Articles by Shari Barbanel
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 ...
SCNM Dedicates Ric Scalzo Institute of Botanical Research
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences’ (SCNM) Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research has been formally dedicated. The 4,285-square-foot Biosafety Level 2 Lab (BSL-2), compound isolation laboratory and compound identification and quantification facility opened earlier this year at 2140 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ. The institute’s team of researchers are led by Molecular Biologist Jeffrey Langland, ...
IHA Recognizes California Provider Organizations for Excellence in Health Care
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) has announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Healthcare Awards, California’s top honor for provider organizations. These top-performing provider organizations have earned strong results in clinical quality, patient experience, and total cost of care. To achieve this recognition, provider organizations must perform in the top 50 percent in each ...
Antony Cummins, Practitioner Chat
Antony Cummins is the author of The Ultimate Art of War and many other books on Eastern martial culture. He is the founder of the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team, which has previously published The Book of Ninja and The Book of Samurai series (Watkins), and is spearheading a project to resurrect the authentic 17th-century samurai ...
Bone Mineral Density Decreases Less Than Expected After Menopause
Bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone in postmenopausal women decreased by an average of 10 percent during a 25-year follow-up, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Being the world’s hitherto longest follow-up of changes in bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, the study shows that bone loss after ...
Children Who Eat More Fruit and Veggies Have Better Mental Health
Children who eat a better diet, packed with fruit and vegetables, have better mental wellbeing— according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new study published today is the first to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable intakes, breakfast and lunch choices, and mental wellbeing in U.K. school children. It ...
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