Articles by Shari Barbanel
UA’s Integrative Health Coaching Named Among Nation’s Elite
The Integrative Health Coaching program at the University of Arizona (UA) Center for Integrative Medicine recently was accredited by the National Consortium for Credentialing Health & Wellness Coaches (NCCHWC), joining the ranks of only 11 other health coaching programs in the United States that have achieved this recognition. According to the NCCHWC, an “explosion” of ...
New Website Matches Consumers to Fitness, Health and Wellness Professionals
FHMatch – Fitness Health Match (Toronto, ON, Canada), is a new platform bringing consumers and professionals in fitness, health and wellness together, reducing the everyday frustration of finding each other. “This is the first time there is a central place where consumers and professionals can search, select and connect with one another to determine the ...
DOJ Announces Supplement Sweep – CRN, NPA and AHPA Express Support
On Tuesday, November 17, Ben Mizer, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), revealed the government’s plan for a sweep of actions targeting unlawful dietary supplement makers and marketers. “We are here today to explain the critical steps the federal government is taking to stem the tide ...
ACIM Launches Peer-reviewed Medical Journal
The Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine (ACIM) has announced the launch of the Journal of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine (JCIM), a new peer-reviewed medical journal. JCIM is dedicated to exploring the multifaceted and multi-disciplined world of medicine. In addition, JCIM will endeavor to bring new ideas, while reassessing established practices and concepts from today’s most innovative thought-leaders. ...
Sleep Tight
Getting enough sleep and rest is essential for the human body to function properly. Sleep is essential for everyone, but unfortunately most Americans do not get enough of it. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the recommended amount of sleep is 10 to 11 hours per night for children, 8.5 to 9.25 for teenagers and ...
Bastyr University Participates in Alternative Credit Project
The American Council on Education (ACE) recently announced the pool of courses selected as part of ACE’s Alternative Credit Project, an initiative to boost the ability of millions of nontraditional learners to gain a college degree. Bastyr University is the only school in Washington State and the only school for naturopathic medicine participating. The 111 ...
Trial Reveals Evidence of Long-Term Benefits for People With Chronic Neck Pain
A large-scale investigation by researchers at the University of York found that the use of Alexander Technique or acupuncture could significantly relieve chronic neck pain. Chronic neck pain is a difficult condition to treat, and previous research shows that single interventions generally do not provide long-term benefits. After evaluating the benefits of Alexander Technique or ...
UA Eller Research Team Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Create Free Health Tool
The Management Information Systems (MIS) department at the University of Arizona (UA), Eller College has received a $1.4 Increasing rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, HIV and obesity, require patients to be more involved in their own health care. However, only 12 percent of American adults have proficient health literacy, meaning nearly nine out ...
National AOM Day Helps Educate Consumers
An estimated 36 percent of U.S adults use some form of complementary therapy and many of these adults who use complementary health approaches to treat or manage pain spent an estimated $14.9 billion out-of-pocket on these therapies, according to a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health. ...
NPA Challenges New “Study” On Supplements and ER Visits
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has challenged the methodology and findings of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that claimed dietary supplements are responsible for approximately 23,000 hospital visits each year. The Study, “Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Events Related to Dietary Supplements” based its findings on data from 63 emergency ...
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