Please click here to request advertising info. July/August Ad Closing 6/5/2024 Cognition & Focus NP reviews the natural remedies and lifestyle approaches practitioners can recommend to help their patients keep their minds and bodies healthy. Bonus Distribution AANP Show Issue (July 13-17, 2024) Features & Editorial Topics • Children’s Health • Education Roundtable • Product Focus: Natural Energy The post NP July/August Issue | Cognition & Focus | Ad Closing Date: 6/5/2024 appeared first on Natural Practitioner Magazine ..read more

It’s happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, tiny plastic particles are finding their way into many parts of our body. But what happens once those particles are inside? What do they do to our digestive system? In a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, University of New Mexico (UNM) researchers found that those tiny particles—microplastics—are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways, making their way from the gut and into the tissues of the kidney, liver and brain. Eliseo Castillo, PhD, an associate profes ..read more

Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional scientists at the University of Leeds. Researchers from the School of Food Science and Nutrition examined thousands of medical studies from 44 countries involving people under the age of 25 where levels of iron and other vitamins and minerals had been recorded alongside weight. They found that iron deficiency was associated with both underweight and overweight children and adolescents. By contrast, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies were only observed in c ..read more

  Come Visit Us at Booth 129 For Free Show Survival Capsules! Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, NJ – April 16-17, 2024 For more information, visit hpingredients.com.   These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Any information provided or opinions made in email advertisements are not necessarily those of VRM Media or its owners. Publisher is not liable for advertiser product claims or representations. Advertisers assume total responsibility for the contents of t ..read more

Adults with heart disease risks who received daily reminders or incentives to become more active increased their daily steps by more than 1,500 after a year, and many were still sticking with their new habit six months later, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that published in Circulation. The improvements, which also resulted in an extra 40 minutes of moderate exercise each week, correlated with a 6 percent reduced risk of premature death and a 10 percent reduced risk of cardiovascular-related deaths, compared to data from prior studies. The Depart ..read more

Designs for Health (Palm Coast, FL) has announced the results of an IPSOS 2023 survey among a random sample of U.S. functional medicine practitioners. The survey results designated Designs for Health as the “No. 1 Practitioner Supplement Brand Recommended by Functional Medicine Professionals”* and the ” No. 1 Practitioner Supplement Brand Personally Trusted by Functional Medicine Professionals.”* “At Designs for Health, our goal is to provide health care professionals and their patients with innovative, high-quality, products at ..read more

On March 27, Sonoran University of Health Sciences announced that Dr. Paul Mittman will be retiring in June 2025 after 25 years as president and CEO of the institution. “As George Harrison wrote, ‘All things must pass.’ After a quarter century at its helm, I will leave Sonoran University of Health Sciences with its reputation for innovation and bold initiatives, financially healthy, poised to launch new programs, growing enrollment, and with a steadfast commitment to the core values: ‘We shape the future, we are resilient, we achieve excellence, we do the right thing, and we love,’” said ..read more

The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM, Portland, OR) has been formally accepted into the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative (TKC), a leading invitational network of educational, research, and community organizations with teaching kitchens aimed at improving personal and public health.  Effective Jan. 1, 2024, NUNM has joined organizations including Google, Compass Group and Cleveland Clinic, leading the teaching kitchen movement to improve health outcomes in the United States and around the world. “Our membership with the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative gives us a se ..read more

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has announced its 2024 Annual International Conference (AIC), Repair, Restore, Regenerate: Healing of the Micro and the Macro Through Functional Medicine happening May 29-June 1, 2024, at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. A limited livestream will also be available to ensure health care providers from all care settings can discover new ways to support patient health and healing. As the largest functional medicine event of the year, AIC brings together experts from all medical disciplines to review advancements in clini ..read more

Retinoic acid, the active state of vitamin A, appears to regulate how stem cells enter and exit a transient state central to their role in wound repair. When a child falls off her bike and scrapes her knee, skin stem cells rush to the rescue, growing new epidermis to cover the wound. But only some of the stem cells that will ultimately patch her up are normally dedicated to replenishing the epidermis that protects her body. Others are former hair follicle stem cells, which usually promote hair growth but respond to the more urgent needs of the moment, morphing into epidermal stem cells to ..read more