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Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs

· 44 min

Episode Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs

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Despite facing an increased risk of chronic disease later in life, remote Indigenous babies start life with a more diverse gut microbiome.

A new study in Nature also found the infants have bacteria that have completely disappeared from non-Indigenous populations.

Also, a guide to living healthy after a fatty liver disease diagnosis. And why fewer people are getting the HPV vaccine.

References

• Eating For Your Liver - Liver Foundation • 2025 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report • Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization

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