Probiotics in clinical practice

Dr Linda Calabresi

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Dr Linda Calabresi

GP; Medical Editor, Healthed

Dr Linda Calabresi

This week’s expert:
Prof Patricia Conway, Adjunct Professor at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of NSW.

Drawn from a recent Healthed lecture by Prof Conway.

• Probiotics can be used to support a healthy immune system, reducing the incidence and severity of infections, in particular respiratory tract infections.

• Probiotics work by altering the microbiome of the human host.

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