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The Professional Integrative Medicine blog features articles about medical issues and research that we believe will be of interest to our community.

Fruit and vegetables linked to lower diabetes risk.

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Jul 20, 2020
1 min

Fruit and vegetables linked to lower diabetes risk.

A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggest that eating just a little bit more fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk...

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Jul 10, 2020
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Citizen Science Makes Microbiome Map

A project in Melbourne is examining how diverse our oral microbiome is, and how it may be affected by housemates, pets and where we live....

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Bowel Inflammation and Dementia – More Evidence of a Link

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Jun 25, 2020
1 min

Bowel Inflammation and Dementia – More Evidence of a Link

People living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease are 2.5 times more likely to suffer from dementia and more than six times as likely to be...

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Vitamin D, COVID-19 and influenza – supplements could prevent infection and death.

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Jun 10, 2020
1 min

Vitamin D, COVID-19 and influenza – supplements could prevent infection and death.

As the world grapples with the COVID-19 epidemic, and influenza continues to take a heavy toll, researchers are looking at ways of...

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Vitamin C and a specific diet may shrink tumours.

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Jun 3, 2020
1 min

Vitamin C and a specific diet may shrink tumours.

A non-toxic treatment combining high-dose intravenous vitamin C and a diet that mimics fasting can kill cancer cells and slow the...

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May 28, 2020
1 min

Parkinson’s – does it begin in the gut?

Parkinson’s disease is a condition that affects the brain, with the death of cells that secrete dopamine leading to impairment of motor...

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Vitamin D determines severity of COVID-19 – researchers call on government to change health advice.

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May 15, 2020
2 min

Vitamin D determines severity of COVID-19 – researchers call on government to change health advice.

Vitamin D is highly likely to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and death rates, according to new research from Trinity College...

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May 12, 2020
1 min

Gut microbes boost immune cells

Bacteria living in the small intestine support the generation of regulatory T-cells (Tregs) that suppress auto-immune reactions and...

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May 1, 2020
2 min

Nutrition – Why is it so hard to study?

Eat less sugar! Eat more protein! Don’t eat too much fat! Fat is fine, eat less carbs! Every day we are confronted with messages about...

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COVID-19 – Don’t ignore the hidden health risks.

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Apr 23, 2020
2 min

COVID-19 – Don’t ignore the hidden health risks.

COVID-19 is a public health challenge on a scale that has never been seen before. But aside from the virus itself, the pandemic also...

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Working from home? Take these simple steps to avoid burnout.

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Apr 21, 2020
4 min

Working from home? Take these simple steps to avoid burnout.

Even before the coronavirus imposed unprecedented changes on our lives, it was well known that workers who felt pressure to be “switched...

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Apr 6, 2020
1 min

Can the right diet repair your brain?

There’s good news and bad news in the latest research on brain deterioration. The bad news is that signs of brain ageing appear much...

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Cancer – are we building an industry instead of helping patients?

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Mar 30, 2020
2 min

Cancer – are we building an industry instead of helping patients?

Cancer is costing more than ever – for patients, health systems and whole countries – but is the growing cancer “industry” making life...

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Mar 11, 2020
1 min

MILK – should you drink it?

Dairy milk is an important part of a balanced diet – or is it? There is little evidence that consuming dairy foods is necessary – or even...

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Mar 4, 2020
1 min

Vitamin A and gastro

Norovirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis, causing vomiting, diarrhoea and nausea. There is currently no effective treatment....

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Coronavirus – IV vitamin C clinical trial to begin in China.

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Feb 18, 2020
1 min

Coronavirus – IV vitamin C clinical trial to begin in China.

Last week we posted two articles suggesting that intravenous vitamin C may be of benefit in supporting patients infected with the new...

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Migraine – can frequency be reduced with nutrition?

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Feb 17, 2020
1 min

Migraine – can frequency be reduced with nutrition?

Migraines and severe headaches affect around one in six adults in the US, and around a quarter of people suffering report that certain...

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Feb 10, 2020
2 min

Vitamin C – a bright future?

Vitamin C is one of the most widely recognised nutrients in the world and is vital to our health. Since 1747, when Scottish doctor James...

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Vitamin C – can it save sepsis patients?

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Feb 4, 2020
2 min

Vitamin C – can it save sepsis patients?

Sepsis is an extreme inflammatory reaction of the body’s immune system in response to severe infection. It is a leading cause of death,...

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Vitamin C could support patients with coronavirus

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Jan 28, 2020
1 min

Vitamin C could support patients with coronavirus

Coronavirus infections are in the news, with an entire city in China shut down and international travellers screened for infection. Viral...

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