by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog
A child’s oral microbiome starts before birth. That’s why the mother’s oral microbiome is critical to the health of her child. Children need a healthy microbiological start because the microbiome is like a tiny garden that, growing slowly within them, will serve them...
by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog
Mouth bacteria could be a critical clue to figuring out gut infections. The oral microbiome with 20 billion bacteria and 770 species pales in comparison to its cousin, the gut microbiome with 100 trillion microbes. Still, the interconnections of these two sites...
by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog
Updated September 24, 2024 This blog has been wildly popular. So, I’ve made some improvements, as well as added a section, “Which is better: salt water rinse or hydrogen peroxide”? Whether you are trying to address infections that cause sore throat or maintain throat...
by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Dec 30, 2022 | Blog
I walked into my freshman gym class the weekend before Halloween and learned that my classmate, a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, had been killed for knocking on someone’s door. Yoshihiro Hattori, the class entertainment, was no more. It was 1992 in Baton...
by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Dec 15, 2022 | Blog
Inflammatory bowel disease doesn’t have to be a life sentence. It doesn’t mean you have to spend your life on immune-suppressing medications or eventually have a part of your colon or GI tract removed. Ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease can be put into remission-...
by Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S. | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog
If you have stomach pain, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach), or ulcers, you may be one of every two people who have the bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) living in their gut. H. pylori is a notorious bacterium that can cause a lot of damage in...