Articles by Shari Barbanel
Congress Reintroduces Bill to Improve Medicare Coverage of Chiropractic Services
Bipartisan legislation that would increase patient access to Medicare-covered services provided by doctors of chiropractic was reintroduced Jan. 16 in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. The Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (H.R. 539/S. 106) would reduce barriers to care and enable seniors and other beneficiaries to more fully access the chiropractic profession’s evidence-based, ...
Logan University’s MSSSR Program Transitioning to 7-Week Course Format
Logan University’s (Chesterfield, MO) Master of Science in Sports Science and Rehabilitation (MSSSR) program is moving from 15-week courses to seven-week courses in January 2025, making it more time effective for students. “This accelerated degree format will allow our full-time students to complete the program in just one year and move forward with their certification and career ...
Michael J. Gelb and Bruce Fertman
Michael J. Gelb is an authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development pioneer and is expert at creative thinking, executive coaching and innovative leadership. He is a fifth-degree black belt in aikido and a teacher of tai chi and the Alexander Technique. He is also a professional juggler who performed ...
INM to Hold Free Practical Webinar on Nutrition in Pregnancy
The Institute for Natural Medicine (INM) invites families, health professionals and anyone invested in lifelong wellness to join a free webinar: The Power of Nutrition for a Healthy Start on Jan. 23 from 12-1:30 p.m. PST. This hour-and-a-half-long event will explore how decisions made by parents and providers during pregnancy and early childhood have a ...
CRN Encourages Greater Inclusion of Dietary Supplements in Dietary Guidelines
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) acknowledged efforts of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee in reviewing extensive data on nutrient intake in the United States, but expressed “disappointment” that the guidelines do not consider scientific evidence pertaining to dietary supplements. According to CRN, the report revealed troubling trends, particularly how Americans’ diets consistently fall short of aligning with Dietary Guidelines recommendations, leading ...
Natural Practitioner’s Top 10 Stories From 2024
As 2024 comes to an end, Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine looks back at the most read stories throughout the year. This year featured news items include CRN responding to a study claiming that certain botanicals cause liver damage, and a study that found a diet low in omega-6 and high in omega-3 may slow prostate cancer growth. ...
Most Women Get Low Grades in Healthy Eating During and After Pregnancy
New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds a pervasive low-quality diet among pregnant and postpartum individuals, reflecting “an urgent need for widespread improvement.” The study, recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and co-led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, assessed diet quality in the same ...
Low Omega-6, High Omega-3 Rich Diet May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth
A new study led by UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators offers new evidence that dietary changes may help reduce cancer cell growth in patients undergoing active surveillance, a treatment approach that involves regular monitoring of the cancer without immediate intervention. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical ...
Research Delivers Best Moves to Reduce Dementia Risk
It’s that time of the year when most of us get the chance to sit back and enjoy some well-deserved down time. But whether you reach for the TV controller, or a favorite book, your choice could have implications for your long-term brain health, say researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Assessing the ...
Eating Dark Chocolate Linked With Reduced Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Consuming dark, but not milk, chocolate may be associated with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published in BMJ. “Our findings suggest that not all chocolate is created equal,” said lead author Binkai Liu, doctoral student in the Department of ...
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