Articles by Shari Barbanel
Biology of Leptin, The Hunger Hormone, Revealed
In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and also suggest a potential strategy for developing future weight-loss treatments, they said. The study, led by investigators at Yale and Harvard, was published ...
Exercise May Have Different Effects in the Morning and Evening
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) have learned that the effect of exercise may differ depending on the time of day it is performed. In mice they demonstrate that exercise in the morning results in an increased metabolic response in skeletal muscle, while exercise later in the day increases energy expenditure for an extended ...
Practitioner Chat—Dr. Shola Ezeokoli
A medical doctor and a two-time Amazon No. 1 bestselling author, Dr. Shola Ezeokoli works with doctors and other high-achieving professionals to help them fight burnout, liberate themselves from survival mode and truly live the life that they want to live. Q: What inspired you to write Physician Heal Yourself? A: I wrote Physician Heal Yourself ...
Two Researchers Awarded for Excellence in Nutrition Science
Catharine Ross, PhD, and Aditi Das, PhD, were awarded the Mary Swartz Rose Senior Investigator Award and the Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award, respectively, at Nutrition 2019, the flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) held in Baltimore, MD. The awards, named in honor of the late Mary Swartz Rose (1874-1941), founder ...
Christiana Care Health System Launches Comprehensive Pain Center
To provide a comprehensive range of treatment options to patients with chronic pain, Christiana Care Health System is launching the Comprehensive Pain Center—the first of its kind in Delaware—on the Christiana Hospital campus. Patients must be referred to the new outpatient center, which will offer effective non-opioid pain treatment strategies for patients with acute and chronic ...
FDA Holds CBD Public Hearing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on cannabidiol, also known as CBD, at its Silver Spring, MD headquarters on Friday, May 31. The New York Times(NYT), called the hearing “the hottest ticket in the capital.” More than 400 applicants, from the U.S. Hemp Roundtable to blue chip law firms, had ...
Diem Enters Into Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Emerson Ecologics for Health Care Practitioner Line
Diem (Ann Arbor, MI) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Emerson Ecologics, the nation’s largest distributor of integrative wellness products to health care practitioners. As a provider of professional-brand dietary supplements and medical foods, Diem will provide products including Umbrellux DAO, Cerenx and Adiposano available through Emerson Ecologics and Emerson’s Wellevate integrated dispensary platform ...
IFM Surpasses 1,000 IFM Certified Practitioners in Functional Medicine Globally
The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has surpassed a historic milestone, having now certified 1,000 functional medicine health care practitioners globally. IFM has been educating clinicians since 1991, and formally through its IFM Certification Program (IFMCP) since 2009, certifying 125 practitioners in the inaugural graduating class of 2013. This significant milestone aligns with IFM’s mission ...
Logan University Partners with Grambling State University
Logan University (Chesterfield, MO) has partnered with Grambling State University (Grambling, LA) on an articulation agreement that establishes a new 3+3 dual-degree, pre-chiropractic program between the two institutions. The program makes it possible for qualified students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Grambling State and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from ...
Natural Partners Fullscript Announces $25M Series B Funding
Natural Partners Fullscript (Scottsdale, AZ) has announced a $25 million Series B financing led by Kayne Partners, the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., focused on enterprise software and tech-enabled business services companies. With the funding, Natural Partners Fullscript will focus on scaling its online technology platform, Fullscript. Fullscript enables health care ...
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