COVID-19
Passing the Test
Testing technology continues to advance at tremendous speed, becoming more accurate, helping you to aid your patients/clients in a more customized and effective manner. The year 2020 will be historic for several reasons, notably the first pandemic in 102 years. It has left indelible marks on society, especially how people become more proactive in self-care ...
Parker University Celebrates National Chiropractic Health Month
Parker University (Dallas, TX) and organizations like the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Texas Chiropractic Association (TCA), as well as chiropractors nationwide, are recognizing and celebrating October as National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM). This special nationwide observance seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of musculoskeletal health and the benefits of chiropractic care ...
New Study Suggests Vitamin K Deficiency as the Missing Link in COVID-19 Pathogenesis
A review, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, presents vitamin K metabolism as the potential missing link between lung damage and thromboembolism, two of the most serious outcomes observed in COVID-19 patients. “Considering that vitamin K is important for regulating lung health and blood clotting, vitamin K deficiency during COVID-19 may make both those ...
Urgent Appeal to “Get On My Level” with Vitamin D Testing from Organic & Natural Health Association
Many factors contribute to the vast health disparities reported in COVID-19 for obese people and multiple Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Out of the many contributing biological, socioeconomic and behavioral factors, Organic & Natural Health Association says one of these risk factors, vitamin D deficiency, could rapidly be reversed if more health education was disseminated to ...
Oleandrin Not to be Used as a Dietary Supplement Says FDA
On Sept. 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an application to market Oleandrin as a dietary supplement, weeks after MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell promoted the extract as a potential treatment for the coronavirus to President Donald Trump and White House officials, according to Forbes. The FDA concluded that Oleandrin cannot legally be considered ...
Integrative Healthcare Symposium Announces New Dates for 2021
Diversified Communications, organizer of the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, has determined that the continued and long-term magnitude of the public health and safety issues caused by COVID-19 requires the postponement of the event until May 2-4, 2021 at the New York Hilton Midtown, NY. In the last five months, the health care industry and community have ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Up Dramatically During Pandemic, New Ipsos-CRN Survey Shows
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued results of a COVID-19-focused consumer survey that discovered more than two in five (43 percent) of dietary supplement users have changed their supplement routines since the start of the pandemic. Among those who altered their regimens due to COVID-19, 91 percent report increasing their supplement intake which ...
Profession Physical Therapy Announces New Virtual Clinical Affiliation Program With the University of Delaware
New York-based Professional Physical Therapy, a provider of outpatient physical and hand therapy and rehabilitation services in the Northeast, announces the modification of their Clinical Affiliation Program to a virtual setting to adjust to the needs of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this affiliation program, Professional Physical Therapy teams up with more than 100 schools ...
Blocking the Cytokine Storm & Balancing Immune Responses—Strategies for COVID-19
As more data is gathered on COVID-19 and its pathogenesis within the body, it’s becoming clear that inflammatory damage to the cardio-respiratory system, as well as other vital organs, presents life-threatening complication in a wide range of patients. And it’s all driven by an overreactive immune response leading to the deadly cytokine storm. As practitioners, ...
FoodScience Corporation Places Charitable Program Into Employee Hands
Vermont-based FoodScience Corporation has supported local non-profits, but this year employees will lead the social mission on their own. The company recently announced that, due to health and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it would not host a Good Neighbor Day this year, an event where their nearly 200 employees would dedicate one day ...
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