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Naturopathic Medicine for a Common Condition Paul R. Saunders, PhD, ND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. It occurs when a dysfunctional autonomic nervous system and sensitive heart tissue are triggered. There is a loss of synchronicity between the atria and the ventricles, with the former beating at 300 to 600 beats/min and [...]

How to Reconnect the Dots and Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again Thomas Kruzel, ND, and Zora DeGrandpre, ND At an excellent functional medicine conference in Bellevue, Washington (April 28-30, 2011), “The Challenge of Emerging Infections in the 21st Century: Terrain, Tolerance, and Susceptibility,” several presenters made compelling scientific cases for the infectious root causes [...]

Number One Killer Esther Perreault, ND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is by far the number one killer of Americans,1 and while the risk factors contributing to the development of CVD have been studied extensively, there is much we have yet to discover about this complex set of disease conditions. Insufficient screening, ineffective patient management, and inappropriate [...]

Naturopathic Perspective Dan Carter, ND This article offers a succinct review of atrial fibrillation (AF). It also presents approaches to decrease the risk factors and to treat AF by nonpharmaceutical means. Atrial fibrillation is caused by a malfunction in the heart’s electrical system and is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. By age 80 years, average [...]

Chlorosis or Poverty of the Blood Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE   The chlorosis of young girls has become a fashion.  There is scarcely one family with grown up daughters of which not one, at least, is suffering of chlorosis.   Benedict Lust, (1908, p. 6)   Nervousness and chlorosis or anaemia, often go hand in [...]

A Case Study of Familial Heart Disease     Dr. Arcoma Gonzalez Lambert, ND Tolle causam, treatment of the cause, is the way patients wind up in our office. Many times we are tricked by the system we are operating from, being insurance-based in many cases, or our board’s version of their own guidelines. When [...]

Diverse applications for low-level laser therapy in oncology practice Katherine Neubauer, ND   Heliotherapy, the therapeutic use of sunlight, has long been a core treatment in naturopathic medicine. Current understanding of vitamin Ds importance in oncology supports its value. With the advent of laser technology, the benefit of specific wavelengths of light has been investigated [...]

Laura DeVincentis, ND, LAc; E. Feigenbaum, PhD The reality of dying is an existential truth that persons often would rather not consider including medical professionals. As an ethicist working with a naturopathic doctor, we were moved by Dr. Heidi Kussman-Armstrong’s consideration of end of life care in “Tumor Mass vs. Spirit.” Here, we explore the [...]

  Nature Cure in Europe Explains the transatlantic journey from pragmatism to principles. Pamela Snider, ND; Roger Newman Turner, ND, DO (UK) Last Resort: Ethics, CAM, and Terminal Patient Care Explores the ethical obligations and dilemmas for NDs. Laura DeVincentis, ND, LAc; E. Feigenbaum, PhD A Case Study of Familial Heart Disease Uses a case [...]

A Cardiovascular Risk? Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Abstract Two recent studies have shown that calcium supplementation (as monotherapy) was associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Magnesium and potassium may be the missing minerals needed for the prevention of disease. Calcium A recent study has shown that calcium supplementation in healthy postmenopausal women is associated with an [...]