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The Breath of Life: Mastering the Art of Conscious Breathing

Jennifer Ruthensteiner, ND Breath sustains life, yet in today’s fast-paced world, it often becomes a neglected tool. Ancient traditions revered breath as the essence of life, linking body, mind, and spirit. Modern life, however, fosters shallow breathing patterns that...

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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...

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Shifting East: Naturopathy Recalibrates

Shifting East: Naturopathy Recalibrates

Education David J. Schleich, PhD Naturopathic medicine is a profession that is busy crafting and holding space in an expensive, eschewing healthcare landscape where orthodox allopathic medicine holds the key cards. It is also an idea, though, quite unlike biomedicine,...

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Innovative Molecular Cancer Therapies

Debi Walker, ND Lidia Dounaevskaia, ND The art and science of oncology has been around for centuries. Egyptians documented characteristics and survival of women with breast tumors, and the oldest tumor registry dates back to 300-1500BC. Hippocrates coined the terms...

Treating Cancer in a Multidisciplinary Setting

Dan Labriola, ND Introduction There is no shortage of potential natural treatments for cancer. They are in literally every natural medicine journal in articles, advertising, reviews and original research. What you won’t find, however, is a corresponding number of...

Using Zusanli (ST36) to Treat Autoimmune Disease

Leslie Axelrod, ND, LAc Naturopathic medicine is an art in which we can appreciate simplicity, especially when treating complicated conditions such as autoimmune disease. It is impressive to note that there is a single point on the body that can have a dramatic effect...

Heavy Metal Toxicity-Detoxification

David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN This article is one in a series of Clinical Rounds that has been appearing periodically in NDNR. Real case studies from Dr. Brady’s practice are presented. It is his aim to present interesting cases that will facilitate thought and...

Are Our Colleges Social Enterprises?

David Schleich, PhD Last issue we considered how identifying funding sources and social orientation could help classify our schools. There are a number of typologies into which our colleges might fit, though, apart from these two key variables. The “social enterprise”...

Naturopathic Protocol for Podiatric Procedures

  John Hahn, DPM, ND As a practicing podiatric physician and surgeon for more than 30 years, I have been exposed to many forms of therapy for common foot conditions that were mostly allopathic in nature. Not until I was trained as a naturopathic physician at NCNM...

College Governors as a Collective Resource

David J. Schleich, PhD As we move faster along the path of professional formation for the naturopathic community in North America, we would be wise to capture collectively and share the energy, networks and knowledge of the governing bodies of the Association of...

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Contracting Bird Flu Without Contact?

A man with no known contact with a bird flu infected animal nevertheless contracted bird flu. But let’s not panic: “This could still be a one-off case…

A New Cancer Subtype

A new, thankfully rare, type of small cell lung cancer has been discovered: it has been shown to primarily occur in younger people–who have never even smoked.

Gut Bacteria & Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma, caused by asbestos exposure, is an aggressive form of cancer with no cure; treatments attempt to improve/expand quality of life. A study published in Nature Communications, found that some gut bacteria influence the body’s ability to fight mesothelioma....

A New Cancer Subtype

A new, thankfully rare, type of small cell lung cancer has been discovered: it has been shown to primarily occur in younger people–who have never even smoked.

Gut Bacteria & Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma, caused by asbestos exposure, is an aggressive form of cancer with no cure; treatments attempt to improve/expand quality of life. A study published in Nature Communications, found that some gut bacteria influence the body’s ability to fight mesothelioma....

A Promising Next-Gen Probiotic

“Gut microbiota is considered to be one of the important factors that maintain human health by regulating host metabolism.” An article in the Virulence journal provides a comprehensive look at Akkermansia muciniphila, which is found in abundance in the gut, regulates...

NDs in Washington State: An Expanded Role

NDs in Washington State will soon—October!—have an expanded range, including the ability to diagnose autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and other neurological conditions and developmental delays. Due in huge part to the Washington Association of Naturopathic...

Ayurvedic Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects up to 1% of the world’s population.1 The Journal of Ayurveda Integrative Medicine published an article evaluating the clinical outcome of Ayurveda whole system intervention—oral medicines, local therapy, and dietary...

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