Microplastics, the gut and the immune system: the evidence gap
Animal studies show plastic particles disturbing the gut and triggering inflammation. Human evidence is mostly detection, with cause and effect still unresolved.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
4 articles published between August 3, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
An antifungal reshaped the gut microbiome and tracked with milder IBD in a small study
In 53 patients, oral fluconazole — but not a mouth-only antifungal — cut gut Candida and coincided with improved disease activity. The study was observational, brief and unblinded.
Outside C. difficile, stool transplant's strongest evidence is 12 small colitis trials
A network meta-analysis found route of delivery decides everything, and that autologous transplant ranked below placebo. In IBS, 13 trials produced very low certainty of any effect.
IBS is meant to be diagnosed positively, not by ruling out everything else
The American College of Gastroenterology suggests a positive diagnostic strategy over a diagnosis of exclusion, with two blood and stool tests doing most of the ruling-out that is actually warranted.