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Melatonin Chronosynergy, Women, and Aging

The Expert Report Interview with Paula Witt-Enderby, PhD and Judith Balk, MPH, MD Mark Swanson, ND The concept of achieving therapeutic “synergy” is fundamental to the understanding of healing in a functional-naturopathic medicine practice. I have often postulated that there is a single universal therapeutic synergist—one that almost always “fits” the treatment protocol to further improve [...]

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Uterine Ablation as a Treatment for Severe Menorrhagia

Uterine Ablation as a Treatment for Severe Menorrhagia

Amy Terlisner, ND Heavy menstrual bleeding can present as a significant health issue in premenopausal women. Average blood loss in normal menses is defined as 35-40 mL over 4-7 days. Menorrhagia is defined as a loss of over 80 mL per month. Blood loss that is normal in quantity should not produce an iron deficiency [...]

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The Obesity Challenge | How to Use hCG in Your Practice

The Obesity Challenge | How to Use hCG in Your Practice

Michael Corsilles, ND, PA-C Obesity may be the number one antiaging issue in our society simply because it shortens our life span. Children are developing serious diseases at a younger age, which prematurely subjects them to the deterioration of their health and bodies. Diabetes mellitus, asthma, hypertension, sleep apnea, and cancer are just a few [...]

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Solomonian

Low Sexual Desire in Women: Perceiving the Whole

Low Sexual Desire in Women: Perceiving the Whole Leslie Solomonian, BSc, ND Introduction Sexual dysfunction is a common and exceedingly complex concern experienced by women.  It is a source of personal distress, and contributes to poor self-esteem, relationship disruption and decreased quality of life1-3.  The complexity and personal nature of this concern is often underappreciated, [...]

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Breast Cancer and Endometriosis

Breast Cancer and Endometriosis

Most of the chemicals developed in the United States have not been tested to determine if they can harm human health. Investigations show that human exposure to chemicals in our environment can cause endocrine-disrupting conditions in women.

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Brain Aging, Estrogen, and the Critical Period Hypothesis

Brain Aging, Estrogen, and the Critical Period Hypothesis

The Experts Speak Mark Swanson, ND with Barbara Sherwin, PhD, and Michael Craig, MD The idea of a “critical period” (CP) is fairly old and well known. In general, a CP “is a limited time in which an event can occur, usually to result in some kind of transformation” (Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period]). It applies to many [...]

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Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Type III

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Type III

Successful Outcome After Escharotic Treatment Kimberly Windstar, MEd, ND, Lisa Taulbee, ND, and Erica Zelfand, ND Candidate A 28-Year-Old Woman Presents to the Clinic With Abnormal Pap Smear Results In the fall of 2009, a 28-year-old woman (“Sarah”) presented to the clinic seeking a safe alternative treatment for her recent abnormal Pap smear results. Before [...]

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February 2011 | Women’s Medicine

Volume 7 Issue 2 Estrogen Receptors Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Low Sexual Desire in Women Leslie Solomonian, ND CYP2D6 and Tamoxifen Jacob Schor, ND Chlorosis, or Poverty of the Blood Sussanna Czeranko, ND What Is That Buzzing in My Ear? Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Yin Tonic Herbs and Blood Tonic Herbs Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH [...]

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Dr Deborah Gleisner ND, LM, CPM

A Naturopathic Approach to Intrauterine Insemination

Conceiving with Compassion Deborah Gleisner, ND, LM, CPM and Setareh Tais, ND   Infertility is a surprisingly common condition with significant psychological, social, medical and economic implications. The National Survey of Family Growth estimates that 1.2 million women sought medical attention for infertility in 2002 and 10% had received some form of treatment for their [...]

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Keats

Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer

  Treatment Options Aminah A. Keats, ND, FABNO Ever since oophorectomy was first shown to cause regression of advanced breast cancer more than a century ago, deprivation of estrogenic signaling has been the mainstay of endocrine management of estrogen receptor-positive and progesterone receptor-positive disease.1 Ovarian ablation can be achieved by way of surgical oophorectomy, radiation [...]

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