Articles by Shari Barbanel
Eating Blueberries Every Day Can Lower Blood Pressure
With hypertension (HTN) affecting nearly 80 million people in the United States and cardiovascular disease (CVD) the leading cause of death, any intervention that can lower blood pressure has the potential to save lives. In a study in the current issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Florida State University researchers ...
Jefferson Mindfulness Program Improves Mind-Body Health in Elders
Researchers at the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Jefferson tested the feasibility and effectiveness of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in a group of elders living in a continuing-care retirement community. “Our team found that an adapted MBSR program is feasible even for a much older population than previously reported in ...
Nutrition Education May Help Prevent Breast Cancer Reoccurrence
Breast cancer is the most frequent cause of death among women worldwide, and five-year survival rates are just 58.4 percent in Brazil, lower than in many other regions. In a new study, however, researchers from Federal University of Santa Catarina provided Brazilian breast cancer patients with nutrition education and found it could benefit patients and ...
NCNM Provost Dr. Andrea Smith Elected to Serve ACAOM
The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) announced that Andrea C. Smith, EdD, was elected as an academic member of the Commission. The appointment of Dr. Smith, provost and vice president of Academics Affairs at National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM), is effective immediately. ACAOM is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education ...
Healthy Nation Coalition Details Persistent Failures of DGA
In an open letter to government officials, the Healthy Nation Coalition described the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) as a failed policy. The letter from concerned scientists, nutrition professionals and consumers is addressed to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The letter asserts that these recommendations contribute to ...
VRM Media Acquires “Fitness Trainer” Magazine
VRM Media (East Brunswick, NJ, www.vrmmedia.com), a leading provider of business magazines, websites and e-newsletters for the health and natural products industry, has announced its acquisition of Fitness Trainer magazine from the Mallarina Sales Corporation. Fitness Trainer (fitnesstrainermag.uberflip.com/t/47105), founded in 2012 by Robert B. Rose, is a digital business magazine for personal trainers and other ...
Cell Science Systems Launches Affordable Telomere Testing
Cell Science Systems, Corp. (Deerfield Beach, FL), one of the very few labs to offer telomere length testing, has launched its new version of this test at an affordable price. Knowing your telomere length is important because it directly relates to health and longevity. Telomere length testing has recently become of wider interest following a study ...
Vitamin D Council Introduces In-home Vitamin D Test Kit
It is estimated that 40 to 75 percent of all Americans are deficient in vitamin D, which has been linked to an increased risk to Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune, and other diseases. To help bring awareness and to test individual vitamin D levels, the Vitamin D Council has announced the release of vitamin D test ...
CRN and Skipta to Host Free Dietary Supplements Webinar
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the next in its series of free webinars for pharmacists and nurse practitioners (NPs), presented in partnership with Skipta, the premier closed-loop social networking platform for health care professionals. These webinars, available to members of the Pharmacist Society and Generation NP communities, are part of CRN’s ongoing ...
President Obama Signs Sunscreen Innovation Act
On November 26, President Obama sign the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA) into law after is was passed in the House of Representatives on November 14. The bill is designed to address a regulatory backlog that is preventing U.S. consumers from having access to advanced, effective sunscreens that are widely available in the rest of the ...
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