Healthcare practitioners should routinely ask patients about cannabis use, researchers say
Photo Cred: Thought Catalog/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Nurses and other healthcare providers should talk to patients about their cannabis use the same way they talk about other habits like smoking...
Read MoreCleveland Clinic researchers find melatonin potential COVID-19 treatment
Photo Cred: Artem Podrez/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A new Cleveland Clinic-led study suggests that melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and is commonly used as an over-the-counter sleep...
Read MoreVitamin 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...
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