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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 ...
Natural Calm Plus Calcium Non-GMO Project Verified
Texas-based Natural Vitality has officially earned Non-GMO Project verification for its top-selling Natural Calm Plus Calcium product. “Adding this certification to our other Non-GMO Project verified products exemplifies Natural Vitality’s commitment to not only rejecting GMOs in our product line, but is also taking an active advocacy role in the greater cause of GMO (genetically ...
Natural Partners Now Offers Online Dispensaries to Health Care Practitioners
Natural Partners, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ) has made it easier for licensed health care practitioners to recommend professional-grade vitamins, supplements, and natural wellness products to patients through the launch of NP Script, a free, customizable online patient dispensary. A new, simple-to-use, web-based platform powers NP Script’s ability to manage inventory and fulfillment for more than 11,000 ...
Nordic Naturals Inspires Support for Nonprofit Paws and Stripes
Nordic Naturals (Watsonville, CA) is kicking off “Buy One Bottle. Help Two Heroes,” a fall initiative to benefit Paws and Stripes, a nonprofit organization that pairs combat-wounded military veterans with shelter dogs, which the veterans train at Paws and Stripes. By integrating service dog training and education with mental health support, Paws and Stripes helps ...
MediNutritionals Research to Sponsor Boutique Adrenal Health Conference
MediNutritionals Research (Farmingdale, NY) announced that it will sponsor an educational seminar in New York, NY on Saturday, November 7 entitled, “Adrenal Physiology & The Stress Response.” This boutique conference–limited to only 25 attendees—will help health care professionals answer the question, “What drives exhaustion, fatigue and mal-adaptation?” Loren Marks, DC, DACBN, who has been in ...
Nordic Naturals Professional Division Unveils Next Generation Fish Oil
Nordic Naturals (Watsonville, CA) has introduced its latest innovation—a breakthrough omega-3 oil. This ultra-concentrated EPA+DHA oil in the highly absorbable, triglyceride form is a first in the natural products channel. “What makes this fish oil unique is the combination of very high concentration and superior absorption,” said Tone Larsen, Nordic Naturals product development manager. Nordic ...
Duke & UNC Team Up for Research on Nutritional Approach to Male Infertility
It took Summer Goodson, PhD, nearly a year to find six men genetically qualified to participate in a sperm function study at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) in Kannapolis. Male fertility is still a sensitive subject, said Dr. Goodson, a post-doctoral research associate at the NRI, making it tough to rely on traditional recruitment ...
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