Food labels have effects on consumption and product formulation
By Katherine Shagoury Over the past 20 years, major food companies have become more transparent when it comes to including food labels and nutrition information on products and menus, such...
Read MoreCholesterol revisited
By Regina Druz New developments and research in cardiology have changed our understanding of cholesterol and its role in vascular diseases. It is important for integrative practitioners to be familiar...
Read MoreLifestyle intervention associated with higher cancer-free survival rates
By Katherine Shagoury Survivors of early-stage breast cancer who participated in lifestyle intervention lost weight and experienced higher rates of disease-free survival if they completed the program, according to results...
Read MoreStatins overprescribed for primary prevention
By Katherine Shagoury Even healthy people who don’t suffer from a cardiovascular disease are prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, if they meet certain risk criteria. However, for years the...
Read MoreResearchers find gut microbiome differs among ethnicities
By Katherine Shagoury Gut microbiome composition differs among ethnicities, a discovery that could point towards individualized treatment and prevention for disease, according to a new study published December 4 in...
Read MoreRates of chronic kidney disease, deaths outpace other diseases
By Katherine Shagoury Advances in treating cancer, heart disease and other major health conditions in recent decades have extended life spans for millions of people. However, chronic kidney disease is...
Read MoreNew data mapping method improves the capacity to identify diet-disease relationships
By Katherine Shagoury Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have developed a new data mapping method that improves the quality of dietary data collected by short frequency questionnaires (SFQs),...
Read MoreLive probiotics can re-balance the gut microbiome and modify immune system response
By Katherine Shagoury Good bacteria in live probiotics can successfully reach and colonize the gut, where they go on to change the existing gut flora, and are also capable of...
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