Vibrating Pill Could Both Treat Eating Disorders and Predict Relapse
By Deborah Borfitz Digestive sensations profoundly affect mental health through the bidirectional gut-brain axis, and in the case of anorexia nervosa (AN) tends to do so at crisis proportions. The disorder has one of...
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Fluorescent Nanosensor Offers Rapid Way to Measure Gut Health Biomarker
By Integrative Practitioner Staff Researchers from the SMART Innovation Centre, the National Institute of Education (NIE), and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a fluorescent nanosensor that rapidly...
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Traditional Chinese Medicine May Help Relieve Long COVID Symptoms
By Irene Yeh The World Health Organization (WHO) defines long COVID as persistent symptoms of the COVID-19 virus that occur three months after initial infection. Symptoms last at least two months and...
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No Such Thing as “Moderate” with Alcohol Consumption
By Irene Yeh Alcohol consumption remains one of the leading causes of disease and death in the U.S., yet there is still limited knowledge about how much drinking can truly...
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New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Flags Symptom Onset
By Allison Proffitt Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have showed that elevated levels of a set of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in the blood nearly tripled patients’ risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) symptoms, suggesting...
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How Sugar on Brain Cells May Be Driving Alzheimer’s and How a Common Joint Supplement May Be Making It Worse
By Kyle Proffitt While most of the research on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in the last few decades has focused on amyloid-beta plaques and the tau tangles—the misfolded debris cluttering and...
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KAIST Launches New Platform for Mental Health Support
By Integrative Health Staff Earlier this month, KAIST announced the official launch of the KAIST Mind Care & Growth Center (KMCG), a novel integrated platform that enhances mental health support...
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Keto Diet Could Be an Effective Treatment for Anorexia
By Irene Yeh Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness characterized by extreme food restriction, self-starving, significant weight loss, fear of gaining weight, and body dissatisfaction. Even after restoring weight, patients...
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