Counting steps may reduce risk of chronic diseases
By Avery St. Onge Keeping track of steps throughout the day with a wearable activity tracker may help increase people’s daily steps, which can help reduce the risk of chronic...
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Prenatal acetaminophen use linked to ADHD symptoms in preschoolers
Photo Cred: Yan Krukov/Pexels By Avery St. Onge Use of acetaminophen during pregnancy was associated with sleep, attention, and behavioral problems in preschool-aged children in a recent study at Penn...
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Social prescriptions offer patients solutions beyond traditional medicine
Photo Cred: Helena Lopes/Pexels By Linda Childers Integrative practitioners looking for additional ways to help their clients cope with loneliness and depression may find that offering social prescriptions helps to...
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New practice guideline addresses integrative therapies for cancer patients
Photo Cred: Conscious Design/Unsplash By Liz Gold The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have published a new joint practice guideline to address...
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Nearly one in five Americans are losing sleep over state of the world, new survey finds
Photo Cred: Nubelson Fernandes/Unsplash By Liz Gold The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center recently released a new survey that found many Americans are experiencing insomnia due to recent events...
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Baby boomers seek out integrative medicine to live longer and healthier lives
Photo Cred: Kraken Images/Unsplash By Linda Childers According to the Population Reference Bureau, the number of Americans aged 65 and older will reach 98 million by 2060 and many are...
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People with insomnia and sleep apnea have higher risk of mortality, new study finds
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Liz Gold New research has found that individuals who self-report symptoms of both insomnia and sleep apnea are at increased risk of death, compared to...
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NWHSU challenges current approach to patient care
Photo Cred: CDN pages/Unsplash By Liz Gold Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU) is calling on healthcare practitioners and organizations to eliminate the terms “complementary” and “mainstream” in an effort to...
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