To learn more, please call the study coordinator, Anders Gundersen, at 503-451-0481 or email afibstudy@nunm.edu.

If you have high blood pressure, arthritis or atrial fibrillation you may be eligble to learn your epigenetic age by joining our research study!

NUNM’s Helfgott Research Institute is recruiting for a study to assess the impact of ionized calcium supplementation on biological aging and quality of life.           

You may be eligible if you:

• Are age 55-75 years
• Have a diagnosis of high blood pressure, osteoarthritis or non-valvular atrial fibrillation
• Are willing to be randomized to take either a placebo or an ionized calcium supplement daily for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, all participants will receive the ionized calcium supplement for another 12 weeks
• Are willing to fast overnight and have blood collected on 6 occasions
• Can attend a screening visit and 5 study visits at the Helfgott Research Institute in Portland

If you are eligible and enroll in the study, you may:

• Be compensated with up to $900. 
• Receive a measure of your biological age based on an epigenetic “clock”
• Receive a measure of your bone density
• Receive a free battery of blood test results

To learn more, please call the study coordinator, Anders Gundersen, at 503-451-0481 or email afibstudy@nunm.edu.

This study is being conducted by the Helfgott Research Institute at National University of Natural Medicine.

IRB # RB121521

Principal Investigator: Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH