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IHS 2018 Pre-Conference: Gut-Brain Axis & Cognitive Health

The Metagenics Institute sponsored the Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS) 2018 Pre-conference titled “Navigating the Gut-Brain Axis to Optimize Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan,” which took place February 21, 2018 in New York City. Leading thought leaders explored the science of the gut-brain axis, its association to nutrition, and targeted clinical implementation strategies to support cognitive health across the lifecycle.

Speakers & Presentations included:

Susan Blum, MD, MPH: Healthy Aging, Healthy Brain

Robert Kachko, ND, LAc: The Microbiome in Neuropsychiatry: the Role of the Gut-Brain Axis in Anxiety, Depression, and Cognitive Decline

Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CNS: Links between Physical Fitness and Brain Health

Jennifer Stagg, ND: Nutritional Tools to Improve Cognitive Health from Infancy through Young Adulthood

Niccolo Terrando, PhD: Neuroinflammation, Specialized Pro-resolving Mediators and Cognitive Outcomes

Heather Zwickey, PhD: Gut-Brain Axis

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