The Role of Helminths* in Restoring Our Internal Ecosystem + Speaking Announcement - MAPS Conference Sept 5-7, 2024
Restoring Health with Helminths: The Keystone Species of Our Internal Ecosystem
Discover how reintroducing helminths, our body’s keystone species, can restore balance to our internal ecosystem. This blog explores the parallels between the gray wolf’s impact on Yellowstone and the role helminths play in regulating our immune systems. Learn about the rise in chronic illness since the 1970s and how helminthic therapy, combined with diet and microbiome restoration, offers a promising path to better health. Dive into the science and clinical insights from Dr. Piper Dobner’s practice and explore how these ancient organisms could be the key to tackling modern health challenges.
Speaking Announcement* CNDA Conference 2024 - CardioMetabolic Health and the Microbiome
Join Dr. Piper as she speaks on the importance of microbiome restoration for health and wellness. She'll speak to patient cases using Fecal Transplant therapy and self-infection with human hookworm for patients struggling with autoimmune illness.
Exercise and the Microbiome
It’s true! Even without changing your diet, endurance exercise (like riding a bike) changes the microbes in your gut…
Flora Medicine’s Response to the FDA Alert Regarding Fecal Transplant
On June 13, 2019 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that two immunocompromised individuals contracted a multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) from the same donor after seeking fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) through a clinical trial. One of these individuals, subsequently died. The organism was extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli (E.coli).