Articles by Shari Barbanel
OSU Names New Linus Pauling Institute Director
Emily Ho, PhD, the leader of Oregon State University’s (OSU) Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health and an internationally recognized expert in the study of nutrients and chronic disease, has been named the next endowed chair and director of the university’s Linus Pauling Institute (LPI). Dr. Ho has been a ...
IBCCES Launches Telepractice Certification Program to Fill Growing Need for Services for Children With Special Needs
Millions of children with special needs across the U.S. may be going without services due to school closures and limits on face-to-face health care services. With the dramatic rise in the need for teletherapy and remote learning due to COVID-19, along with the recent CARES federal stimulus package to ease the burden on schools and ...
“Stealth Transmission” Fuels Fast Spread of Coronavirus Outbreak
Undetected cases, many of which were likely not severely symptomatic, were largely responsible for the rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, according to new research by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings based on a computer model of the outbreak are published online in the journal Science. The researchers ...
ANA Launches Resource Hub for Personalized Nutrition & COVID-19
To tap the power of personalized nutrition during the COVID-19 crisis, the American Nutrition Association (ANA) has mobilized its leading nutrition scientists and health practitioners to provide trusted, science-based information for the health professional community and for the public. The ANA has launched the Personalized Nutrition & COVID-19 Resource Hub at theana.org/COVID19. It includes: A Rapid Review of the ...
INM to Host Online Dialogue on Infectious Disease and Immune Resilience
In response to growing concerns about the coronavirus and its public health implications, the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM) has announced that it will host a two-part online educational series, featuring leading licensed naturopathic physicians and researchers, that focuses on strategies for maximizing immune system health. Part one of “Building Resilience Naturally: COVID-19 and Beyond” ...
4MedPlus Offers Free, Accredited, Online Infection Prevention Training for Medical Sites During Coronavirus Crisis
Hospitals and health care sites nationwide were already facing a nursing and clinical care staffing shortage. With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the shortage has expanded rapidly due to potentially ill health care workers and unprecedented demand. Emergency providers, law enforcement workers, community crisis teams and other non-health care workers have been called upon to assist with testing ...
Environmental Health Symposium 2020 to be Held as Online Conference
As a result of the current global pandemic, the organizers of the Environmental Health Symposium (EHS) have decided to transition EHS 2020 to an online symposium. The online symposium will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, 2020 and has been approved for a maximum of 17.75 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. The ...
Michael Edson, MS, LAc
Michael Edson, MS, LAc is a co-founder and president of Natural Eye Care, Inc. He is co-author of Natural Eye Care: A Comprehensive Manual for Practitioners of Oriental Medicine and Natural Eye Care: Your Guide to Healthy Vision and Healing. His latest book is Natural Parkinson’s Support: Your Guide to Preventing & Managing Parkinson’s. His ...
Intiva Health Adds Coronavirus Tracker to Ready Doc Platform
Intiva Health’s (Austin, TX) newest addition to its Ready Doc credentialing platform allows health care providers to track the number of confirmed coronavirus cases as well as their location across the world. The new feature comes days after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed more than 100,000 reported cases of COVID-19 in 100 countries at ...
MUIH Announces New Program in Cannabis Science
Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) has announced that it has submitted a new program proposal to the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) for approval—the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Cannabis Science: Therapeutics, Product Design and Quality Assurance. The program examines the science behind cannabis and investigates the evidence for therapeutic benefits and risks, issues in product design ...
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