The Doctors show “warning about DIY Fecal Transplant” a response
Recently “The Doctors” TV show aired a piece about (do-it-yourself) DIY fecal transplants which included some b-roll from my DIY fecal transplants YouTube video. I gave the show permission to use my footage before knowing how the show was going to approach this issue. However, I was disappointed by the way in which DIY fecal […]
FMT safe donor bank fundraiser
Fecal microbiota transplant is the most effective treatment for Clostridium Difficile and can help other illnesses like idiopathic Ulcerative Colitis like it did for me. However finding a safe, suitable donor for this can be difficult for many people. This fundraising campaign seeks funds to help create a bank of safe donors who have undergone […]
Why don’t doctors suggest FMT to treat Ulcerative Colitis
Mike, I’m sure you get dozens of emails, but I thought I’d send one anyway. Like many others, I stumbled across your website and watched your video. It makes sense to me, but am very skeptical to try this. Can you say with complete honesty that it works? Why don’t doctors suggest using fecal transplants […]
Another success story for fecal transplants for Ulcerative Colitis
Here is yet another success story. Notice that making sure the content from the fecal transplant enema getting all the way through all parts of the large intestine is key. While I can’t say for sure if doing more than one enema a day is necessary, I think it underscores the willingness of those who […]
Fecal Transplants frozen just as successful as fresh
Here is some good news for people who don’t have a donor close to where they live. A pilot study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may lead to greater availability and acceptability of an unusual treatment for a serious medical problem – use of fecal material from healthy donors to treat recurrent diarrhea caused […]
Fecal Transplant Advice: Is my daughter a suitable donor for treating my eosinophillic colitis
Here is a long discussion with several messages back and forth ` Hi Michael, I am wanting to ask if you think my daughter (aged 5 years old) would be a suitable donor for me? I know that you have written about this in your book, and suggest that she might be too young to […]
Fecal Transplant Bank Has Opened
This comes from Jezebell. The Nation’s First Poop Transplant Bank Has Opened Openbiome is the non-profit organization which is organizing this donor bank. While this article makes light of fecal transplants as “poop transplants, it gives a good brief description of fecal transplants and its benefits for saving people from c. diff for the lay person and […]
Dr. Phil Show: Is gut bacteria behind Steven’s obesity / laziness?
I was watching the Dr. Phil Show today and the second half of the show was about a 28 year old man, Steven, who still lives at home. The show focused on the lack of motivation on Steven’s part and the lack of will power and enabling behavior from his parents. Clearly there were many […]
Olivia Fox interviews Michael Hurst about how fecal transplants cured his Ulcerative Colitis
How fecal transplants cured Ulcerative Colitis is the topic of the Health and Wellness radio show on WLVS radio with nationally syndicated radio talk host Olivia Fox who overcame her own struggles with chronic kidney disease discusses the experience Michael Hurst had using Fecal Transplants along with to treat and ultimately cure his case of Ulcerative […]
Poop Power Radio Interview on WLVS Radio with Olivia Fox
I am going to be interviewed about my experience using fecal transplants to cure my case of Ulcerative Colitis by longtime radio talk show host, Olivia Fox on WLVS radio Tuesday Dec 17 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (U.S.) / 8:00 pm GMT. Tune it at http://www.ListenVision.com/ Man effectively cures himself of Ulcerative Colitis using […]