can Gut Microbes Predict COVID-19 Severity?

    Can Gut Microbes Predict COVID-19 Severity?

    A healthy gut microbiome might improve COVID-19 outcomes. COVID-19 is notorious for striking harder at older patients, often landing them in bed, hooked up to a ventilator. Once that happens, the odds get grim: according to one report, only one in seven intubated patients survived. No one knows exactly why some patients are affected more than…