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Independent Retail Expo to be Held in Palm Springs This November

by Shari Barbanel | August 18, 2025

The Positively Natural Network (PNN), a not-for-profit trade association for independent natural products retailers, health care practitioners, manufacturers, brokers and related businesses, has announced new dates for its annual Naturally Independent Expo (NIE). The event will now be held Nov. 14-15, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palms Springs, CA. “We strongly feel ...

ABC Launches HerbTV on YouTube

by Shari Barbanel | February 26, 2025

As part of its ongoing educational mission for consumers, academia, industry, media and government, the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) has announced the official launch of ABC’s YouTube channel, HerbTV. HerbTV from the ABC on YouTube.com is the home of more than 180 educational videos on medicinal herbs and related health and wellbeing content and ...

IFM Announces its 2024 Annual International Conference

by Shari Barbanel | March 20, 2024

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has announced its 2024 Annual International Conference (AIC), Repair, Restore, Regenerate: Healing of the Micro and the Macro Through Functional Medicine happening May 29-June 1, 2024, at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. A limited livestream will also be available to ensure health care providers from all care settings ...

Dr. Jeffrey Bland Honored With the 2023 Mindshare Leadership Summit Pinnacle Award

by Shari Barbanel | November 6, 2023

Jeffrey S. Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS, has been awarded the 2023 Mindshare Leadership Summit Pinnacle Award. This award, presented to a single individual each year, recognizes Dr. Bland’s extraordinary contributions to the field of nutritional medicine and his profound impact on the improvement of health, worldwide. This lifetime achievement award is a testament to Dr. Bland’s ...

Amardeep Kahlon Named Designs for Health CEO

by Shari Barbanel | September 11, 2023

Designs for Health, Inc. (DFH, Palm Coat, FL) has announced the appointment of former Chief Commercial Officer, Amardeep Kahlon, as its new chief executive officer. The position was formerly held by the company’s founder, Jonathan Lizotte, who continues to serve as chairman of the board and will maintain his connections with stakeholders and practitioners. According ...

Laurel Mellin, PhD

by Shari Barbanel | July 1, 2021

Laurel Mellin, PhD is an associate clinical professor emeritus of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine and the founder of Emotional Brain Training (EBT). She is a health psychologist and her primary expertise is in preventing and treating stress-induced problems, including mental health problems, ...

OmegaQuant Partners with Standard Process

by Shari Barbanel | April 29, 2020

OmegaQuant (Sioux Falls, SD) has partnered with Standard Process (Palmyra, WI) to offer an Omega-3 Index testing kit to help health care practitioners better educate and support patients’ health. By partnering with OmegaQuant, the premier lab for Omega-3 Index testing, Standard Process is better able to help patients support conditions related to cardiovascular health, brain health, and a ...

Diem Enters Into Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Emerson Ecologics for Health Care Practitioner Line

by Shari Barbanel | June 3, 2019

Diem (Ann Arbor, MI) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Emerson Ecologics, the nation’s largest distributor of integrative wellness products to health care practitioners. As a provider of professional-brand dietary supplements and medical foods, Diem will provide products including Umbrellux DAO, Cerenx and Adiposano available through Emerson Ecologics and Emerson’s Wellevate integrated dispensary platform ...

IFM Surpasses 1,000 IFM Certified Practitioners in Functional Medicine Globally

by Shari Barbanel | May 29, 2019

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has surpassed a historic milestone, having now certified 1,000 functional medicine health care practitioners globally. IFM has been educating clinicians since 1991, and formally through its IFM Certification Program (IFMCP) since 2009, certifying 125 practitioners in the inaugural graduating class of 2013. This significant milestone aligns with IFM’s mission ...

New TRU NIAGEN PRO Launched for Expansive Distribution by Health Care Practitioners

by Shari Barbanel | September 27, 2018

ChromaDex Corp. (Irvine, CA), an integrated, science-based, nutraceutical company devoted to improving the way people age with its flagship ingredient NIAGEN and consumer product TRU NIAGEN, has announced the launch of TRU NIAGEN, a partnership with Natural Partners Fullscript, and a new online NAD education hub for health care practitioners. Tru Niagen Pro, which will be ...

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