International Celiac Disease Symposium Recap Christine Doherty, ND There has been increased attention to the clinical importance of those who do not have celiac disease but respond symptomatically to the gluten-free diet. This led to the recent definition of the term...
Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine
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Updates on Well-Child Care for Infants and Toddlers
A Clinical Roundup of New Recommendations for Anticipatory Guidance Setareh Tais, ND Deborah Gleisner, ND Well-child care is an integral aspect of primary care for the pediatric population. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Bright Futures promotion suggest...
The Hardening of Our Children: What the Nature Cure Physicians Said
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Regard water as your medicine chest Kneipp often used to say to his followers and friends and there is no better advice for mothers -Benedict Lust, 1900b, p. 103 I do not know of anything more beneficial than walking in the snow, as this...
Recognizing Gluten Sensitivity in Children
Thauna Abrin, ND In my 10 years of practice as an ND, I have found that 98% of children with autism have severe gluten sensitivity on laboratory testing. Also, approximately 50% of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and sensory processing disorder...
Understanding and Treating the Imbalanced Neuroendoimmune System of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Jan Seibert, ND, and Natalie Gustafson, PharmD During a 2004 residency in a Wisconsin clinic, middle-aged women carrying a book written by Suzanne Somers entitled The Sexy Years began showing up in large numbers wanting bioidentical hormones. The supervising physician...
Primary Raynaud Phenomenon
Case Study of a 42-year-old Ironwoman with Daily Raynaud Disease Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP Raynaud disease (primary Raynaud phenomenon), named after medical student Maurice Raynaud in 1862, manifests as recurrent vasospasm of the fingers and toes. Raynaud...
The Staff of Life
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE One of the curses which white bread, or robbed bread has inflicted on the people is constipation. A. W. McCann, 1914, p. 680 The farmer, even, is eating white bread, baked in the city—a state of affairs that would have been unbelievable, a...
Syndrome Z: Apnea’s Metabolic Syndrome Expert Interview With Virend K. Somers, MD, Mayo Clinic
Mark Swanson, ND The best prescription for prevention is often a simple one: for the conditions described herein, it would be getting a good night’s sleep. But for many, that 8 hours of uninterrupted z’s has become a wishful event. By far, the most common sleep...
Physical Medicine for Depression
Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc The World Health Organization1 predicts that depression will become the second most burdensome disease in the next decade, with the greatest onus in North America and the United Kingdom. Major depression is present among 33.3% of patients in...
Multifactoral Approach to Treating Lupus
Heidi Weinhold, ND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the body produces autoantibodies (antibodies that attack normal healthy tissue). These autoantibodies can attack the skin, joints, kidney, spleen, or any other organ in the...