Bronner Handwerger, ND Assessing cardiovascular risk factors is always part of the naturopathic intake. The question arises as to how we assess these risks. We recognize that traditional markers like […]
Kristina Conner, ND I’ve reached an interesting point in my career, becoming no longer enamored of diagnosing. Perhaps I have done it enough to realize the shortcomings of our diagnosis
Eric Yarnell, ND and Lauren Russel, ND Cervical cancer and dysplasia are sexually transmitted diseases caused by a variety of subtypes of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Incidence has been dropping
Dicken Weatherby, ND It is the way of modern medicine and of some “alternative” practitioners to simply address the symptoms of hormonal imbalance, say by prescribing hormones or herbs rather
Mary F. Shackelton, MPH, ND Hormone balancing for women usually includes consideration of progesterone and estrogen levels, and the management of symptoms resulting from deficiencies or excesses of each hormone.
Erika Horowitz, ND, MSOM Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of death among women, behind lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Association, in 2007 an estimated 178,480 new cases
Amanda Anderson, ND We know optimal nutrition starts in utero. We know about folic acid preventing neural tube defects. We even know about DHA helping develop fetal neural and ocular
Eric Yarnell, ND Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protease produced by prostate cells to liquefy the semen. Though it is found in non-prostatic cells in minute amounts, it is largely
Eric Yarnell, ND and Lauren Russel, ND Prostate cancer is the most common invasive cancer and the second most lethal cancer in men. After the introduction of the total prostate
Progesterone: A Male Hormone Progesterone has long been known as the steroid hormone implicated in all things female: the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy and embryogenesis. We’ve been slathering it on,
