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Probiotics

ID 163

Efficacy of Probiotics as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking: 


Alzheimer's Disease [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]:

Weakly in favor (A few clinical trials have shown that Probiotics may be helpful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. However, further research is needed)

Grade of Evidence: Very low level of evidence 


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221920/

2. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2014.00043/full

3. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/changing-gut-bacteria-through-245617

4. http://www.alzheimersanddementia.com/article/S1552-5260(12)02523-X/fulltext

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23500100



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CategoryAlternative medicine

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