Articles by Shari Barbanel
Vital Nutrients Student Appreciation Program
Vital Nutrients (Middletown, CT) is committed to promoting the credibility and success of current and future health care professionals. In addition to regular donations made to colleges and universities across the country, the company offers special programs for both students and recent graduates. All Vital Nutrients’ approved students enrolled in an accredited health care program ...
NANP to Host Annual Conference & Expo
The National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP) will host its Annual Conference & Expo at the Crowne Plaza in St. Paul, MN on April 30-May 3. This year’s conference theme, “Revealing the Science behind Holistic Nutrition,” will focus on the science that supports the use of holistic nutrition interventions in clinical practice. Dr. Edward Bauman, ...
IOM: CFS/ME is a Legitimate Disease That Needs Proper Diagnosis and Treatment
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a legitimate, serious, and complex systemic disease that frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected individuals, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The committee that wrote the report developed new diagnostic criteria for the disorder that includes five main symptoms. In addition, it ...
Healthy Talk on RadioMD.com Transitions To Daily Health Radio Show
Healthy Talk, hosted by Michael A, Smith, MD, senior health scientist for Life Extension (Fort Lauderdale, FL), and heard on RadioMD.com the premier digital health talk platform, has moved from its live weekly Thursday afternoon time slot, to a one-hour daily show from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EST. RadioMD.com (www.radiomd.com), is the online, “talking” health information ...
TAP Integrative Launches Online Educational Community for Integrative Practitioners
TAP Integrative (Green Bay, WI) has announced the launch of an online educational community resource dedicated to furthering the evidence-informed and experience-based knowledge between integrative practitioners. TAPintegrative.org is a membership site designed for “on-demand” access to clinically reviewed and science-based clinical practice topics and research, leading clinical experts and to a community of integrative health ...
NY Attorney General Says Major Retailers Selling Fraudulent Supplements, NPA, CRN Respond
On February 2, the New York State attorney general’s office accused four major retailers—GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart—of selling fraudulent and potentially dangerous herbal supplements and demanded that they remove the products from store shelves, according to a New York Times article. According to the article, authorities said they had conducted tests on top-selling store brands of herbal ...
BPA Exposure During Pregnancy Causes Oxidative Stress in Child, Mother
Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy can cause oxidative damage that may put the baby at risk of developing diabetes or heart disease later in life, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology. A chemical used to manufacture plastics and epoxy resins, BPA is found in ...
CRN Releases Science-based Guidelines on Iodine in Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements for Pregnancy and Lactation
Dietary supplement manufacturers should include a daily serving of at least 150 mcg of iodine in all multivitamin/mineral supplements intended for pregnant and lactating women in the U.S., the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) advises in guidelines for industry. CRN developed these guidelines in response to recommendations from authoritative medical organizations, including the American Academy ...
Emerson Ecologics Launches 2015 Emerson Grant Program
Emerson Ecologics, LLC (Manchester, NH) has announced that it is now accepting applications for The Emerson Grant. The Emerson Grant program supports the work of practitioners and promotes integrative medicine in the United States. In April 2015, Emerson Ecologics will award grants totaling $25,000 to support projects and initiatives designed to improve, expand or support ...
Life Extension Foundation Supported Trial Finds 7,000 IU Vitamin D Improves Immunological Parameters in HIV-Positive Individuals
Dr. Virginia A. Stallings and colleagues from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia published a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in which treatment with a 7,000 IU vitamin D3 product benefited HIV-positive children and young adults. The vitamin D supplements used in the trial were provided by the Life Extension Foundation. The publication, titled “High-Dose Vitamin D3 ...
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