Articles by Angela Santoriello
AHPA Urges Lawmakers to Expand CAM For Veterans
American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) sent letters to lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in support of legislation that would expand complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) options for the nation’s veterans, reported AHPA. The Expanding Care for Veterans Act, H.R. 4887, would expand research, education, and delivery of CAM to veterans. ...
Fist Bump Beats Germ-Spreading Handshake
According to American Journal of Infection Control study, “fist bumping” significantly transmits fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high-fiving, while still addressing the cultural expectation of hand-to-hand contact between patients and clinicians. The official publication of the Washington D.C.-based Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) reported in the study researchers performed trials ...
Sibling Composition Impacts Childhood Obesity Risk
Having obese brothers and sisters is a more revealing indicator of child obesity than having obese parents, according to new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. After surveying adults in 10,244 American households, research found that the likelihood of childhood obesity varies with the number of children in a household, as well as ...
Center for Herbal Studies Now Taking Applications
Interested in becoming an herbalist? Then consider taking a class with David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies (Broadway, NJ). “Good herbalists treat people, not diseases, and in our program we strive to teach the skills necessary so that each student can accomplish that goal,” said Winston. The Clinical Herbalist Training Program 2014-2016 is taking applications ...
David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies Now Taking Applications
Interested in becoming an herbalist? Then consider taking up a class with the David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies. “Good herbalists treat people, not diseases, and in our program we strive to teach the skills necessary so that each student can accomplish that goal,” said David Winston. The Clinical Herbalist Training Program 2014-2016 is taking ...
Salt Institute: FDA Should Cease Attempt at Regulating Salt
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced their intent to issue voluntary guidelines for food producers to reduce sodium levels, citing a 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report that recommends sodium limits. However, the FDA is ignoring a much more recent 2013 IOM review of studies that examined links between sodium consumption and health ...
New Brown University Study Promotes Fish Oil for Anti-Aging
A new study conducted by scientists at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Providence, RI) suggests that taking fish oil supplements may help preserve brain volume and cognitive function. The study was based on data from 229 cognitively normal men and women, 397 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 193 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...
CRN President Commits to Combat Deceptive Advertising of Weight Loss Products
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) reacted to Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill’s grilling on Capitol Hill of Dr. Oz for not being responsible and for cheapening his show by promoting weight loss products. Speaking at the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance hearing “Protecting Consumers ...
Senators Encourage Colleagues to Co-Sponsor Designer Anabolic Steroid Act
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have issued a Senate “Dear Colleague” letter encouraging their colleagues to co-sponsor the recently introduced Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) 0f 2014. The bill would empower the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with new tools to identify and quickly respond when new designer anabolic steroids are introduced and falsely ...
Calcium Supplementation Safe for Women’s Heart
Scientific journal Osteoporosis Daily reports no independent associations between supplemental calcium intake and risk of incident coronary heart disease and stroke, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). Countering a New Zealand study suggesting calcium supplements may be associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. “In this large-scale, long-term prospective cohort study in women, calcium supplement use ...
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