Fecal transplants: taste good and good for you

There's not a single-celled organism alive that's gonna swim in that pool now.
There’s not a single-celled organism alive that’s gonna swim in that pool now.

Ever since doctors discovered a way to convince patients to let them stick another patient’s poo in them, they’ve noticed a lot of health benefits, too. A new study shows that fecal transplants clear up bacterial infections more effectively than antibiotics. For one infection, Clostridium difficile, “the transplant had a 94% cure rate, three times greater than for those who took only the antibiotic vancomycin.”

Scientists believe the treatment could one day treat obesity and food allergies, because once you eat a turd, man, that’s rock bottom.

Ask Dr. Snee: Spring is all up in us

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It’s been a while since I’ve answered your letters, but that’s because I’ve been furiously working out for bikini season. As we say in the medical community, you get more fly with honey smeared on washboard abs than on body hair and love handles.

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