Articles by Shari Barbanel
BASF to Enter U.S. Medical Foods Market With DIEM Labs
BASF Corporation (Florham Park, NJ) and DIEM Labs, LLC (Buffalo, WY) have entered into a distribution agreement to commercialize BASF’s first U.S. medical food product for the dietary management of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). As part of this agreement, BASF will use its scientific expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to provide a first-to-the-market medical food ...
Digestive Distress Call
Practitioners can help patients tackle their digestive issues by getting to the root of the problem. The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the gut is the key to overall health. According to NYU Langone Health’s Division of Gastroenterology, the gastrointestinal (GI) system serves essential roles in protecting and sustaining the overall ...
NattoPharma & Ortho Molecular Products Form Exclusive Partnership
Nattopharma (Oslo, Norway) has announced that it has been selected by Ortho Molecular Products, the leader in practitioner-specific nutraceuticals, as its exclusive vitamin K2 supplier partner. The company will transition the seven products in its line currently featuring vitamin K2 to MenaQ7 PRO, a unique line extension available only to Ortho Molecular. For more than ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Increases, Says New Survey
The latest results from an annual survey on dietary supplements reveals an all-time high for supplement usage among U.S. adults, with 76 percent reporting they consume dietary supplements, up five percentage points from last year’s results. The new survey, 2017 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, was commissioned by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) ...
Harvey Health Provides Remote Access to Integrative Medicine Using Technology-enabled Platform
After a successful open beta, Harvey Health officially launch, providing convenient, affordable access to integrative medicine. Named after William Harvey, the physician who first discovered how blood circulates through the human body, Harvey’s new telehealth platform expands the reach of integrative medicine through video consultations with licensed naturopathic doctors, advanced in-home laboratory testing and highly-customized natural treatment ...
UNPA’s Frank Lampe Joins Integrative Medicine Advisory Board
Frank Lampe, vice president, communications and industry relations for The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has joined the Leadership Council for the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM). Founded in 1992, INM envisions optimal health and wellbeing through the transformation of the healthcare system by education about and promotion of the principles and practices of naturopathic ...
GWI Launches Wellness Moonshot: Destination – A World Free of Preventable Disease
Lifestyle related diseases and the continuously skyrocketing cost of health care are creating a global crisis that is affecting us both physically and mentally. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the stark reality is that roughly 70 percent of all deaths each year are a result of preventable diseases, while the global ...
Study Shows Topical Analgesics Reduce Chronic Pain, Lessens Need For Opioids
Clarity Science (Austin, TX), a division of Safe Harbor Compliance and Clinical Services LLC has reported results of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved Optimizing Patient Experience and Response to Topical Analgesics (OPERA) Study, which evaluated patients with chronic pain who were treated with topical analgesics. Overall results, published in the Journal of Pain Research, suggest ...
PCCR Expands Inter-Institutional Network for Chiropractic Research
The Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR, Davenport, IA) has announced the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has joined the Inter-Institutional Network for Chiropractic Research. The network is a five-year multidisciplinary effort designed to facilitate chiropractic research across multiple institutions and disciplines. The network ...
IFM Appoints Laurie Hofmann Chairman of the Board of Directors
The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has announced that Laurie Hofmann, MPH, IFM’s current chief executive officer, has accepted the additional role of chairman of the IFM Board of Directors. “I am delighted and grateful to have the opportunity to continue to serve IFM’s mission and the functional medicine movement,” Hofmann said. “I have accepted ...
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