Articles by Shari Barbanel
Aspartame to be Declared a Possible Carcinogen by WHO’s Cancer Research Agency
Aspartame, one of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners, is set to be declared a possible carcinogen on July 14 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cancer research agency. The IARC ruling, finalized in June after a meeting of the group’s external experts, is intended to assess ...
Older Adults Who Remain More Active Have a Better Quality of Life, Study Finds
A reduction in the amount of time spent physically active when adults are over 60 years old is linked to lower quality of life, according to a study published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. The same was also true for increases in the amount of sedentary time, such as watching TV or reading. The ...
Lupus Flare-ups Linked to Bacterial Growth in Gut
Recurrent bouts of systemic lupus erythematosus, marked by the body’s immune system attack of its own tissues, closely tracked with measurable upticks in growth in the gut of a certain species of bacteria. New research from NYU Grossman School of Medicine shows that bacterial blooms of the gut bacterium Ruminococcus blautia gnavus occurred at the ...
Jan E. Patterson, MD, MS
Jan E. Patterson, MD is an integrative medicine and infectious diseases physician who has practiced and taught medicine for more than 30 years. She believes in using all the tools in the toolbox for better health and works to integrate holistic therapies with conventional ones. She is a professor of medicine at UT Health San ...
Probiotics May Be Beneficial For Certain Intestinal Diseases, Study Says
Probiotics can help maintain a healthy gut microbiome or restore populations of “good bacteria” after a heavy course of antibiotics. But now, they could also be used as an effective treatment strategy for certain intestinal diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a microgel delivery system for probiotics that keeps “good” ...
EFAs Linked to Slower Decline in ALS
People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who eat more foods high in certain omega-3 fatty acids like flaxseed oil, walnuts, canola oil and pumpkin seeds may have a slower physical decline from the disease and may have a slightly extended survival. The study, which looked at the survival of people with ALS over the course ...
Having a Pet Is Associated With Fewer Food Allergies in Young Children, Study Says
In an analysis of more than 65,000 infants from Japan, children exposed to pet cats or indoor dogs during fetal development or early infancy tended to have fewer food allergies compared to other children, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Hisao Okabe from the Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment and Children’s ...
Altered Gut Bacteria May Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease
People in the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease—after brain changes have begun but before cognitive symptoms become apparent—harbor an assortment of bacteria in their intestines that differs from the gut bacteria of healthy people, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. The findings, published in Science Translational ...
Fatty Fish Consumption Increases Cell Membrane Fluidity, Study Says
Eating fatty fish decreased the lipophilic index in people with impaired glucose metabolism or coronary heart disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The lipophilic index is considered a marker of cell membrane fluidity, and a low lipophilic index indicates better membrane fluidity. In a study published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, a low ...
IFM Presents Scholarship and Linus Pauling Award Winners at Annual International Conference
The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has announced the winners of its Linus Pauling Award in Functional Medicine, Debbie Sanstad Memorial Scholarship, and the inaugural Founders’ Scholarships, presented at its 2023 Annual International Conference (AIC). In its 30th year, AIC brought together more than 1,000 renowned health care professionals, researchers and practitioners from around the ...
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