by NDNR | Jan 10, 2006 | 2006 | January
With the 1918 pandemic influenza specter lurking at the doorstep of another worldwide outbreak, the avian flu, naturopathic physicians are renewing their interest in various antiviral herbs. Preeminent among these are two members of the Apiaceae family native to the...
by NDNR | Jan 2, 2006 | 2006 | January, Editorial / Opinion, Environmental Medicine
Mitch Kennedy, ND Researchers at Columbia University studied the relationships among folate, cobalamin, homocysteine and arsenic metabolism in 1,650 exposed people in Bangladesh, India. This exposure occurs throughout South and East Asia due to groundwater...
by NDNR | Jan 2, 2006 | 2006 | January, Aromatherapy, Bacterial/Viral Infections, Women's Health
Shaida Sina, ND One of the best properties of essential oils is that most of them are highly antimicrobial. Essential oils have been used throughout the centuries for preventing and curing infections. This article will highlight some of the best essential oils and...
by NDNR | Jan 2, 2006 | 2006 | January, Education, Naturopathic News
Baer (2001) helps to steer through the shifting panorama by describing naturopathic medicine as a “heterodox medical system”. He references at the outset Ann Mitchell, N.D., who, in turn suggests that there are three generations of naturopaths around whom...
by NDNR | Jan 2, 2006 | 2006 | January, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Bacterial/Viral Infections
Dr. Leonard, ND There are three main areas where naturopathic medicine can be of use to HIV+ individuals. The first is in the management of side effects from the medications. While extremely effective in suppressing HIV replication and thus keeping T cell counts up,...