Long-term estrogen therapy changes microbial activity in the gut, study finds

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Long-term therapy with estrogen and bazedoxifene alters the microbial composition and activity in the gut, affecting how estrogen is metabolized, a new study in mice found.The research team was led by University of Illinois food science and human nutrition professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan.