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Ostracism—the Painful Exclusion

Ostracism—the Painful Exclusion

Interview With Kipling D. Williams, PhD Mark Swanson, ND Have you ever been excluded, ignored, shunned, or purposefully left out? Then you’ve been ostracized, and the hurt is painful and lasting. Ostracism, even when brief and from strangers, is a painful event much like physical bruises, yet it goes largely undetected and often lasts much [...]

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Petasites for Pain and Inflammation

Petasites for Pain and Inflammation

Petasite Jillian Stansbury, ND The Petasites genus comprises 15 to 20 species, and all have been used to treat pain, inflammation, and allergic hyperreactivity. Petasites species are large-leaved, moisture-loving plants native to temperate woodlands of northern Asia, Europe, and North America. They are sometimes referred to by the general name sweet coltsfoot because of similarity [...]

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Neural Prolotherapy

Neural Prolotherapy

Safe, Inexpensive, and Effective Bryan Rade, ND   As primary care physicians, we frequently treat patients experiencing acute or chronic pain. While some patients specifically seek naturopathic care for such symptoms, pain is often listed as a secondary concern that is managed by massage, chiropractic care, or the like. Physicians have a plethora of tools [...]

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Making “Scents” of Anosmia

Loss of Smell Nolan Noska, ND   We often take for granted the ways all 5 of our senses work together to shape our experience of the world. In daily life, we do not think about our sense of smell unless, of course, we find ourselves confronted with an unpleasant odor, or we have a [...]

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Novel Fibromyalgia Therapy

Open Pilot Study Using a Liquid Emulsion Form of Cetyl Myristoleate David Arneson, NMD Seth Black, NMD Barry Gelinas, MD Jeffrey Langland, PhD Robert Waters, PhD   The objective of this open uncontrolled study was to evaluate the benefit of a novel liquid emulsion form of cetyl myristoleate in patients with clinically diagnosed fibromyalgia (FM). [...]

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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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