Education David J. Schleich, PhD The monolith that is the biomedicine industrial complex in America costs hit 18.2% in 2018, regardless of the irrefutable data about growing chronicity and the poor health of young people and boomers alike. (Statistics Portal, 2019)...
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Rosa canina: A Potential Herbal Preventive for Post-C-section UTI
Tolle Causam Kris Somol, ND Mary Schroeder, BSC Kathryn Hightower, BA Francisco Miranda, BSC Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common ailment in female-bodied individuals. Certain populations are at an increased risk for UTI, including, but not limited to, pregnant...
Preconception Planning: Enhancing Healthier Baby Outcomes
Naturopathic Perspective Shannon Sinsheimer, ND Preconception planning is often recommended to couples who have an interest in optimizing their fertility, conception, pregnancy, baby’s development, and lifelong health and wellness of their children. However, not all...
GMO Crops & Glyphosate: Detrimental Effects on Health
Docere Humaira Quraishi, ND, MS An historic event took place in August of 2018 when Dewayne Johnson won his lawsuit against Monsanto; he was granted “$39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages.”1 Johnson, a 46-year-old gardener,...
Antioxidants & Male Infertility: Can Supplements Make a Difference?
Tolle Causam Chris D. Meletis, ND Modern couples are attempting to procreate in a world of toxins and dietary and lifestyle habits that produce an overabundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS); antioxidant defenses are burdened as a result. Toxins (eg, bisphenol-A...
Estrogen Dominance: When an Unhealthy Gut Estrobolome is to Blame
Naturopathic Perspective Carrie Jones, ND, MPH It is well established that elevated estrogen can pose many problems for both men and women. Not only can it result in estrogen dominance symptoms; if not properly detoxified, it increases the risk of several cancers....
Estrogen Dominance in Women
Tolle Totum Serena Goldstein, ND Young girls today are developing breasts and starting their periods earlier than in previous generations. High estrogen levels are a likely key contributor to this premature development in girls. Excess estrogen over time places women...
Thyrotropin: Using the Marker to Manage Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Docere Guillermo Ruiz, NMD Alan Christianson, NMD Thyrotropin, also known as thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), is the signal secreted from the thyrotrophic cells of the anterior pituitary in response to the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) by the...
