A novel lactose intolerance treatment could soon become the first FDA-approved prescription therapy of its kind.
Results of the long-awaited Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) —one of the world’s largest and most ethnically diverse prospective nutrition trials—have cast a long shadow on the so-called “sunshine vitamin.”
A new form of supplemental magnesium derived from buckwheat and Swiss chard provides the benefits of this key mineral at lower doses than typical magnesium salt supplements, minimizing the gastrointestinal side effects that deter many people from taking magnesium.
When Dr. Terry Wahls first began speaking about how she had reversed her own case of multiple sclerosis using nutritional and lifestyle interventions, she was quite literally banned by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “They told me I was creating false hope,” she says. Fortunately, things have changed. Over the last decade, Wahls has helped hundreds of MS patients slow the disease progression and in some cases reverse it completely. And the MS Society now funds her research.
Two pivotal studies on omega-3s —the long awaited REDUCE-IT and VITAL trials, attempt to clarify the clinical roles of omega-3s for cardiovascular risk reduction. While many of the mainstream headlines took a negative view of the findings, the data actually show some meaningful benefits from omega-3s. Dr. Bill Harris, developer of the Omega-3 Index test, weighs in on the negative and positive messags of these important studies.
“Dr. Bastyr was a true a physician-healer. And he was always learning,” Dr. Joe Pizzorno told Holistic Primary Care. The founder of Bastyr University, now celebrating it’s 40th year, reflects on his mentor and main inspiration.
It began with a dream, the zeal of youth, and the knowledge of a few elders. Oh, and $200 in cash. Forty years later, Bastyr University is a vibrant nucleus of naturopathic medicine, with two thriving campuses, thousands of graduates, multiple degree tracks, a robust research agenda, and an uncanny knack for making waves far greater than its modest size would predict. In this in-depth feature, HPC talked to the school’s founders, current students, and early supporters to reflect on the vast legacy of this institution and its future directions.
Artificial sweeteners can help patients reduce sugar consumption — but new evidence of harm to the microbiome suggests sugar substitutes cause alarming health problems of their own. A Spoonful of Toxins In September, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore published a study in the journal Molecules […]
When treating patients with complex autoimmune diseases, it’s advantageous to, “think of the patient’s biology like a landscape,” proposed Samuel Yanuck, DC, FACFN, at the Institute for Functional Medicine’s 2018 Annual International Conference in Hollywood, FL. Imagine a meadow. An “autoimmune flare is a ditch in the meadow,” he suggested. The question to ask is: “How far are they from the ditch?”
As Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced off in the Senate, the state of California quietly passed a major piece of legislation on sexual misconduct, one that could provide patients with far greater protection against predatory physicians. The Patient’s Right to Know Act will require any California physician placed on probation for sexual wrongdoings to disclose this fact to any and all patients before an appointment.
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