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Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs

Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs

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

Health Report · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

December 12, 202543m 44s

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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. 

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