342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality
Update: 2025-10-11
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TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode
- Oral microbiome and pancreatic cancer risk (JAMA Oncol)
- 2025 Cancer Facts & Figures (ACS)
- Periodontal Disease: The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown (Front Cell Infect Micro)
- Socransky’s disease complexes (Microorg)
- Microbiome, pyruvate metabolism, sleep quality, and frailty (Cell Rep)
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (pdf)
- How to score the sleep quality index (pdf)
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