Vitamin D levels during pregnancy associated with child brain development
Photo Cred: Kei Scampa/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Mothers’ vitamin D levels during pregnancy may be associated with their children’s IQ, according to a new study published in The Journal of...
Read MoreSmall-scale study finds vitamin D deficiency prevalent in COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Ready Made/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury More than 80 percent of hospitalized novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical...
Read MoreMouthwashes and oral rinses may inactivate coronaviruses
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Certain oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may have the ability to inactivate human coronaviruses, according to a new study by researchers at the Penn...
Read MoreDrinking green tea, coffee linked to lower mortality in diabetes patients
Photo Cred: Kris Atomic/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Drinking both green tea and coffee was linked to a lower risk of all cause mortality among people with type 2 diabetes, according...
Read MoreHolistic clinical approaches for persistent urinary tract issues
Photo Cred: Fotografierende/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP Early on in my clinical practice, I had a patient who had been on long-term antibiotics for chronic cystitis for over nine...
Read MoreCBD could reduce lung damage from COVID-19
Photo Cred: Oliver King/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Cannabidiol (CBD) appears to reduce the cytokine storm that damages the lungs and kills many patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by enabling...
Read MoreVitamin D deficiency leads to obesity, stunted growth in new zebrafish study
Photo Cred: Meritt Thomas/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Using a zebrafish model, researchers from North Carolina State University found that vitamin D deficiency during early development can disrupt the metabolic balance...
Read MoreAntioxidant enzyme potential therapeutic for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Oleg Magni/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Catalase, a naturally occurring enzyme, holds potential as a low-cost therapeutic drug to treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms and suppress the replication...
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