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How To Read a Microbiome Study Like a Scientist

bmahersciwriter (2955569) writes Scientific reports have increasingly linked the bacteria in your gut to health and maladies, often making wild-sounding claims. Did you hear about the mice who were given fecal transplants from skinny humans and totally got skinny! Well, some of the more gut-busting results might not be as solid as they seem. Epidemiologist Bill Hanage offers five critical questions to ask when confronted by the latest microbiome research.

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  1. Not just microbiome studies by jstave · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those 5 questions should be asked of pretty much every scientific study done, no matter what the field