Articles by Shari Barbanel
FDA Fails to Deliver Congressionally Mandated Report on CBD Regulations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to meet its deadline to provide a Congressionally mandated report on how it plans to regulate CBD. Congress instructed the FDA in last year’s spending bill to adopt an enforcement discretion policy within 120 days and provide an update of its progress after 60 days. The agency’s first report ...
Poor Sleep May Increase Heart Risk in Women
Women who sleep poorly tend to overeat and consume a lower-quality diet, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (New York). The findings provide new insight into how poor sleep quality can increase the risk of heart disease and obesity and points to possible interventions for improving women’s heart ...
ACHS Welcomes New Leadership
The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS, Portland, OR) has announced the addition of key leaders at the institution: Hill Taylor, PhD has been named the college’s new chief academic officer. As chief academic officer, Dr. Hill will work in collaboration with the Board of Directors, president, chief operating officer, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Technology ...
High and Low Exercise Intensity Found to Influence Brain Function Differently
A new study shows for the first time that low and high exercise intensities differentially influence brain function. Using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (Rs-fMRI), a noninvasive technique that allows for studies on brain connectivity, researchers discovered that low-intensity exercise triggers brain networks involved in cognition control and attention processing, while high-intensity exercise primarily ...
Children to Bear the Burden of Negative Health Effects From Climate Change
The grim effects that climate change will have on pediatric health outcomes was the focus of a “Viewpoint” article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation by Susan E. Pacheco, MD, an expert at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Dr. Pacheco, an associate professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, ...
Emerson Ecologics Launches Medical Advisory Board
New Hampshire-based Emerson Ecologics has announced the formation of its Medical Advisory Board. For 40 years, Emerson Ecologics has partnered with integrative health professionals to empower wellness. The new Medical Advisory Board builds on this rich history and will enhance and accelerate Emerson Ecologics’ ability to deliver innovation that enables the next-level patient care offered ...
New Study Debunks Notion That Salt Consumption Contributes to Weight Loss
A new study led by Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), sheds new light on these conflicting findings. The researchers found that reducing sodium intake in adults with elevated blood pressure or hypertension decreased thirst, urine volume (a marker of fluid intake), and blood pressure, but ...
ANA Proposes Personalized Nutrition Definition
Leaders of the newly established American Nutrition Association (ANA) have published a proposed definition of Personalized Nutrition in order to promote and scale efforts in research, education, clinical practice, and policy. The ANA recognizes personalized nutrition as core to human health and as key to turning the tide on the chronic disease epidemic. As one thrust of its work to ...
Walnuts May Be Good For the Gut and Help Promote Heart Health
Walnuts may not just be a tasty snack, they may also promote good-for-your-gut bacteria. New research suggests that these “good” bacteria could be contributing to the heart-health benefits of walnuts. In a randomized, controlled trial, researchers found that eating walnuts daily as part of a healthy diet was associated with increases in certain bacteria that ...
NPA Urges Health Care Professionals to Report Adverse Events for Dietary Supplements
In a letter to leading medical societies, the Natural Products Association (NPA) is urging that health care professionals make recommendations for reporting adverse events for dietary supplements. Manufacturers of dietary supplements are required to submit all information pertaining to adverse events associated with their products to the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). “Adverse events ...
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