{
  "id": 10972846,
  "title": "Skipping sweets during antibiotic treatment may help protect the gut microbiome",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/skipping-sweets-during-antibiotic-treatment-may-help-protect-the-gut",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-sweets-antibiotic-treatment-gut-microbiome.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study by researchers at City of Hope suggests eating less sugar could protect the microbiome during antibiotic treatment. The study followed patients with blood cancer undergoing an intensive treatment called allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant, a population at particularly high risk for severe gut microbiome disruption and associated side effects.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}