Chronic Disease

Beyond the Injection: Next Generation Nutraceuticals for Sustained Weight Management

By Administrator

As clinical weight management shifts ever further toward pharmaceutical interventions like GLP-1 agonists, a critical gap has emerged for patients seeking natural, sustainable alternatives. This free webinar provides holistic primary care practitioners with a deep dive into a new nutraceutical trio—Trpti, BioBerb, and ActivAMP—designed to address the root causes of metabolic dysfunction, and provide a […]

Daily Peanut Butter Mitigates Age-Related Muscle Decline

By Erik Goldman

A few tablespoons of unsweetened peanut butter each day can mitigate some aspects of age-related muscle decline, according to a new study of 120 community-dwelling elders by researchers at the Deakin University School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In general, nuts as a good dietary source of protein, healthy fats, and […]

Bacteria May Drive Formation of Calcium Kidney Stones

By August West, Staff Writer

The recent discovery of bacterial biofilms within the core structure of calcium oxalate kidney stones has prompted a major rethinking of the process by which this most common form of nephrolithiasis develops. Researchers have long known that bacteria such as Proteus play a role in the development of struvite (MgNH4PO4·6H2O) kidney stones. But struvite stones […]

TA-65 – Guarding the Genome, Protecting Mitochondria, & Maintaining Telomeres

By Erik Goldman

This presentation ‘connects the dots” between telomeres, optimal lifestyle, and health outcomes. Renowned longevity physician Ron Rothenberg, MD, will reveal how telomeres are beneficially impacted by nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, meditation, yoga, or adversely affected by exposure to radiation, environmental toxins, and poor diet Dr. Rothenberg will describe the well-known “canonical” effects of telomerase for […]

Are Power Grids & Mobile Phones Raising Diabetes Risk?

By Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Contributing Writer

The enormous networks of electricity and wireless radiation surrounding our modern lives may be quietly rewiring the way our cells make energy. In doing so, they could be contributing to the surging incidence of type 2 diabetes. That’s the main conclusion of a new scientific analysis by McGill University biophysicist, Paul Héroux, PhD.  Published as […]

New Lyme Diagnostics on Near Horizon

By Erik Goldman

Diagnostic tests for Lyme disease may soon get a major upgrade, as seven innovative research and development teams ready their novel methods for review by the Food & Drug Administration. If the FDA deems them market-ready, these new tests could dramatically improve physicians’ abilities to detect early-stage, as well as latent and chronic Borrelia burgdorferi […]

The Ever-Shrinking Eldercare Workforce

By Cynthia Lien, MD

Javier Erazo remembers lying beside his 93-year-old mother, her small frame helpless as she fell into the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He was exhausted from struggling daily to piece together a rotation of paid workers and family caregivers as his mother’s illness spiraled in unexpected ways. “She became more challenging, more confused,” he recalled. […]

As Guidelines Shift, a Curious Debate Over Seed Oils Persists

By Claudia López Lloreda

Before beginning his tenure as secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted an old picture of his father, Bobby Kennedy, and another man at a drive-in fast food restaurant on the social media platform X. RFK Jr. took the family photograph as an opportunity to rail […]

The Food Pyramid’s MAHA Makeover

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

If the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025-2030 report  has taught us anything so far, it’s that people love to argue about food as much as they love to argue about politics. And given that the Guidelines–jointly issued on January 7, by the Department of Health & Human Services and the Department of Agriculture—is […]