A new Harris Interactive survey of 314 women in the menopausal years indicates that clinicians are leaving much unspoken when it comes to discussing treatment options for menopausal symptoms. The survey, commissioned by the Society for Women’s Health Research—an independent research and advocacy group—indicates that while 69% of the women are open to using non-hormonal […]
Erin Martin, DO, the young holistic physician profiled in the documentary, Escape Fire, and a featured speaker at HPC’s upcoming Heal Thy Practice conference, helped CNN’s Sanjay Gupta put UnitedHealth Group’s Chief of Medical Affairs between a rock and a hard place earlier this season. During a segment entitled “Rescuing Health Care,” Dr. Martin echoed […]
The State of NOW 2013 conference promised a grand tour of the fascinating realm of health, wellness & social media. Along with that, it delivered a big dose of extra-strength corporate spincraft.
Holistic Primary Care is happy to report that our friend and ally, Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship enabling her to extend her research and clinical work in the field of Ayurveda. Dr. Bhattacharya, who recently relocated from New York City to Varanasi, India, has been one of the true bride-builders […]
Supplementation with glutamine, a non-essential amino acid, can reduce intestinal permeability in people with Crohn’s disease, according to the data from a recent controlled study. A team of gastroenterologists at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, randomized 30 middle-aged men with Crohn’s to treatment with a supplement containing 0.5 grams […]
The American Academy of Family Physicians, the nation’s largest organization representing primary care doctors in family medicine, gave a strong nod of approval to direct-pay models of primary care. The Academy’s new policy statement on direct-pay says that this model has the potential to restore the physician/patient relationship, improve outcomes, lower healthcare costs, and gives […]
A Texas teenager named Ria Chhabra and a cohort of willing fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), have provided a fairly convincing answer to a question that has vexed food scientists, public health experts and consumers for decades: Is organic produce really healthier? Ms. Chhabra, now 16 and a student at Clark High School in Plano, TX, […]
The New York City health commissioner may have grabbed the bigger headlines this month with a proposal to make 21 the legal age for purchasing tobacco, but researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had an even more far-reaching if less widely reported suggestion: ban smoking in all public housing projects. The CDC […]
After years of taking the federal government to task for its burdensome regulation of medicine, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons–an organization representing private-practice, direct-pay doctors–has turned it’s attention to the American Board of Medical Specialties. The AAPS has filed a lawsuit claiming that the ABMS, and its 24 specialty boards, “violate antitrust law […]
Certain probiotic bacteria may be able to avert the consequences of a high-fat, high-sugar diet, and possibly even help in preventing type 2 diabetes.
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