Personal Digest: Microbes, nerves, and stubborn constipation

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Personal Digest: Microbes, nerves, and stubborn constipation
Digest Newsletter · Jul 15, 2026
Personal Digest: Microbes, nerves, and stubborn constipation

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bugs breaking nerve circuits — New work links gut microbiota‑driven immune damage to the enteric nervous system as a plausible root cause of treatment‑resistant constipation.

Constipation

Constipation

From microbes to receptors: fresh mechanisms behind stubborn constipation

Morphine (eurekalert.org) · Enteric Nervous System (gigazine.net) · Gut microbiota (discovermagazine.com)

Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Prevention, nutrition, and new pediatric therapeutics take center stage

Influenza Vaccination (medscape.com) · Respiratory syncytial virus (contemporarypediatrics.com) · Nutrition (wjla.com)

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Diagnostics sharpen, myths corrected, and promising new therapies appear

Antibiotic (hindustantimes.com) · Alcohol use disorder (wjgnet.com) · Colorectal cancer (wjgnet.com)

Telemedicine

Telemedicine

Doctorsa raises €1M to scale traveler telehealth with AI booking

Travel medicine (tech.eu)