Chemical Profiling of Plastic Particles Reveals Implant Risks and Long-Term Exposure Concerns Nanoplastics are synthetic polymer fragments smaller than 100 nanometers. Microplastics range in size from 100 nanometers to 5 millimeters. By comparison, a human red blood...
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Mediterranean Diet and Movement Preserve Bone Density in Older Women
Structured Weight Loss Protects Lumbar and Hip Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women Older women with overweight or obesity who followed a calorie-controlled Mediterranean diet combined with regular physical activity maintained key markers of bone health over three...
Mitochondrial Disruption Explains Systemic Benzodiazepine Side Effects
New Evidence Links Long-Term Use and Withdrawal Symptoms to Cellular Energy Dysfunction Benzodiazepines impair mitochondrial signaling across multiple systems in the body, not just GABA receptors in the brain. Mitochondria play a central role in regulating cell energy...
Paternal Depression Increases ADHD and Behavioral Risk by 37%
Depressed Fathers Raise Behavioral and Social Risk in School-Aged Children Children whose fathers had depression at age 5 were up to 37% more likely to develop hyperactivity, oppositional behaviors, and ADHD symptoms by age 9, based on teacher reports. These children...
Therapeutic Order: Navigating an Ever-Increasing Toxic World
Healing Chronic Illness through Environmental Medicine By Kim Furtado, N.D. Exposure to heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and other chemicals is rising, with no clear end in sight. The identification of novel forever chemicals, contamination of everyday...
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Book Review – Master Your Diabetes: A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach for Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Education Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Blaine Harbourne, ND, LDN, CNS, CSCS Master Your Diabetes: A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach for Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Worldwide, there are 350 million...
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Treating MRSA: History and a Case Study
Jacob Schor, ND This all has to do with a patient named Linda. I’ve known her since 1994; she’s 56 years old now. She is a gifted massage therapist with a following of post-traumatic stress disorder clients. In these intervening years, she returned to school and...
What is “Governance”… and Why Do Our Naturopathic Programs and Colleges Need Some?
David Schleich, PhD NDs by and large have come to understand the critical role played by governance in our colleges and programs. In the same way that natural medicine was much enhanced by improvements in accreditation, so too a growing sophistication in governance...
Book Review: The Healing Power of Flax- The Definitive Guide
Stacie Deyglio, ND Linium usitatissimum, the flax plant, has been a benefit to global civilizations for centuries. From its ancestral role as the textile resource of linen to the now modern health advantage of providing the richest vegetable source of alpha lipoic...
Book Review: Textbook of Natural Medicine (3rd Edition), Volumes 1 & 2
Stacie Deyglio, ND The third edition of the Textbook of Natural Medicine is a comprehensively researched and referenced natural medicine text including 90 contributors and more than 10,000 peer-reviewed literature citations. In this new, expanded version of the...
Using Blood Chemistry Analysis to Screen for Metabolic Syndrome
Dicken Weatherby, ND I believe that Type II diabetes and other serious health conditions can be prevented if physicians know what to watch for long before the full-blown disease state manifests. A term we hear often these days is metabolic syndrome, which used to be...
A Degree and the Company it Keeps
David Schleich, PhD All naturopathic graduates from CNME-accredited schools in the U.S. and Canada are able to put the letters “ND” behind their names. However, the Canadian ND is a diploma, rather than a degree. The credential is different because the higher...
Etiological Factors Involved With Metabolic Syndrome
Mona Morstein, ND Although allopathic physicians recently have been debating whether metabolic syndrome is actually a syndrome, the rest of the world seems solidly ensconced in the belief that it is. The World Health Organization (WHO) was first to come out with...
Quality Assurance of Natural Products: The New FDA Regulations Alone Do Not Ensure High-Quality Supplements
Rick Liva, RPh, ND Why write about quality assurance of natural products? My intent for these quality assurance articles is simple: I will do my best to educate healthcare practitioners about the quality assurance and quality control procedures necessary to make the...
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Healing the Gut to Calm the Mind: A Case Study in Pediatric Anxiety and OCD-Like Behavior
Alexander Arrington, ND A 7-year-old male experienced complete remission of severe anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behaviors following targeted microbiome and nutritional therapy. Abstract A 7-year-old male presented with sudden-onset severe anxiety and...
The Mind-Body Bridge: Naturopathic Philosophy Meets Psychotherapy & Neuroscience
Alina Soto, ND, LMHCA “The mind as an emergent property of the body and relationships is created within internal neurophysiological processes and relational experiences. In other words, the mind is a process that emerges from the distributed nervous system extending...
The Link Between Leaky Gut, Food Sensitivities, and Anxiety
Discover how leaky gut and common food sensitivities like gluten and dairy contribute to anxiety by triggering inflammation and disrupting the gut-brain axis. Tiffany Jackson, ND Abstract Leaky gut—characterized by increased intestinal permeability—emerges as a key...
Mental Health’s Flat Earth: Why It’s Time to Abandon the DSM and Face the Illusion of Diagnosis
Steven Rondeau BCN (EEG), qEEG-DL The DSM offers outdated labels based on symptoms, not biology. qEEG and brain mapping provide objective insights that empower more accurate, personalized mental health care. Diagnosing in the Dark: The Problem Psychiatry Refuses...
Hiding in Plain Sight
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Female Patients KATRINA IIAMS-HAUSER, ND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that presents in a stunning array of varieties. Hallmarks of ASD include difficulties with social interaction, restricted...
Complex Chronic Illnesses
Opportunities for Mind/Body Reintegration THALIA HALE, ND One of my biggest “never say never” moments was in naturopathic medical school over 10 years ago, when I said that I would never treat Lyme disease. With my limited knowledge, I could not get behind...
Beyond the Physical Symptoms
What Are Patients Actually Telling You? SERENA GOLDSTEIN, ND We’ve seen it in practice, heard about it from friends, and experienced it ourselves. Or perhaps we are new to it: the idea that there can be a deeper cause or meaning beyond a physical symptom...
Craniosacral Therapy
Adjunctive Treatment in Holistic Psychiatric Care JAYNE DUBOIS, ND Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a gentle but powerful form of bodywork derived from osteopathic manipulation. Treated areas include the cranium and sacrum as well as joints, muscles, fascia,...
Patients Can Achieve Lasting Results
Start With Your Own Mindset DANIELLE CHANDLER While it may seem clear that a patient’s mindset can have a huge impact on their health journey, if you want your patients to have the greatest probability of success, there’s another set of attitudes, impressions, and...
Opening the Door
Acknowledging Vulnerability Is a Powerful Tool for Building Resilience AMY CHADWICK, ND Vulnerability is an inherent aspect of being alive. As such, vulnerability has a purpose. When needs are heard, acknowledged, shared, and met with compassion, vulnerability...
Integrations: our newest product category for connecting (even more) dots between science and symptoms
NeuroScience has always focused on addressing the science behind symptoms. This remains our approach to healthcare because we believe everything is connected. A single symptom doesn’t have a single resolution, and bodily systems like the nervous or immune systems work...
GRAMINEX®, L.L.C. Completes Clinical Trial with Graminex® Flower
Pollen Extract Focusing on Women’s Urinary Incontinence with Positive Results.Deshler, Ohio. August 1, 2022 – Graminex®, L.L.C. is pleased to announce it has completed a clinical study with Graminex® Flower Pollen Extract for women’s urinary incontinence and urinary...
Fullscript joins athenahealth Marketplace Program to further healthcare accessibility for practitioners
New platform integration designed to maximize clinical efficiency and improve patient outcomes PHOENIX – July 26, 2022 - Today, Fullscript, the leading care delivery platform for integrative medicine, announced it has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the...
Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
Allison Apfelbaum, ND, LMP The Naturopathic medical profession is one of a kind. I grew up on the east coast, and when I was determining as an undergraduate what I wanted to do with my Bachelor of...
Opening the Door
Acknowledging Vulnerability Is a Powerful Tool for Building Resilience AMY CHADWICK, ND Vulnerability is an inherent aspect of being alive. As such, vulnerability has a purpose. When needs are heard, acknowledged, shared, and met with compassion, vulnerability...
Integrations: our newest product category for connecting (even more) dots between science and symptoms
NeuroScience has always focused on addressing the science behind symptoms. This remains our approach to healthcare because we believe everything is connected. A single symptom doesn’t have a single resolution, and bodily systems like the nervous or immune systems work...
GRAMINEX®, L.L.C. Completes Clinical Trial with Graminex® Flower
Pollen Extract Focusing on Women’s Urinary Incontinence with Positive Results.Deshler, Ohio. August 1, 2022 – Graminex®, L.L.C. is pleased to announce it has completed a clinical study with Graminex® Flower Pollen Extract for women’s urinary incontinence and urinary...
Fullscript joins athenahealth Marketplace Program to further healthcare accessibility for practitioners
New platform integration designed to maximize clinical efficiency and improve patient outcomes PHOENIX – July 26, 2022 - Today, Fullscript, the leading care delivery platform for integrative medicine, announced it has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the...
Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
Allison Apfelbaum, ND, LMP The Naturopathic medical profession is one of a kind. I grew up on the east coast, and when I was determining as an undergraduate what I wanted to do with my Bachelor of...
PERQUE LLC introduces PERQUE DigestivAide™ Herbal Bitters.
ASHBURN, VA – PERQUE LLC announces the launch of PERQUE DigestivAide Herbal Bitters, a novel combination of angelica, burdock, dandelion, fennel, ginger, and yellow dock bitters to be taken before meals to stimulate appetite and promote healthy digestion. The...
Leaders Who are “Engaging” May Help Team Effectiveness
From PLOS A new analysis suggests that a particular leadership style dubbed "engaging leadership" can boost employees' engagement and enhance team effectiveness within the workplace. Greta Mazzetti of the University of Bologna, Italy, and Wilmar Schaufeli of Utrecht...
Cannabis Addiction More Likely in Adolescents, but Not Mental Health Issues
From University College London Adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be at increased risk of other mental health problems related to the drug, finds a new study led by UCL and King's College London...
Perhaps Only 20% Have Good Heart Health
From American Heart Association About 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association's new Life's Essential 8™ checklist according to a new study published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship,...
Genetic Connections to Childhood Fatty Liver Disease
From University of California - San Diego In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have deepened investigations into the genetic origins of nonalcoholic fatty liver...
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Long-Term Yogurt Consumption Linked to Lower Rates of Certain Colorectal Cancers
Key Findings: Researchers from Mass General Brigham found that consuming two or more servings of yogurt per week was associated with a 20% lower incidence of Bifidobacterium-positive proximal colon cancer. The study followed over 150,000 participants for more than...
Microplastics May Be Making Our Food More Toxic, Study Warns
New research shows that tiny plastic particles in soil and water can increase the amount of toxic chemicals plants and human cells absorb, raising fresh concerns about food safety. Two studies from Rutgers Health found that lettuce exposed to both micro- and...



