Articles by Shari Barbanel
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 ...
Honoring Diversity: NUHS Offers New Naturopathic Medicine Scholarship
National University of Health Sciences (NUHS, Lombard, IL) has created the Black Naturopathic Opportunity Scholarship to nurture the field of naturopathic medicine, particularly in communities of color, and to increase the representation of Black/African-American physicians in complementary and alternative medicine. “The scholarship has been designed to support naturopathic medicine, as well as National’s commitment to ...
Yamuna Zake, The Ultimate Body Rolling Workout, The Foot Fix
Yamuna Zake is a master teacher of body sustainability dedicated to demystifying the body and providing simple, powerful tools to make lifelong fitness a reality for everyone. She has trained an international network of 800 certified practitioners, from the U.S. and Canada to Europe and Asia, and hosts sellout foot-fitness classes around the world for ...
Exercise During Pregnancy May Save Kids From Health Problems As Adults
Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab mice has found that maternal exercise during pregnancy prevented the transmission of metabolic diseases from an obese parent—either mother or father—to child. If the finding holds true ...
MUIH Adds Pathway For Registered Dietitians Into Doctor of Clinical Nutrition Program
Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) has added a pathway for registered dietitians (RD) into its Doctor of Clinical Nutrition (DCN) program. This provides RDs whose highest degree is a bachelor’s degree with the opportunity to receive a doctoral degree in a little over two and a half years. Through this program, RDs will deepen ...
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