Promoting beneficial bacteria and reducing disease

Beneficial bacteria inhibit cachexia

Muscle wasting, known as cachexia, is a debilitating condition associated with chronic inflammation such as during cancer. Beneficial microbes have been shown to optimize systemic inflammatory tone during good health; however, interactions between microbes and host immunity in the context of cachexia are incompletely understood. Here we use mouse models to test roles for bacteria in muscle wast...

Promoting Peace and Reducing Poverty

This report examines the notion that tourism can help deliver peace and prosperity to developing countries by examining relationships among tourism, development, and conflict in three countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and India. The case studies were commissioned as part of the 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference held in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day conference was attended by 225 delegates from...

Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering

Nasal Irrigation, Polyols, Nitrate Reducing Bacteria and Cardiovascular Disease

Nasal irrigation is a conventional but effective treatment modality against allergic rhinopathy. Its use started to expand during the early 1900s [1,2]. The technique involves rinsing the nasal cavity with saline solution (saltwater) delivered as liquid or spray. It can be performed with a squirt or spray bottle that creates low pressure saline flow or with a container that creates gravity-base...

Pathogenic and Beneficial Plant-associated Bacteria