links for 2007-05-24

Survey shows women know about probiotics but arent trying them Growing research on probiotics shows that they may be an effective way to manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) which affects a large number of people and presents more often in women. Hopefully, the usage trend will change and people will start taking p (tags: Probiotics, [...]

Finally, a political organization that shares my views

I received a press release last week heralding the announcement of a new political group dedicated to stopping the chronic disease epidemic.  This new group, The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease has a mission that is similar to Metagenics in that their entire aim is to create a movement to fight the onslaught of chronic [...]

links for 2007-05-17

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease New political organization dedicated to stoppping the chronic disease epidemic. (tags: organization, political group, chronic disease, www.fightchronicdisease.org, corporate wellness)

Something’s got to change

  A new report released by the Commonwealth Fund ranked the United States healthcare system last in a comparison to six other westernized nations: Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom.  This is in spite of a per capita expenditure that is nearly double that of the other nations.  The summary of the findings [...]

Just a thank you for your support

I have been web surfing quite a bit over the last couple of days.  Let’s just say that Mother’s day was very quite around my house.  I came across a few blogs that mention Metagenics products, and I wanted to thank them for their support.  The first blog is from Laura who has been struggling [...]

Continuing mission to Stop Chronic Disease

I wanted to share the announcement of this new study with you because it does show that there may be a way to manage chronic lifestyle diseases.  The study was commissioned by the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance; which admittedly is a political group for the dietary supplement and nutrition industry.   But regardless of the group [...]

Committed to the fight

Many of my colleagues and I share a commitment to changing the way chronic lifestyle diseases are managed in this country and abroad.   This blog is dedicated to discussing those therapies and approaches that may be useful to help people find ways to manage conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, childhood obesity, arthritis (in [...]