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Table of Contents | 2018

Physician, Heal Thyself

Naturopathic Perspective Jim Massey, ND The Latin phrase, “cura te ipsum” (physician heal thyself), is often attributed to Hippocrates, the man considered to be the “Father of Medicine.” “Physician, Heal Thyself” remains one of the basic tenets in naturopathic...

MBCT: A Root-Cause Approach to Mood & Anxiety Disorders

Lineke Heus, ND Tolle Totum Ever since Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced mindfulness into mainstream medicine through his stress reduction program (known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR), many more “Mindfulness-Based Interventions” (MBIs) have followed.1...

Highly Sensitive Patients – Working (Sensitively) with SPS

Katrina Iiams-Hauser, ND Docere Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a trait found in 15-20% of people.1 Another term for individuals with this trait is HSP, short for Highly Sensitive Person. This trait is different from the clinical condition of PTSD...

Posttraumatic Stress: The Return to Wholeness – Part 1

Debra Gibson, ND Docere PTSD: it’s an acronym that doesn’t need explaining these days, as it seems that every week another horrific event occurs for which posttraumatic stress disorder may be either a cause, a probable effect, or both at once. The “irritable heart,”...

Relational Medicine: Perception, Epigenetics, & the Vis – Part 1

Allison Creech, MED, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae A fundamental focus in naturopathy is to support the Vis Medicatrix Naturae and to help remove whatever obstructs its harmonious flow. When the Vis energy is in a state of congruence, meridian pathways will move in a...

Mind/Body Health: Bio-Electric Chemistry Connections

Darrell S.C.S. Misak, ND, RPh Vis Medicatrix Naturae We have all heard or read somewhere, in our personal health quests, about the connection between physical and psychological well-being. If you wake up sore and tired, your mental desire to take on the day is less...

Resonance-Based Medicine

Lowell Chodosh, ND, LAc Naturopathic Perspective We have many systems of natural medicine that use energy as their working model, whether as the vital force often spoken of in naturopathic and homeopathic vitalistic circles, or as Qi in oriental medicine. Both are...

Soul, Mind and Body Alignment

Linda L. Brown, BA, ND Tolle Totum It has generally been acknowledged that a human being consists of not only a physical body but also mind and emotions. However, the mind, consciousness, spirit, and soul have been largely excluded from physical sciences1 and its...

Melanoma & Aspirin

Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO Naturopathic Perspective Our patients often have strong beliefs about medicine, particularly natural medicine and the advantages it provides over standard medical practices. Most of the time this is a good thing. This is why they come to us as...

Signifiers Among Us: How Professions Take Shape

David J. Schleich, PhD Education The process of self-determination for any heterodox professional group is uphill, often with a cold wind. The owners of whatever orthodox market terrain is being challenged will not yield ground willingly. Their authority, influence,...

GI Dysfunction in Parkinson’s: A Naturopathic Approach

Emma M. N. Petshow Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND Student Scholarship – First Place Case Study Parkinson’s disease is a neurologic disorder that affects the substantia nigra of the brain by depleting dopamine-secreting neurons.1 Gastrointestinal distress, including nausea,...

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Environmental Stressors Now Cause 1 in 5 Cardiovascular Deaths

Environmental Stressors Now Cause 1 in 5 Cardiovascular Deaths

Air pollution, noise, chemicals, and climate events cause an estimated 4 to 6 million of the 20 million annual cardiovascular deaths worldwide, exceeding many traditional risk factors, according to a joint ESC, ACC, AHA, and WHF statement. Four Major Cardiology...

Air Pollution Disrupted Menstrual Cycles in Premenopausal Women

Air Pollution Disrupted Menstrual Cycles in Premenopausal Women

Common traffic and industrial exhaust gases disrupted estrogen and progesterone cycling, damaged ovarian tissue, and shortened menstrual intervals in premenopausal women, yet environmental exposure history remains absent from standard reproductive health evaluations....

Thymosin Alpha-1 Restored Immune Function Across Five Organ Systems

Thymosin Alpha-1 Restored Immune Function Across Five Organ Systems

The thymus peptide upregulated 1,198 genes tied to energy metabolism, DNA repair, and cell cycle regulation. The Thymus Shrinks With Age and Takes Immune Function With It The thymus gland loses 95% of its immature immune cells with age, and the peptide it produces to...

Fluoxetine During Development Damaged Hearing and the Brainstem

Fluoxetine During Development Damaged Hearing and the Brainstem

Fluoxetine exposure during early auditory development drove 91 gene expression changes in the brainstem, reduced the stability of mature neural circuits, and left lasting hair-cell damage in the inner ear. Fluoxetine Changed the Developing Auditory Brain and Left the...

Three pigs

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   Before medicine had metrics, it had stories built on observation that carried clinical truths in plain words. One of them still teaches a rule of clinical success. Build foundations, then treat. The Three Little Pigs understood the...

Your n=1 study doesn’t count.

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   After 20 years publishing NDNR monthly, I've heard this dismissal of case reports countless times. But I've come to believe we're overlooking something critical: Medicine has always been built on careful observation of individual...

Digoxin Prescribed to Some Patients Can Lead To Higher Death Risk

According to a study published Aug. 11 in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, doctors need to use caution when prescribing digoxin to patients with atrial fibrillation as it can cause debilitating strokes. The print version will appear Aug. 19. Digoxin,...

Actionable Habits That Help You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy

  Simone McFarlane Achieving sustainable weight loss isn’t about dramatic diets or fleeting willpower; it’s about forming habits that support your body’s natural balance and energy. Wellness-focused changes that are consistent, manageable, and grounded in how...

Naturopathic Applications of Mild Hyperthermia

  Applications in Practice John H. Furlong, ND Naturopathic medicine sits at a crossroads. As we progress through the 21st century, we have an opportunity to re-assert our unique leadership place in natural medicine. We can challenge ourselves to build on our...

Psudoscience

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   After 20 years publishing NDNR’s Applied Naturopathic Medicine journal, I've watched "dangerous pseudoscience" become the standard of care. You may remember we were called irresponsible for publishing IV nutrient protocols. Now there's...

Homeopathy

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   We started publishing homeopathic medicine cases in 2005. Many told me I would kill our credibility, that it was “pseudoscience” or that no  serious medical journal would touch it. I was told I’d never attract conventional doctors as...

Actionable Habits That Help You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy

  Simone McFarlane Achieving sustainable weight loss isn’t about dramatic diets or fleeting willpower; it’s about forming habits that support your body’s natural balance and energy. Wellness-focused changes that are consistent, manageable, and grounded in how...

Naturopathic Applications of Mild Hyperthermia

  Applications in Practice John H. Furlong, ND Naturopathic medicine sits at a crossroads. As we progress through the 21st century, we have an opportunity to re-assert our unique leadership place in natural medicine. We can challenge ourselves to build on our...

Psudoscience

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   After 20 years publishing NDNR’s Applied Naturopathic Medicine journal, I've watched "dangerous pseudoscience" become the standard of care. You may remember we were called irresponsible for publishing IV nutrient protocols. Now there's...

Homeopathy

Razi Ann Berry, Publisher   We started publishing homeopathic medicine cases in 2005. Many told me I would kill our credibility, that it was “pseudoscience” or that no  serious medical journal would touch it. I was told I’d never attract conventional doctors as...

FDA Removes Black Box Warnings from Hormone Replacement Therapy

New review of research shows benefits outweigh risks for women who start treatment within 10 years of menopause onset After more than two decades, the FDA is finally removing the black box warnings that have kept millions of women from accessing hormone replacement...

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