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New study finds that probiotics don’t help kids with stomach bugs

Children’s Minnesota president and CEO Dr. Marc Gorelick co-led a study that found probiotics are not effective at reducing the symptoms of stomach bugs in children. While doctors were surprised and disappointed that probiotics are not as helpful as previously thought, Dr. Gorelick told the Star Tribune, “it is gratifying to at least have a definitive answer so people don’t waste their time, attention and resources.” Read the full story: Probiotics for kids’ stomach bugs? Not so fast, new survey finds.

By Alexandra Erritt
October 21, 2018

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Choosing Children’s Minnesota

Children’s Minnesota offers a breadth of services to get the health care your child needs, because we care about your child’s health and well-being.

Popular Categories

Newborn Bennett’s airlift to recovery

From the archives: Children’s Minnesota in the 2010s

What does gun violence look like in Minnesota and what are we doing to prevent it? View my discussion with two local leaders.

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