Resilience and recovery for COVID-19 long haulers
Photo Cred: Tim Mossholder/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury As the healthcare industry continues to face the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic head-on, there is much discussion around post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as...
Read MoreBreaking News: Laurie Hofmann presented Linus Pauling Award
Photo Cred: Courtesy Photo/Institute for Functional Medicine By Katherine Shagoury The Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) announced the recipient of its Linus Pauling Award at the Annual International Conference online...
Read MoreInterdisciplinary approach to preventing and treating pain
Photo Cred: Katherine Hanlon/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Chronic pain is a major health problem and disease in its own right, said Mylene Huynh, MD, MPH, FAAFP, IFMCP, at the 2021...
Read MoreNutrients and social determinants of health in wound care management
Photo Cred: Markus Spiske/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Practitioners should consider an integrated strategy of wound healing, said James Carter, Jr., MD, FACC, RPVI, IFMCP, at the 2021 Institute for Functional...
Read MoreRacial healing, equity, and transformation in medicine
Photo Cred: Anna Nekrashevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury We are experiencing converging pandemics with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, economic vulnerability, and racial injustice, said Gail Christopher, DN, at the 2021...
Read MoreUncovering implicit bias and microaggressions in healthcare
Photo Cred: Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Everyone has bias, but we can learn to do something about, said Shanta Zimmer, MD, at the 2021 Institute for Functional Medicine...
Read MoreSleep disorders significant healthcare cost each year, research finds
Photo Cred: Isabella and Zsa Fischer/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Sleep disorders are associated with significantly higher rates of healthcare utilization, conservatively placing an additional $94.9 billion in costs each year...
Read MoreMediterranean diet supportive in Alzheimer’s disease prevention
Photo Cred: Ponyo Sakana/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A regular Mediterranean-like dietary pattern with relatively more intake of vegetables, legumes, fruit, cereals, fish, and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as from olive...
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