In the month when most Dutch people check their health insurance policy again, we thought it would be good to provide information about the reimbursements of health insurers for microbiome therapy. Below is a global overview of the reimbursement rules of health...
Which strains to apply? Sometimes we are asked which ingredients in our portfolio are available to apply in personal preparations. Therefore, here is a brief overview with a selection of available ingredients: For example, the portfolio includes a Clostridium...
Microbiome research in type 1 diabetes Few will have noticed that Professor Max Nieuwdorp of Amsterdam UMC has received more than a million euros in subsidy from the Diabetes Fund for microbiome research in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) (1). Previous research...
Interaction between bacteria and SARS-CoV-2 It is known from various studies and also from RIVM data that obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases increase the risk of a serious course of Covid-19 (1,2). A few weeks ago, an intriguing review (3) appeared in which...
Probiotics for migraine There are several indications of a relationship between the gut microbiome and migraine (1). A recent systematic review of placebo-controlled studies found two studies that met the inclusion criteria, one of which found a fairly large effect...