Topics

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 […]

Concurrent COVID Causes Major Rise in MI Mortality

By Janet Gulland, Staff Writer

Concurrent COVID-19 at the time of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), raises one-year mortality by 25%, according to new, late-breaking data just presented at the 2026 joint meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) & Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology/Association Canadienne de Cardiologie d’Intervention (CAIC-ACCI) in Montreal. Analysis of outcomes from 2,358 […]

Gut Archaea May Play Role In Colorectal Cancer

By Erik Goldman

Certain species of Archaea—long thought to be a benign subdomain of commensal microbes—may promote the development of colorectal cancer by feeding bacteria known to play an etiologic role in the disease. A recent international study headed by researchers at the Medical University Graz, Austria, used advanced metabolic modelling to show that organisms within the Archaea […]

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 […]

The Problem With Promoting ‘Gold Standard Science’

By Jonathan P. Scaccia, PhD

Federal agencies have been branding some of their research and policy work as “gold standard science,” a trend that gained new force after an executive order on the term was issued in May 2025. The phrase now appears in speeches and guidance documents from agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes […]

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 kidney stones. But struvite stones account […]

In Memoriam: Nalini Chilkov, LAc, OMD (Sept 11,1953 – Feb 16, 2026)

By Erik Goldman

Holistic Primary Care celebrates the life and honors the memory of Nalini Chilkov, LAc, OMD. Through her dedication to bridging the worlds of oriental medicine and conventional Western oncology, she helped thousands of people dealing with cancer to restore their health and live cancer-free. In so doing, Dr. Chilkov exemplified what truly integrative medicine could […]

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 […]

World Herb Library Offers a Bounty of Botanical Knowledge

By Janet Gulland, Contributing Writer

What happens when three of the world’s most renowned herbal medicine experts combine their rare botanical book collections and make them available to the public, free of charge? The World Herb Library, that’s what! A vast archive of over 3,000 volumes, some dating back to the 1500s, and covering everything from plant pharmacology to cultivation […]