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Send identical stool to seven different gut microbiome test companies and you will get seven wildly different answers. That is essentially what a new study did, and the results should give anyone who ...

Scientists blended one sample, split it, and shipped it out. What came back exposed a problem the whole industry shares.

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A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what ...

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