Holistic Primary Care

Holisticprimarycare.net serves as a trusted resource for both health-focused individuals and healthcare practitioners, offering reliable, science-based insights into natural medicine and holistic wellness. This website is an online counterpart to Holistic Primary Care-News for Health & Healing, a print magazine that connects with approximately 60,000 doctors across the country. The platform boasts a comprehensive collection of articles from the print edition of Holistic Primary Care, dating back to its inception in October 2000, as well as the latest news updates and various exclusive online features.

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The Future is Bioadaptive: How Human Lactoferrin Elevates Clinical Care in Pregnant, Menopausal, and Iron-Deficient Populations

6 days ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

This webinar and clinical panel discussion explores lactoferrin—a multifunctional regulatory protein found in breast milk—and how effera™, the first human-equivalent lactoferrin, is reshaping clinical approaches to gut health, immune support, iron regulation, and nutrient absorption. Food scientist Laura Katz, will introduce the concept of human bioactive compounds, explain lactoferrin’s mechanisms of action, and share new clinical findings on effera™.
As Trump Tariffs Hit, Supplement Costs Will Surge

2 weeks ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

If dietarysupplements are part of your clinical practice, prepare yourself—and yourpatients—for price shocks in the coming months. Asthe Trump administration tariffs take effect, supplement prices will surge. Roughly80% of all raw materials in nutritional, botanical, and natural health productssold in the US come from overseas. China and India are the major producers, butEuropean countries like Germany, France, Italy, and Poland are also significantplayers.
What the Science Says About Food Additives

2 weeks ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Charles Schmidt

By By Charles Schmidt (This feature was originally published on Undark.org on April 21, 2025)In a video posted to YouTube in September, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at US health agencies that he said have allowed for the mass poisoning of American children.
Webinar: AI for Functional Medicine- How FunctionalMind Can Enhance Your Practice

3 weeks ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

AI technology, used ethically and responsibly, can free you to spend more quality time face-to-face with patients, keep pace with the latest research, and practice personalized medicine at a scale that once seemed impossible.
The Melatonin-ification of Childhood Bedtimes

4 weeks ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Michael Schulson

By Michael Schulson, Contributing Writer (This article was originally published on April 8, 2025 by www.undark.org)Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home.
The Uncertain Multigenerational Implications of PFAS

1 month ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Nicole Williams

(This article was originally published on January 27, 2025 by www.undark.org)My son was born in late 2019. A few months later, early one morning, I found myself looking into his eyes as he nursed and I wondered if I was doing the right thing. Trying to ignore my nagging worry, I continued nursing him, pushing off the uncertainty until the next feeding.
In Memoriam: Michael McGuffin Influential Advocate for Herbal Medicine (Sept 19, 1951 – Feb 17, 2025) - Holistic Primary Care

2 months ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

MichaelMcGuffin was a true influencer. Not in the modern sense of someone who builds apersonal brand cult by flooding social media with provocative content andamassing “likes” and followers. But in the older, more noble sense: one whose quietbut unflagging commitment to good work had profound, far-reaching impact on theworld.
This Time, Five Years Ago…

2 months ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Itwas right about this time, five years ago. I woke up one morning with a raunchycough, a head full of mucus, and an aching body that felt like a sack ofpotatoes. “Thisis weird,” I thought. I seldom get sick, and when I do it’s usually in the November-to-December transition when temperatures here in NYC drop and my thermoregulatory systems go haywire. By February, I’m usually adjusted to ‘winter mode,’ and reasonably healthy. So I was surprised by the timing and intensity of the thing that hit me.
Salt & Skin Disease: What’s the Connection?

2 months ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Say“sodium” in a medical context, and most people will reflexively think“hypertension,” not psoriasis. But dermatologistKatrina Abuabara and her research team at the University of California SanFrancisco have amassed considerable evidence suggesting that salt may play arole in development of psoriasis and other inflammatory skin disorders.
Back in Office, Trump Swipes at Health Establishments

Jan 27, 2025 | holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman

Beyond the bold promises to “end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease free,” and to “reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from the military for objecting to the Covid vaccine mandate,” President Donald Trump said little about healthcare in his inauguration speech last week.