Home Test for Diabetes Risk has a Leg Up on Standard Methods
By Deborah Borfitz The worried well the world over now have readily accessible and easy to self-administer home tests for assessing their risk for diabetes and chronic kidney disease, thanks...
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Beyond Weight Loss: GLP-1 Drugs Enter the Eating Disorder Conversation
By Irene Yeh Originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes and later for obesity management, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are rapidly expanding into other areas of treatment. Researchers...
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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 Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a...
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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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Biological Age Blood Test Predicts Diseases Before Onset
By Allison Proffitt Researchers at Stanford University have developed a blood test that reveals the functional age of your organs, predicting the odds of specific organ diseases within ten years,...
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Food as Medicine 2026: The Best and Worst of Times
By Irene Yeh May 8, 2026 | During the opening keynote panel at this week’s Food as Medicine Summit in Chicago, Rick Leach, executive director of the Food as Medicine Initiative at Arizona State...
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The Connection Between Oral and Kidney Health
By Irene Yeh Oral diseases have been linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to inflammatory and microbial pathways that go beyond the mouth. Research suggests there is a bidirectional...
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