by NDNR | Feb 14, 2012 | 2012 | February, Anti-Aging, Insomnia/Sleep Medicine
Sleeping Disorders Among the Elderly Catherine Darley, ND It is commonly thought that as people age their sleep worsens. But is this true? Does it have to be? The answer is both yes and no. Some research has found that healthy elderly people sleep as well as healthy...
by Razi Ann Berry | Feb 14, 2012 | 2012 | February, Anti-Aging, Geriatrics, Oncology, Practice Building
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Melissa Coats, ND Older adults, defined typically as those who are 65 years or older, are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States today. The US Census Bureau states: In this century, the rate of growth of the elderly...
by NDNR | Feb 14, 2012 | 2012 | February, Anti-Aging, Geriatrics
Protocols to prevent devastating falls Holly Lucille, ND, RN As an ND, one of the principles guiding my scope of practice and thought process is that of “Prevention is the cure.” It is somewhat of a backdrop principle, always present, very subtle, yet difficult to...
by NDNR | Feb 14, 2012 | 2012 | February, Anti-Aging, Geriatrics, Women's Health
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...
by Razi Ann Berry | Feb 14, 2012 | Nature Cure, Naturopathic News
Nature Cure Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE The way to live a long and healthy life is to get something wrong with you and learn how to take care of it. This is true, not only for the physician, but for patients, too. Betty Radelet, 2009, p. 97 Park your “automobile” at a...