by Razi Ann Berry | Feb 10, 2015 | Endocrinology
Richard Maurer, ND There lies a chasm between conventional medical treatment of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and the empowered language of ancestral health. The conventional medical definition of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes is high blood sugar; it follows that...
by NDNR | Jan 30, 2015 | 2015 | January, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Endocrinology
Justin Gallant, ND, BKin While taking a thorough health history, I always ask my patients the golden question, “What happened right before this condition came on?” Time and time again, they have responded by saying they were on antibiotics at the time. There seems to...
by NDNR | Jan 30, 2015 | 2015 | January, Endocrinology
Alison Schulz, ND Andrew Litchy, ND Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are chemicals with the potential to alter the production, metabolism, and activity of hormones in humans and animals. These substances display a variety of idiosyncratic biochemical effects,...
by NDNR | Jan 30, 2015 | 2015 | January, Endocrinology
Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO, FACN Steroidal and peptide hormones have significant immunomodulating properties, and a characteristic pattern of disruption is commonly seen in patients with autoimmunity. Relatively simple natural and/or pharmacologic interventions can be...
by NDNR | Aug 31, 2014 | 2014 | August, Endocrinology, Fertility, Women's Health
Thara Vayali, BSc, MA, ND Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is also referred to as Anovulatory Androgen Excess, and a yet-to-be-determined name under development.1 This diagnosis of exclusion has thrown its net far and wide; as such, the assessment is fuzzy, the...
by NDNR | Aug 31, 2014 | 2014 | August, Endocrinology
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND The thyroid gland has become an unruly scapegoat in the pasture of self-help and wellness. As I write this, a search on Amazon reveals 7446 books, mostly self-help, about thyroid. The book descriptions offer an alluring answer to the questions...
