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Imagine at your next event howling with a wolf, tickling the tummy of a tarantula or gazing into the big brown eyes of a giraffe. It’s all possible at Colorado’s zoos, wildlife pavilions and animal sanctuaries. In a state where nature takes center stage, it’s only fitting that wildlife should be a part of your next gathering. We’ve rounded up venues that will please clients looking for something unusual, entertaining and gentle on budgets. Your money will go a long way at any one of these sp...

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Our featured study this week, by Deanna Minich, Ph.D. and Benjamin Brown, ND, reviews the latest science on phytonutrients that support glutathione production. For your convenience, we offer the full-text study from the journal Nutrients.

Yet another study raises concerns that maternal intake of acetaminophen during mid-pregnancy may lead to behavior issues in preschool-age children. Even moderate intake may pose a risk of ADHD and behaviors that explain the terrible twos and three-nagers st...

It’s hard to imagine that the intoxicating scents of lavender, rose and jasmine are powerful enough to relax a woman during the pain and high anxiety of labor. The fascinating science of aromatherapy is known to reduce anxiety and thus reduce pain and improve labor progression.

Anxiety is the most common psychological response of women in labor. Maternal anxiety during labor can lead to severe contractions of the pelvic floor and perineal muscles, which can increase labor pain. The...

Q&A with Matt Hand, DO, Interview by Kimberly Lord Stewart
Matt Hand, DO, and integrative pediatric nephrologist, frequently teaches doctors on how to teach healthy eating. He finds many practitioners are as confused as the patients. His advice is to keep it simple.
Q: Kimberly Lord Stewart: Since most chronic disease can be attributed to diet and healthy lifestyle, it seems that physicians are increasingly expected to offer advice in areas for which they may lack history and knowledge. How d...

So many labels, so little time—just tell me what to buy!
If you—like millions of other Americans—still don't know how to read food labels and are frustrated by the hundreds of nutrition and health claims as well as statements like free-range and grassfed, it's time to learn what you're really putting into your body…find out how to select the most healthy foods at the superm ...more

In the award-winning documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, affable Australian filmmaker Joe Cross zigzagged through America shedding pounds and shedding light on the health benefits of consuming vegetables and fruits in a glass. By the end of his 60-day juice journey, Cross had America juiced up on juicing as an easy way to get more fruits and vegetables into our diets.
Eating vegetables such as kale, broccoli, cabbage, celery and beets is particularly healthful, but often people don’t find ...

Yet another study shows the damage that zero-calorie sweeteners pose to the gut microbiome. About 20% of people above age two in America consume two diet soft drinks per day. A majority of diet soda drinkers are women. Multiple clinical have shown have detrimental health effects related to non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS), as seen with sugar, even when doses below the acceptable daily intake (ADI) limit determined by the FDA. Is normal intake of NNS enough to negatively affect health of women, ...

Maternal use of folic acid supplements has been inconsistently associated with reduced risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child. This study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, examined whether prenatal vitamin use by mothers was associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) recurrence in high-risk families.
This prospective cohort study analyzed data from a sample of children (n = 332) and their mothers (n = 305) enrolled in the MARBLES (Markers of Autism Risk in Babies: Learning Earl...

Many years ago, one of our children brought home a canvas he decorated in his school art class. He filled the entire canvas with the word “words.” As a surgeon, what immediately struck me was that each of us can “kill” or “cure” with a sword, or scalpel. We can kill or cure with words when wordswordswords become swordswordswords.
As physicians, we are not taught how to communicate with patients. And, because of a fear of being sued, we too frequently tell people all of the adverse side effect...