Differing immune system variation may predict severe COVID-19 outcomes
Photo Cred: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury The differing immune system responses of patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can help predict who will experience moderate and severe consequences of...
Read MoreMindfulness could help general practitioners build resilience, reduce burnout
Photo Cred: Valelopardo/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury Mindfulness could help trainee general practitioners (GPs) to build their resilience and reduce burnout, helping to reduce the number of newly qualified GPs leaving...
Read MoreStudy finds high COVID-19 risk among healthcare workers, especially those from minority backgrounds
Photo Cred: Osman Rana/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury, Katherine Shagoury At the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom, frontline healthcare workers–particularly those from...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson vaccine shows protection in pre-clinical trials
Photo Cred: ThisIsEngineering/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury An experimental novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson protected against infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in pre-clinical studies,...
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#93 – Strategies for boosting immune resilience
Laura Rokosz, PhD, pharmacologist and food scientist, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss practical approaches to boosting immune resilience with patients. This episode is sponsored by the University...
Read MoreExercise could have final say on fatty livers, study finds
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases during exercise trials, rather than weight loss,...
Read MoreResearchers urge scientific community to stop pandemic bias
Photo Cred: Iñaki del Olmo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A group of researchers is bringing attention to the effects the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could have the scientific community in a...
Read MoreStudy shows associations between outdoor, artificial light and health outcomes
Photo Cred: elizabeth lies/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Adolescents who live in areas that have high levels of artificial light at night tend to get less sleep and are more likely...
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