Several recent surveys indicate that the majority of American medical professionals see therapeutic value in cannabis and cannabis-derived substances, and would support federal legalization of adult-use medical cannabis.
During its vote on the 2018 Farm Bill, the Senate killed hope that dietary supplements would be included under the ironically titled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka Food Stamps.
Amazon, together with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, has named Atul Gawande as the CEO of its new joint venture in employee healthcare. Since December, when the three companies announced a plan to do “something” in healthcare, the medical world has been abuzz with speculation, adulation, and nay-saying about what this trinity of Fortune 500 […]
doTERRA, one of the world’s leading marketers of botanical essential oils for healthcare uses, is launching a healthcare system. Guided by a bold vision of transforming American healthcare, the company is planning a nationwide network of integrative medical clinics wholly owned and overseen by doTERRA, that would operate on a membership or concierge-style model, in […]
The New Year brings a post-holiday parade of patients streaming into your office resolving to eat healthier (maybe after a little urging from you). It’s among everyone’s top New Year’s resolutions. But by the early Spring, many grow discouraged as they find that they are unable to uphold their resolutions. The reality is that major […]
In the world of botanical medicine, Jim Duke, PhD, stood like a mighty Redwood tree: bridging earth and sky, creating a vast ecosystem around him, and casting a long shadow. One of the nation’s foremost ethnobotanists, Duke has played a central and pioneering role in the establishment of modern herbal medicine as we know it […]
With its recent acquisition of one of the world’s top supplement companies companies, and the nearly simultaneous sell-off of its US confectionary business, global food giant, Nestlé, is making a strong bid to position itself as a force for health and healing.
A standardized extract of figs—a fruit rich in a compound called abscisic acid (ABA)—can attenuate blood glucose surges following consumption of sugar-containing foods or beverages.
It’s been a while since the 2500 year-old Hippocratic Oath underwent a major revision. The last one was in 1964. But earlier this month, the World Medical Association voted unanimously to amend the venerable declaration to include a statement underscoring the need for physicians to take care of their own health with the same acumen […]
Pharmaceutical fixes for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are proving very hard to find. The latest drug failure–Axovant Sciences’ once-daily intepirdine–dashes hope in an entire mechanism once thoguht to be important for attenuating dementia.
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