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Climb Stairs to Live Longer, Research Says
Climbing stairs is associated with a longer life, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “If you have the choice of taking the stairs or the lift, go for the stairs as it will help your heart,” said study author Dr. Sophie Paddock ...
Sonoran University Announces Free Homeopathic Literature Collection
Sonoran University of Health Sciences has announced The Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians Dimitriadis Literature Collection, a digital library comprised of more than 481 gigabytes of original source material, which translates to nearly 62,000 documents of original homeopathic literature. The collection is completely free for any individual to access at https://homeopathy.sonoran.edu. “Delivering this incredibly important digital library ...
Logan University Receives Transfer Opportunity Approval for Fontbonne Students
Logan University (Chesterfield, MO) has received approval to be a transfer university for students of Fontbonne University, which will be closing after summer 2025. Transferring to a designated transfer school comes with additional student benefits as opposed to traditional transfers to an institution, according to Logan University. Students in the following Fontbonne programs will likely ...
Microplastics Go From the Gut to Other Organs
It’s happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, tiny plastic particles are finding their way into many parts of our body. But what happens once those particles are inside? What do they do to our digestive system? In a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, University ...
Obese and Overweight Children at Risk of Iron Deficiency
Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional scientists at the University of Leeds. Researchers from the School of Food Science and Nutrition examined thousands of medical studies from 44 countries involving people under the age of 25 where levels ...
Short-term Incentives for Exercise Can Lead to Sustained Increases in Activity
Adults with heart disease risks who received daily reminders or incentives to become more active increased their daily steps by more than 1,500 after a year, and many were still sticking with their new habit six months later, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that published in Circulation. The improvements, ...
IPSOS Survey Names Designs for Health No. 1 Supplement Brand Recommended & Personally Trusted By Functional Medicine Professionals
Designs for Health (Palm Coast, FL) has announced the results of an IPSOS 2023 survey among a random sample of U.S. functional medicine practitioners. The survey results designated Designs for Health as the “No. 1 Practitioner Supplement Brand Recommended by Functional Medicine Professionals”* and the ” No. 1 Practitioner Supplement Brand Personally Trusted by Functional Medicine ...
Sonoran University President Dr. Paul Mittman Announces Retirement
On March 27, Sonoran University of Health Sciences announced that Dr. Paul Mittman will be retiring in June 2025 after 25 years as president and CEO of the institution. “As George Harrison wrote, ‘All things must pass.’ After a quarter century at its helm, I will leave Sonoran University of Health Sciences with its reputation for ...
Dr. Kristina Petrocco-Napuli to Receive 2024 Dr. Beatrice B. Hagen Award
Logan University has announced that Kristina Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, DHPE, FICC, FACC, associate provost of the College of Chiropractic will receive the 2024 Dr. Beatrice B. Hagen Award at Logan’s Symposium 2024 on April 12-13. “It is an honor to receive this award,” Dr. Petrocco-Napuli said. “Dr. Hagen was a pioneer for women, specifically women ...
NUNM Accepted Into Teaching Kitchen Collaborative
The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM, Portland, OR) has been formally accepted into the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative (TKC), a leading invitational network of educational, research, and community organizations with teaching kitchens aimed at improving personal and public health. Effective Jan. 1, 2024, NUNM has joined organizations including Google, Compass Group and Cleveland Clinic, leading the teaching ...
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