Dr. Karen Becker: Researchers Shocked by Mushroom Study Results. In a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and published recently in an open-access article in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine,...
John Weeks: Non-Discrimination: A ‘Big Honking Lawsuit’ to Advance Integrative Medicine and Health?. Two years ago, I was part of an invitational, strategic meeting of integrative medicine leaders that included an impromptu exploration. We considered the...
Probing the mysteries of probiotics – CNN.com.In the human body, microbes outnumber human cells 10 to 1. That sounds icky, but the news isn’t all bad: Bacteria can help us and may have even more potential than we currently know. Sarkis Mazmanian, a...
Dirty Dozen: EWG Releases 2013 List Of Most Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies. Unless it’s smothered in caramel or part of a sugary pie, we can’t think of many times when an apple isn’t good for you. But the ever-nutritious fruit once again tops a...
Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D.: Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer. In addition to the traditionally acknowledged risk factors for breast cancer (age, reproductive history, genetic profile, obesity, alcohol intake, smoking, etc.), scientists are increasingly coming to...