Nutrient support and supplementation for immune function
Photo Cred: Ready Made/Pexels By Wendy Pecoraro, MSN, APRN, DipACLM The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted several questions from my patients about what they can do to protect themselves and...
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Integrative Practitioner Quarterly Journal: Volume 3, Issue 2
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Read MoreVitamin D may benefit heart health, study finds
Photo Cred: Annie Spratt/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Consuming foods high in vitamin D may have heart-protective effects, according to new research published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. For...
Read MoreSurgeons develop COVID-19 response strategy for rural hospitals, health systems
Photo Cred: Ales Krivec/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Major metropolitan areas such as New York, Seattle, and Detroit have dominated news of the COVID-19 outbreak, but rural hospitals and healthcare systems...
Read MoreOfficial guidance released for COVID-19 patients with IBD
Photo Cred: Olliss/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new guidance on Friday for gastroenterologists treating novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which may...
Read MoreExperts urge full integration of stress reduction into care, research
Photo Cred: JV Buenconcejo/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and from UC Davis Health call for broader...
Read MoreObesity, hypertension common in U.S. hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Adhy Savala/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Hypertension and obesity are the most common comorbidities in patients hospitalized for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
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Practitioner perspectives on coping with stress
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Laura Rokosz, PhD My internal radar was activated in January when I went back to school to earn my certification in dietetics. The much younger...
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