Articles by Shari Barbanel
ACHS Alumna Cindy Ross Recognized With 2021 DEAC Outstanding Graduate Award
Cindy Ross of Orange Beach, AL, will be honored as the Distance Education and Accrediting Commission (DEAC) 2021 Outstanding Graduate at the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) virtual graduation ceremony. The DEAC Outstanding Graduate of the Year award celebrates the achievements of distance education students who have demonstrated academic excellence and consistent commitment to society ...
Logan University Partners with UH Connor Integrative Health Network for Student Training
Logan University (Chesterfield, MO) has announced a clinical training affiliation with University Hospitals (UH) Connor Integrative Health Network in Cleveland, OH. The partnership was established through Logan graduate David Vincent, DC (’91), Buoncore Family Endowed Director of Chiropractic Medicine at UH Connor Integrative Health Network. Dr. Vincent was responsible for introducing chiropractic to the UH organization and has ...
INM Introduces New Collaborative Multi-modality Medical Board
The medical profession is at a critical crossroads as the public gains greater awareness, acceptance and desire for integrative therapies. This means the professional community must begin collaborating to meet the need. The Institute for Natural Medicine (INM), a non-profit 501-(c)(3) that works to educate the public about and increase access to naturopathic medicine, is ...
DHA Supplement May Offset Impact of Maternal Stress on Unborn Males
Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia disproportionately affect males and are directly linked to early life adversity caused by maternal stress and other factors, which might be impacted by nutrition. But the underlying reasons for these male-specific impacts are not well understood. Researchers from the University of Missouri School (MU) of Medicine and the MU ...
Logan University Announces 2021 Symposium
Logan University has announced dates for its Symposium this fall. Taking place Thursday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 19 on Logan’s campus and at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, the 2021 Symposium will provide continuing education opportunities, chiropractic exhibitors, networking events and an address by Logan President Clay McDonald, DC, MBA, JD. This is ...
MUIH Supports A Wider Circle’s Race to End Poverty
Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) has announced that it has expanded its community outreach partnership with A Wider Circle to support the 2021 Virtual Race to End Poverty. A Wider Circle’s annual Race to End Poverty, which will take a virtual format for the second year in a row, runs from April 3 to ...
Can Drinking Cocoa Protect Your Heart When You’re Stressed?
Increased consumption of flavanols—a group of molecules occurring naturally in fruit and vegetables—could protect people from mental stress-induced cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart disease and thrombosis, according to new research. Researchers have discovered that blood vessels were able to function better during mental stress when people were given a cocoa drink containing high levels ...
Supplements May Protect Those With Low Vitamin D Levels From Severe COVID-19
Patients with low vitamin D levels who are hospitalized for COVID-19 may have a lower risk of dying or requiring mechanical ventilation if they receive vitamin D supplementation of at least 1,000 units weekly, according to a study presented virtually at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. “Given how common vitamin D deficiency is ...
MUIH Adopts Culturally Responsive Language in Renaming its Acupuncture Programs
Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) has taken steps to make sure its acupuncture programs are more culturally responsive through the removal of the phrase “Oriental medicine” from its department and program titles. The department, now named Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, began this work in early 2019 in alignment with similar discussions on the state ...
FDA Warns Selling of Topical CBD Products Violates FD&C Act
On March 22, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that it has issued warning letters to two companies for selling topical pain relief products labeled as containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Specifically, the warning letters addressed the illegal marketing of unapproved drugs ...
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