Articles by Shari Barbanel
Mindfulness Can Get Wandering Thoughts Back on Track
Everyone has times where their mind won’t stay on task. For example, you might be listening to someone talk in a meeting or class and your mind wanders to your dinner plans. Notably, research suggests that 30 to 50 percent of our daily thoughts are spent on this kind of mind wandering, and that excessive ...
Probiotics Improve Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy, Study Finds
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine found that probiotics significantly improve the symptoms of pregnancy-related nausea, vomiting and constipation. The findings were published in the journal Nutrients. Nausea and vomiting affect about 85 percent of pregnancies and can significantly impact quality of life, particularly during early pregnancy. ...
OmegaQuant Launches New Test to Assess Vitamin B12 Status
OmegaQuant (Sioux Falls, SD) has launched a new Vitamin B12 Test, with a sample collection kit that allows for testing at home. This simple, safe, convenient test measures a substance called methylmalonic acid (uMMA) in the urine, which is a more accurate way of detecting low B12 status. The more MMA you have, the more likely ...
MUIH Launches New Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Culinary Health and Healing
On Dec. 9, 2021, Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) will offer a free webinar to discuss the highly anticipated curriculum for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC) in Culinary Health and Healing. This much needed program fills a national gap in the educational needs of the emerging field of culinary health/medicine. MUIH’s program is one of ...
ECS Therapeutics Introduces ECS Academy Online Education Platform for Health Professionals
ECS Therapeutics LLC (Hauppauge, NY), a provider of a health care professional-exclusive line of hemp products that support the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS), recently announced the introduction of ECS Academy. ECS Academy is a free online platform designed to educate health care professionals on the endocannabinoid system, cannabinoids and terpenes, clinical applications of hemp/CBD in ...
2021 Practitioner’s Choice Awards
For the first time, Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine polled its practitioner readers on their most recommended products to compile its 2021 Practitioner’s Choice Awards. After all, who is better qualified to determine the industry’s winners than the people who recommend them to their patients? The 2021 Practitioner’s Choice Awards represent a random sampling of practitioners ...
Omega Ramps Up Virtual Experience to Better Serve Growing Global Community & Increase Access
The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, a nonprofit in New York’s Hudson Valley that has provided learning opportunities to more than 1 million people since 1977, has taken steps to reach a wider global audience with fewer barriers to access than ever before. With help from Savas Labs, a Durham, NC-based web design firm, Omega has ...
MUIH Welcomes Amy Riolo as Brand Ambassador
Nutrition is one of Maryland University of Integrative Health’s (MUIH) most robust programs.. The University currently offers a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition, Master of Science in Nutrition & Integrative Health, Post-Master’s Certificate in Nutrition & Integrative Health, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Culinary Health and Healing, among other programs. Since 1974, MUIH has made it its mission to educate, heal, support, ...
Pure Encapsulations Announces Partnership With TerraCycle
Pure Encapsulations (Sudbury, MA) and its affiliated brands have partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle (Trenton, NJ) to launch an innovative national program to increase the recycling of its nutritional supplement packaging. “Pure Encapsulations is committed to a greener future, including leading the way in recyclable packaging design and reducing packaging waste. However, not all packaging ...
Associations Comment on the Nomination of Robert M. Califf For FDA Commissioner
On Nov. 12, President Biden announced that he will nominate Robert M. Califf, MD for commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Califf is an internationally recognized expert in clinical trial research, health disparities, health care quality and cardiovascular medicine. He has nearly four decades of experience as a doctor, researcher, leader and ...
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