Cory Ostroot, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae When I was a child, my family time was split at Christmas between my mother’s and father’s sides of the family. I was either spending time on my father’s side, in a mansion in Minneapolis with multiple Christmas trees and more...
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Hypertension: A Symptom, Not a Disease
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH (AHG) Tolle Causam Hypertension is regularly mismanaged in conventional and naturopathic medicine. The tyranny of the concept of “essential hypertension,” coupled with the widespread tendency to treat hypertension as a disease rather than a...
Naturopathic Cardiology: Natural Intervention to Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease
Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA Tolle Totum Dream number #1 in my medical career had come true: It was September 5, 2014 in Cleveland, OH, and I was lecturing at Cleveland HeartLab’s annual symposium on the subject of cutting-edge diagnostics and how to prevent and recover...
Heart Rate Variability: Embracing Technology in Whole-Person Medicine
Robert Kachko, ND, LAc Rollin McCraty, PhD Tolle Totum For naturopathic medicine to continue to prosper as healthcare evolves, it becomes exceedingly important to be precise and personalized in our approach. We’ve long known that helping patients incorporate positive...
Genetic Testing: Getting to the Heart of the Heart
Corie Edwards, ND Naturopathic Perspective Cardiovascular disease is a leading contributor to morbidity and mortality, with approximately 610,000 deaths yearly in the United States alone.1 Partly genetically inherited, it is a particular risk for adults over age 60....
CVD & the HPA Axis: How Adrenal Dysfunction Contributes to CV Disease
Lauren Beardsley, NMD Alan Christianson, NMD Tolle Causam The evidence is strong that adrenal balance is one of the most important factors in preventing heart disease. Specifically, studies suggest that daily cortisol rhythm may a powerful influencing factor related...
Risk Stratification of CVD: Making Use of an ECG Interpretation Guide
Docere Nathaniel Bingham, ND Electrocardiography (ECG), today, is an essential part of the initial evaluation for patients presenting with cardiac complaints. An ECG plays an important role as a non-invasive, cost-effective tool to evaluate arrhythmias and ischemic...
Vitamin D & Visual Disturbances: A Case Study
Nadia Ciuha, ND Sudden visual disturbances and partial loss of vision are usually quite disabling symptoms that make an affected individual seek prompt medical care. In most cases of sudden vision loss, head/eye trauma, or an autoimmune neurologic condition (such as...
Intro to Bio-Electric Chemistry: Can You Regulate the Vital Force? – Part 2
Darrell S.C.S. Misak, ND, RPh In last month’s article (Part 1), I introduced Bio-Electric Chemistry and explained how all matter is energy and is represented as variable frequencies, like waves of the ocean rolling off one another. I introduced the genius work of Dr...
Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome – Cardiometabolic Assessment (Part 1)
Teerawong Kasiolarn, ND, MSAc, LAc Tolle Totum According to the Heart Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.1 In fact, someone has a heart...