If dietary supplements are part of your clinical practice, prepare yourself—and your patients—for price shocks in the coming months. As the Trump administration tariffs take effect, supplement prices will surge. Roughly 80% of all raw materials in nutritional, botanical, and natural health products sold in the US come from overseas. China and India are the […]
(This feature was originally published on Undark.org on April 21, 2025) In a video posted to YouTube in September, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at US health agencies that he said have allowed for the mass poisoning of American children. Standing behind packages of Cheez-Its, Doritos, and Cap’n Crunch cereal displayed on a kitchen […]
Nitrogen fertilizers, widely used in agriculture, not only boost the quantity of pollen produced by grasses, they also raise the allergenicity of the pollen. That’s bad news for allergy sufferers. Researchers at Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, compared pollen production from fertilizer-treated versus untreated Belgian grasslands and found a six-fold increase in pollen loads from the […]
The Texas state senate voted unanimously in favor of a health and wellness bill that—if passed by the state’s house—will mandate daily exercise and nutrition education in public schools, require metabolic health training for all medical professionals, and force food makers to label products containing toxic additives banned in other countries. The goals of SB […]
Say “sodium” in a medical context, and most people will reflexively think “hypertension,” not psoriasis. But dermatologist Katrina Abuabara and her research team at the University of California San Francisco have amassed considerable evidence suggesting that salt may play a role in development of psoriasis and other inflammatory skin disorders. Based on data from nearly […]
These days, a lot of people could use some help in the sleep department. For many of them, phytosomal extract of Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) could be just the ticket. Data from a recent double-blind crossover study of 30 people with chronic insomnia show that nightly supplementation with 400 mg of Melissa officinalis Phytosome® (Indena), […]
(This article was originally published by Undark.org on Dec. 9, 2024, and republished here with permission) Earlier this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported data showing that adult obesity rates — long trending upwards — had fallen modestly over the past few years, from 41.9 to 40.3 percent. The decline sparked discussion […]
When we think of triggers for migraine episodes, we often consider dietary offenders like alcohol, nitrates, and monosodium glutamate. A new study suggests that we should also be considering heavy metal exposures, especially in patients who also have trace element deficiencies. Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, and Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey, […]
Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, served as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator from March 2022 to June 2023. On Monday, after delivering the keynote for an infectious disease symposium at the University of Michigan, Jha sat down with Undark to discuss what the country got wrong, and what […]
GLP-1 receptor agonists are transforming clinical practices and protocols for significant weight-health wins. In this free webinar, you will learn the science behind a clinically-proven natural GLP-1 activator called Calocurb, and how it can be used with and without prescription medications. You’ll discover a supplement derived from hops, and clinically shown to reduce cravings by […]
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