A healthy gut (your gastrointestinal tract) helps ensure your overall health and well-being. You want to have a good balance of gut bacteria to digest and absorb nutrients effectively. What you eat daily greatly affects gut health. Registered dietitian Natalie Allen talks about gut health and how to improve it through diet and nutrition. She’s also clinical assistant professor … [Read more...] about How to improve your gut health through diet
Our bodies need both micro and macronutrients to function properly. Macronutrients provide energy. Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that don’t give you any calories, but they’re critical for bodily processes from brain function to digestion. Registered dietitian Natalie Allen offers some insights about these two types of nutrients to Health Central. Allen is also a … [Read more...] about What’s the difference between micro and macronutrients?
Four of our region’s leading institutions announced the creation of the Alliance for Healthcare Education on Aug. 29. The Alliance is a bold, collaborative approach that will develop the talent to meet – and exceed – our region’s health care workforce needs for decades to come. The new entity is an unprecedented partnership among CoxHealth, Missouri State University (MSU), … [Read more...] about New alliance will transform health care education in the region
With the rise of wearing face masks during the pandemic and in the aftermath, do you know the effects of wearing a surgical mask? Could it cause any harm? Dr. Patrick Brooks, assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Missouri State University, made it his mission to find out. In response to disinformation about the safety of surgical masking during the pandemic, Brooks … [Read more...] about Uncovering the truth about masking
For graduates of public health programs, there are many job opportunities in the private and public sectors. Dr. David Claborn, director of the Master of Public Health program at Missouri State University, shares more about these opportunities with U.S. News Education. … [Read more...] about What you can do with a public health degree