Oxalates often overlooked driver of chronic health issues
Photo Cred: Stella Schafer/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP There has been a recurrent pattern in my practice among new patients who have recently switched to a plant-based diet. They...
Read MorePreventing stroke with Traditional Chinese Medicine
Photo Cred: Bongkarn Thanyakij/Pexels By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM Prevention is always the highest goal when it comes to stroke recovery and rehabilitation. With about 15 percent of diagnosed strokes...
Read MoreHigh blood sugar may worsen COVID-19 outcomes, study finds
Photo Cred: Matt Chesin/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury After preliminary observations of 200 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients with severe hyperglycemia, researchers from Michigan Medicine found high blood sugar may trigger worse...
Read MoreStudy highlights mental health risks facing healthcare workers during pandemic
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study...
Read MoreResearchers urge scientific community to stop pandemic bias
Photo Cred: Iñaki del Olmo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A group of researchers is bringing attention to the effects the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could have the scientific community in a...
Read MoreStudy finds health, wellbeing, and food security of families deteriorating under COVID-19 stress
Photo Cred: Picsea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The ongoing disruptive changes from efforts to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are having a substantial negative impact on the physical...
Read MoreTraditional Chinese Medicine presence in COVID-19 literature
Photo Cred: xb100/Freepik By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM Viral epidemics are not a new phenomenon. While the worldwide spread of infectious diseases is now faster and more prevalent because of...
Read MoreHHS offers $4 billion additional relief to healthcare providers serving rural populations
Photo Cred: Anna Lowe/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced it would be making an...
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