Robin DiPasqualey, ND In 1923, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for the discovery of insulin, given to Frederick Grant Banting and John James Rickard, who shared the prize with 2 other members of their research team, James Bartram Collip and Charles Herbert...
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Pluriglandular Treatment of Endometrial Dysfunction: Strengthening Corresponding Organs to Restore Balance
Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD The study of endocrinology began as early as the study of medicine. References to endocrinology have been found in Sanskrit writings and in Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman medicine. Hippocrates considered many diseases a result of various...
Carbon Dioxide- The Missing Link: Taking a Closer Look at the Connection Between Carbon Dioxide and Stress
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE As many NDs can attest, the sympathetic nervous systems of their patients are busy adapting to the chronic stressors in contemporary Western culture. Any new natural approaches to deal with this challenge are of strong interest to us. That...
Lessons From the South Pole: Keeping the Philosophy on the Sled Part 1
David Schleich, PhD The Antarctic is the coldest climate on earth. The annual mean temperature at the South Pole is −45°F. Before 1911, no known human (not just Europeans) had ever reached the South Pole. Certainly, no one had ever overwintered in the Antarctic until...
A Catalyst for Positive Change: Using Stories Effectively Is One of the Keys to Making a Difference
Rick Kirschner, ND In 2004, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences (SCNM, Tempe, Arizona) president Dr Paul Mittman asked me to create a class for incoming students that would be “everything you wish you’d known when you started school.” This...
The Monster Under the Bed: Academic Leadership and Professional Formation
David Schleich, PhD After 40 years of intensive research on school learning in the United States as well as abroad, my major conclusion is: What any person in the world can learn, almost all persons can learn, if provided with the appropriate prior and current...
Book Review: Herbal Contraindications and Drug Interactions Plus Herbal Adjuncts With Medicines, 4th Edition
Stacie Deyglio, ND As is characteristic of all Dr Brinker’s written works, he has taken utmost care in this edition to thoroughly explain each section, to assess in detail each of more than 2000 references, and to caution clinicians that in clinical context all herbs...
Book Review: Principles and Practices of Naturopathic Botanical Medicine, Volume 1
Stacie Deyglio, ND Principles and Practices of Naturopathic Botanical Medicine is an innovative 3-volume series created to serve the needs of botanical medicine students in the classroom and to augment clinical study by practitioners in private care. The follow-up...
Clever Rascals: The Rate of the Co-opting of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by Biomedicine is Quickening. Should our Schools be worried?
David Schleich, PhD When I first joined the naturopathic medical education field, Pat Wales, DC, ND, a longtime leader of the profession in Canada, was coaching me about the emerging preferences of new NDs. She cautioned that the schools and their recent grads were...
The Condition Our Condition Is In: A Teacher Training Model (Part 2)
David Schleich, PhD We well know the central importance to professional formation of our teachers’ skills. Their ability to convey theoretical, didactic, and clinical knowledge, skills, and information is intrinsic to conveying the profession into the future. This...