IFM to Host First Post-Covid In-Person Annual Conference
Photo Cred: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge The Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) announced its 2023 Annual International Conference (AIC) will focus on clinical research and innovative practices within...
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Seven Resources on Supporting Women’s Health
Photo Cred: Halfpoint/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge For the month of May, Integrative Practitioner is focusing on women’s health. With topics spanning from natural birth control options, to supporting fertility...
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Q&A: How to Reduce Accelerated Glycation End-Products and Increase Healthspan
Photo Cred: BENCHAMAT/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge Excessive sugar consumption can have damaging effects on cognition, according to Christopher Bump, DC, MS, IFMCP, CNS, DABCN, who presented a session on...
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Pseudoscientific Interventions for Gut Health to Avoid in Natural Medicine
Photo Cred: Madeleine Steinbach/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A recent review article urged integrative practitioners to avoid certain natural medicine approaches to gastrointestinal health and detoxification, citing a lack of...
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Mind-Body Connection is b=Built into Brain, Study Suggests
Photo Cred: SquareMotion/Shutterstock By Katherine Shagoury A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the idea that the body and mind are...
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Long COVID Smell Loss Associated with Changes in Brain
Photo Cred: DimaBerlin/Shutterstock By Avery St. Onge A recent study found that people with long COVID who lost their smell had reduced brain activity and impaired communication between two regions...
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Recent Research on Sleep Reveals Unexpected Connections Between Brain and Gut
Photo Cred: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock By Katherine Shagoury, Katherine Shagoury Recent research conducted by neurobiologist Dragana Rogulja, PhD, principal investigator at Rogulja Lab, has identified a critical connection between the brain and...
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Biological Age Reversal in Women: A Diet and Lifestyle Case Series
Photo Cred: pics five/Shutterstock By Tiarra Mukherjee A recent article in Aging revealed the potential for reversing biological age in women through an eight-week methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle program. The...
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