Exposure to air pollution and overuse of antibiotics may be important risk factors for childhood obesity, according to recent studies. The findings suggest that there’s more to the obesity equation than excess calories & lack of exercise.
The relationship between concierge practice models and standard insurance-based practice is often presented as an all-or-nothing, either-or dichotomy. In reality, many practices are doing both, according to a recent survey.
Saffron aromatherapy can produce measurable and potentially meaningful changes in young womens’ hormonal chemistry, suggesting the possibility that it might be a useful remedy for PMS and dysmenorrhea.
Lansoprazole, a proton-pump inhibitor promoted for controlling asthma-inducing GERD, caused more harm than good in a new placebo-controlled study of over 300 asthmatic children.
Exposure to iodinated contrast media during CT scans or cardiac catheterization procedures raises the risk of incident hyper- and hypothyroidism, according to a new study from Harvard researchers.
As the Supreme Court barbecued the Obama Administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March, we asked holistic & integrative practitioners to sound off on the constitutionality of the insurance mandate, the likelihood that the plan will withstand the Court’s grilling, and what, if anything, would be a better option.
Holistic Primary Care joins the integrative & Ayurvedic health care communities in mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Dr. David Simon on January 31. Beloved physician, teacher, author and family man, Dr. Simon is best known as a pioneer in the clinical applications of meditation, yoga and other mind-body techniques. He was a […]
Holistic Primary Care reader Dr. Giovanni Campanile, is calling on the Obama administration tocreate a national charter schools program focused on health, wellness and nutrition. “These schools will focus on nutrition and wellness as a fundamental curriculum for students, which I feel is the best grassroots method to change the food culture and healthy of […]
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association comes to a blunt conclusion: for sinusitis, “there’s not much to be gained from antibiotics.”
Many people–including many physicians–are confused about the difference between an infection with a disease-causing pathogen, and an overgrowth of a normally harmless member of the microbial ecosystem that becomes harmful when it grows out of proportion. This distinction is important for shaping rational treatment plans.
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