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Primary Raynaud Phenomenon

Primary Raynaud Phenomenon

Case Study of a 42-year-old Ironwoman with Daily Raynaud Disease Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP Raynaud disease (primary Raynaud phenomenon), named after medical student Maurice Raynaud in 1862, manifests as recurrent vasospasm of the fingers and toes. Raynaud defined it as “episodic, symmetric, acral vasospasm characterized by pallor, cyanosis, suffusion, and a sense of fullness or [...]

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The A Cappella Singer Who Lost Her Voice & Other Stories From Natural Medicine

The A Cappella Singer Who Lost Her Voice & Other Stories From Natural Medicine

Medical Resources for NDs A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Jacob Schor, ND Huge effort is placed on objectivity in medicine; we wish for a clear view of the patient and his or her symptoms, illness, pathologic conditions, and possible treatment options on an idealized stage that is unmarred by our own [...]

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Lessons From the South Pole  Part 1

Lessons From the South Pole Part 1

Keeping the Philosophy on the Sled David Schleich, PhD The Antarctic is the coldest climate on earth. The annual mean temperature at the South Pole is −45°F. Before 1911, no known human (not just Europeans) had ever reached the South Pole. Certainly, no one had ever overwintered in the Antarctic until 1898. To reach the [...]

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NeuroCranial Restructuring

NeuroCranial Restructuring

The Sphenoid Link to Pain, Health, and Healing Mark Swanson, ND Some critics have said that practicing the art of naturopathic medicine is no science. Physicians who practice it say that much of the real science of medicine extends beyond any boundary and that conventional medicine mostly falls short at treating the causes. Dr Bastyr [...]

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Age Related Cognitive Decline

Age Related Cognitive Decline

Evidence-Based Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Age-Related Cognitive Decline Part Two—Prevention and Treatment Pamela Hutchison, BSc, ND With the proportion of the population older than 65 years in rapid ascent, the burden on the Canadian and American healthcare systems due to age-related cognitive disorders will be immense. Conventional medical treatment focuses on medication, which [...]

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Pain as Teacher

Pain as Teacher

Listening for its Meaning, Message, and Opportunity Paul Epstein, ND In chronic pain, what we call the ‘body’ plays a mean trick on what we call the ‘mind.’ It tells the patient that the pain is all in the body, when in fact over time the pain is less and less in the ‘body’ and [...]

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Dr Catherine Price NMD MSAc

Acupuncture and Cancer Pain Management

Acupuncture as a Treatment of Pain Catherine Price, NMD, MSAc   The most common use of acupuncture throughout the world is for pain management.1,2 In the United States, the primary reasons for acupuncture use are low back pain (34%), joint pain (16%), neck pain (14%), and headache or migraine (10%).3 It logically follows that pain [...]

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Ultrasound-Guided Longitudinal Percutaneous Tenotomy

Ultrasound-Guided Longitudinal Percutaneous Tenotomy

Alternative Therapy for Tissue Damage Sam Russo, ND, LAc   Numerous procedures using various types of needles exist for the treatment of diseased connective tissue, including acupuncture, dry needling, trigger point injection, corticosteroid injection, and prolotherapy with various substances. In the last few years, a technique has been developed called longitudinal percutaneous tenotomy (LPT). This involves [...]

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July 2010 | Pain Medicine

July 2010 | Pain Medicine

IV Therapeutics for Disease and Pain Control Virginia Osborne, ND Looks at specific parenteral nutrients and the conditions they benefit. The Articular Intraosseous Cyst in Osteoarthritis David Tallman, DC, ND Subchondral cyst and traction cyst diagnosis and treatment includes the use of advanced imaging along with an extensive orthopedic evaluation. Before and after MR scans [...]

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Physician and Profession, Heal Thyself

Darrell SCS Misak, ND, RPh Considers the principles offered in the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Naturopathic medicine is outlined by a set of principles that we recognize as truth in regards to how the physical body interacts with the world around it. The inherent belief in these principles [...]

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