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Lyme Disease: Why It’s More Complex Than Many of Us Realize

By Ronald L. Stram, MD, Contributing Writer

Lyme disease is often thought of as a tick bite and a bullseye rash, followed by a course of antibiotics. The reality is much more complicated. First, Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness, the primary bacterial pathogen being the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. But because it is transmitted by ticks, there are often other pathogens present […]

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Beyond NSAIDs: Harnessing the Power of PEA (Levagen®+) for Pain, Discomfort, and Inflammation Management

By Erik Goldman

Pain and chronic inflammation underlie many conditions that holistic practitioners encounter every day — from joint degeneration and neuropathy to migraine, menstrual disorders, and post-exercise recovery. Yet the dominant pharmaceutical toolkit remains constrained by adverse effects, dependency risk, and an inability to address the underlying biology of neuroinflammation. This webinar invites you to explore palmitoylethanolamide […]

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Vitamin K2 Supplementation Slows Coronary Artery Calcification

By Erik Goldman, Editor

Daily supplementation with 360 μg of menaquinone-7, a form of vitamin K2, slowed the progression of coronary artery calcification in a cohort of individuals with confirmed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. That’s the upshot of a new two-year clinical trial just published in JAMA Cardiology by researchers based at the Maastricht University Medical Center, Netherlands. All 180 […]

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Can Probiotics Detoxify Heavy Metals? New Studies Say, “Yes”

By Erik Goldman, Editor

Certain probiotic bacteria, namely Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LP14, Lactobacillus crispatus LCRO4, and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA12, are able in varying degrees, to detoxify cadmium, lead, and other toxic metals. These microbial allies may also be able to mitigate intestinal epithelial damage caused by heavy metal exposures. Those are the key signals from a new paper published in […]

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Promising ‘Liquid Biopsies’ May Not Be Ready for Primetime

By Joshua Cohen (this article was originally published on June 8, 2026 by Undark Magazine)

An emerging technology seeks to help revolutionize the world of cancer diagnosis: Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests aim to spot signals for different types of cancer from a single blood draw or other body fluid sample. Also known as a specific type of liquid biopsy, MCED tests look for abnormalities that may indicate cancer, like […]

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Can We Reverse Aging? What Landmark Research on Telomerase and Epigenetics Is Teaching Us

By Erik Goldman

The search for longevity has moved from myth to molecular science. In this eye-opening presentation, we explore groundbreaking research revealing how telomerase activity and epigenetic modifications may hold the keys to slowing—and even reversing—the aging process. Once thought to function solely by extending telomeres, telomerase is now recognized for its non-canonical roles in gene expression, […]

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Akkermansia Probiotic Improves Glycemic Control in Prediabetes

By August West, Staff Writer

Daily supplementation with an Akkermansia muciniphila probiotic led to marked improvement in fasting blood glucose, post-prandial glucose, and hemoglobin A1c after 60 days. Those are the upshots of a new placebo-controlled study involving 60 prediabetic individuals. The findings strengthen the case for clinical use of Akkermansia in the management of people at high risk for […]

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Daiwa Brain Health® vs Prevagen® for Cognitive Function: A Comparison Study

By Erik Goldman

Hokkaido Scallop Oil Plasmalogen (HSOP™) is a new natural, nutraceutical ingredient in Daiwa Brain Health® that is shown to improve memory and cognitive function to a higher degree than Apoaequorin, the active ingredient in Prevagen.® Plasmalogens are a class of glycerophospholipids that are vital for healthy neuronal cell membranes. In this free webinar with Dr. […]

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A New Clinical Tool to Assess “Food Noise”

By Janet Gulland, Staff Writer

Food noise—the relentless, intrusive, uncontrollable mental rumination about food—is a common experience reported by people struggling to manage their weight. The surge in use of GLP-1 inhibiting drugs has spotlighted this phenomenon because many patients report that GLP-1 treatments quell the intensity of food-related thoughts. But until recently, clinicians and researchers have been at a […]

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