Guide to Integrative Healthcare Credentials & Certifications (2020)
The integrative healthcare community prides itself on being interdisciplinary. While this includes medical doctors and osteopathic doctors, it also includes chiropractors, naturopathic doctors, registered nurses, acupuncturists, registered dieticians, and everything...
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Photo Cred: Castorly Stock/Pexels By Catherine Darley, ND In the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in the Untied States and around the world, we are experiencing what could be seen...
Read MoreNew research identifies proteins that could prevent COVID-19 transmission through placenta
Photo Cred: Freestocks/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Boston Medical Center’s Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases identified properties in placenta tissue that may play an important role in preventing...
Read MoreObesity may affect immune system response to coronavirus
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Obesity may cause a hyperactive immune system response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection that makes it difficult to fight off the virus,...
Read MoreChildren can have COVID-19 virus and antibodies in system at same time, research finds
Photo Cred: Rainer Eck/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) virus and antibodies can coexist in young patients, according to a new study by the Children’s National Hospital published...
Read MoreStudy finds vitamin D deficiency may increase COVID-19 risk
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the likelihood of becoming infected with the novel...
Read MoreFace shields, masks with valves less effective than surgical masks
Photo Cred: Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury As mask-wearing continues amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), people are increasingly using clear plastic face shields and masks with exhalation valves because they can...
Read MoreIntegrative nutrition treatment considerations for migraines
Photo Cred: Daria Shevtsova/Pexels By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP I recently had a patient who reported several migraine headaches per month. She was prescribed several pharmaceuticals and ibuprofen as...
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