Javdat Karimov, MD, NMD Evaluating heart rate variability (HRV) in clinical practice is important. This is because HRV is a reflection of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) that controls 90% of the body’s functions. The 2 branches of the ANS consist of the...
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Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Deborah Frances, RN, ND Tolle Totum It is always the Spirits who heal. Many times the Spirit directed me what to do for people. I depended on prayer a lot. I am only a passageway for Spirit. (Black Star, Comanche medicine woman; personal interview, Medford, Oregon,...
Common Arrhythmias Encountered in Primary Practice
A Naturopathic Perspective Emily A. Kane, ND, LAc There’s a saying among cardiologists that rate is easier to control than rhythm. One of the problems with arrhythmias is that the anti-arrhythmic drugs are typically rife with dangerous side effects. The best known,...
Managing Essential Hypertension
A Review of Evidence-Based Strategies Elaine Lewis, HBSc, ND Monique Aucoin, BMSc, ND Kieran Cooley, Bsc, ND, MSC CAND Primary hypertension (HTN) is one of the most prevalent and preventable diseases facing North America. The disorder is linked to premature mortality,...
The Role of Advanced Glycation End Products in CVD
Docere Gaetano Morello, ND Glycation is a nonenzymatic reaction between sugars, such as glucose and fructose, and biological proteins, resulting in the production of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). These compounds accumulate in the body throughout one’s life...
Karoshi: Death by Overwork
Catherine Darley, ND In Japan, karoshi refers to suicides of employees after a period of overwork and work stress. Here in America, many people are working to the extent that their health is damaged and disease states manifest, although not yet to the extent that we...
Heart Failure From AF: Case Report of a 78-Year-Old Woman
Jeremy Mikolai, ND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained heart arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Prevalence of AF increases with age. Approximately 1% of Americans have AF; more than 75% of those are older than 65 years.1 More than 9% of...
Tracking Plaque—Get With IT!: An Interview With Marc Penn, MD, PhD
An Interview With Marc Penn, MD, PhD, Cleveland HeartLab Mark Swanson, ND In diagnostic testing circles, Cleveland HeartLab (CHL) is “IT.” Opened in 2010, CHL is a cardiovascular specialty diagnostic laboratory that was spun out of the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland,...
New Naturopathic Treatments for Dyslipidemia
Stephen Parcell, ND Although it is tempting to write a lengthy article about all the naturopathic treatments for dyslipidemia, I have been tasked with just talking about the relatively new ones. For the purpose of this article, “new” means there are new data from...
The Case for Creating a Specialty Society of Naturopathic Cardiovascular Medicine
Jeremy Mikolai, ND Martin Milner, ND The time has come for the formation of a naturopathic specialty society in cardiovascular medicine. We assert that forming a naturopathic cardiovascular specialty society (NCss) and board certification is necessary because it will...