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The Neutral Bath Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE   In the United States the neutral bath is rather new. Most people have never even heard of it.                                     M. Ferrin, 1923, p. 317   The neutral bath is more efficient than all the agents known to pharmacy.                                     W. L. McKie, 1917, p. 44   In [...]

The Expert Report Interview With Dr John Lowe Mark Swanson, ND This segment of The Expert Report pulls no punches. My interview guest is Dr John Lowe, author of The Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia,1 an extraordinary and comprehensive 1100-page text, which I found to be a fascinating journey through thyroid science. His groundbreaking work makes [...]

Perspective From My Studies in Peru Jillian Stansbury, ND This article is a bit “out of the box.” As some readers may be aware, I have been living in Peru for 6 months a year for the past 5 years, studying shamanism and ethnobotany with several indigenous Amazonian tribes. Their ideas about mental and emotional [...]

Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols for Sleep Disorders Lisa Watson, ND Insufficient sleep is a common and often chronic condition in adolescence. It is estimated that between 25% and 45% of adolescents in the United States fail to obtain adequate sleep1,2 and that insomnia is chronic in more than three-quarters of adolescents with sleep difficulties.2,3 During [...]

Effects of Depression  Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Depression affects about 120 million people worldwide, and each year about 6% of men and 9.5% of women experience an episode of depression.1 The World Health Organization2 predicts that depression will become the second most burdensome disease by 2020, with the greatest burden in North America and the [...]

Bradley Bush, ND   Insomnia is one of the most common complaints heard by healthcare practitioners. In 2008, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, published a review article on insomnia that estimated its prevalence to be about 30% to 50% among the general population. Of those with insomnia, 5% experience frequent or chronic [...]

Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Tara Peyman, ND     Current diagnosis of bipolar disorder among young children is 40 times greater than its prevalence 10 years ago.1 It is unclear whether this increase is a result of previous underdiagnosis, current overdiagnosis, or a true increase in incidence. A 2010 study2 published in the Journal of Clinical [...]

An Unexpected Herbal Treatment for Anxiety   Dr. Decker Weiss, ND I believe that anxiety is a key contributor to most of my patients’ medical issues, including cardiac, migraine, thyroid, or even digestive disorders. That is not surprising. Approximately 40 million Americans 18 years or older have an anxiety disorder.1,2 As a term, anxiety covers [...]

  Emily Chan, ND Taking into account musical, physical, and emotional factors unique to each patient is instrumental in changing the medical approach from reactive to proactive when dealing with autoimmune diseases. Act 1: Music She steps home and notices the achy muscles, the throbbing behind her eyes, and fatigue. She wishes to sleep but [...]

The Food for Mood Diet   A Literature Review, Highlight of Principles, and Initial Study Design Millie Lytle, ND, MPH As an ND subscribing to the great capacity of preventive medicine, I believe innately that food consumption and mood have a connection. Until a few years ago, possible biological mechanisms were not obvious in the [...]