Limiting blood draws on critically sick children can reduce antibiotic use
Photo Cred: Los Muertos Crew/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A new study found that there was a significant reduction in blood cultures and antibiotic use in pediatric intensive care units...
Read MoreWearable tech boosts activity in new moms
Photo Cred: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels By Liz Gold A new study has found that gamification – defined as specially engineered games to stimulate learning and behavioral change – may generate increased...
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Q&A: The long road of the national health and wellness coaching credential
Photo Cred: Toa Heftiba/Unsplash By Liz Gold As the need for additional patient care and support grows, more practitioners are turning to health coaches to fill in the gaps. Health...
Read MoreNew study indicates that vitamin E may have anti-obesity effects
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Avery St. Onge A new study explored the effects that tocotrienols (T3s), a subtype of vitamin E, had on the body weight and cognition of...
Read MoreOften-missed liver disorder associated with higher heart disease risk
Photo Cred: Mick Haupt/Unsplash By Liz Gold An estimated one in four adults worldwide has an abnormal build-up of fat in the liver, called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which...
Read MoreTop takeaways from the Integrative Practitioner Digital Summit on brain health
Photo Cred: RvPiAVE zWo/Unsplash By Avery St. Onge Integrative Practitioner hosted its first Digital Summit of the year on April 12. The free event focused on the topic of brain...
Read MoreResearchers call for specific guidelines to treat female patients
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Avery St. Onge In a recent paper, researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus expressed a need for new, sex-specific healthcare guidelines...
Read MoreSevere drug use in teen years impacts substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Photo Cred: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash By Liz Gold A new study reveals that screening for substance use disorder in teens may help predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent...
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