Dr. Erica Zelfand It could save your life. We need to talk about vitamin D, and why it’s the vitamin that might just get us through the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. We’ve known for quite some time now that people with low vitamin D levels are more likely to...
Updated October 15, 2021 Background and Introduction Health professionals and the public must be well informed about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the disease it causes (COVID-19), and how it spreads. This information is readily available and not within the scope of this...
Integrative Medicine Research, Volume 10, Supplement, In progress (2021) This issue is in progress but contains articles that are final and fully citable. Click here for the full issueTCM for COVID-19 treatment: the road ahead This editorial discusses aspects...
— Incidence of autoimmune disease decreased by 25-30% with dietary supplements by Nancy Walsh The use of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was associated with a decreased likelihood of autoimmune disease in an ancillary analysis of a large randomized...
Other countries have been galvanized to confront diet issues. The U.S. has had no such wakeup call. By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH The same week British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to intensive care for Covid-19, two studies came out identifying obesity as...
The treatment reduced the risk of reaching mechanical ventilation by 44%. ICU admissions were lower by 43%, and an overall in-hospital mortality saw a 47% decrease. Originally published in The Jerusalem Post on October 6, 2021 Over-the-counter aspirin could protect...
From The Institute for Functional Medicine The wave-like effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to reverberate throughout the healthcare system, and the need for accurate information and clinical resources to support your patients impacted by COVID-19 continues to...
By Chris Masterjohn, PhD Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and this is not medical advice. I have a PhD in Nutritional Sciences, and analyzing research on omega-3 fatty acids falls directly within my expertise, but I am not a dietitian and this is not dietary...
By Hoai Thi Thu Tran ~ PREPrint article ~ March 19, 2021 ~ & Review below Abstract On 11th March 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). To date, there are...
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent I have bad news for you: We're stuck with this novel coronavirus in our environment perhaps indefinitely. And there might be another, more deadly and contagious pathogen right behind it that's poised to dart around...
High-quality respirators such as N95s and K95s are now widely available and provide the best protection against COVID, according to experts. Why aren’t more people wearing them? By Tanya Lewis A wealth of evidence has shown that wearing a face mask helps prevent...
By Victoria Gill A Covid therapy derived from a llama named Fifi has shown "significant potential" in early trials. It is a treatment made of "nanobodies", small, simpler versions of antibodies, which llamas and camels produce naturally in response to infection. Once...
By Heiner FruehaufNational University of Natural MedicineCollege of Classical Chinese Medicine ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MARCH 2020 . REVISED SEPTEMBER 2021 In recent weeks, the coronavirus outbreak has prompted many questions about how to prevent or potentially treat this...
Originally published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on August 25, 2021 By Lucinda Bateman, MD et al. Abstract Despite myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affecting millions of people worldwide, many clinicians lack the knowledge to appropriately...
Study links healthy plant-based foods with lower risks of getting COVID-19 and of having severe disease after infection Originally Published in The Harvard Gazette on September 10, 2021 By Tracy Hampton Although metabolic conditions such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes...