Sussanna Czeranko, ND What is wrong with most people is that they want to eat things that are not good for them, they want to drink things that are not good for them, and they want to do things that are not good for them. But they also want to be healthy while doing...
Men’s Health
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November 2009 | Men's Health
Cardiovascular Therapy Update 2009 Paul S. Anderson, ND Research supporting oral and in Naturopathic Approach to Young Men’s Health Steve Rissman, ND The author sees a need to reach out to young, college-aged men regarding their health. Perspective and direction on...
Early Prostate Cancer
Overdiagnosis and radical treatment Michael Uzick, NMD Prostate cancer is now the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates over 190,000 new cases and over 27,000 deaths from prostate cancer in 2009.1...
Are Bioidentical Hormones What Hormone Balancing Is Really About?
David Greenspan, ND It is wonderful to see, as we have seen in so many places in medicine, that principles and practices of naturopathic medicine are becoming recognized as valid and safe when it comes to hormone balancing and hormone replacement therapy. As with many...
Nutritional Support for Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Herpes zoster is a painful vesicular eruption caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). It is marked by inflammation of the posterior root ganglia of the spinal or cranial peripheral nerves. After a prodromal illness of pain and paresthesias,...
Biofilms and Urinary Tract Health: Part 2 of 2
Nita Bishop, ND and Rowan Hamilton, MNIMH Have antibiotics been designed around the wrong premise? More than 100 years ago, Robert Koch made an important breakthrough in the history of microbiology by developing methods to create a solid nutrient media to...
Lower Gastrointestinal Review
Gurdev Parmar, ND, FABNO With so much information to keep up to date with in a family practice, it is my intention to keep the general-practice ND current with some of the latest relevant oncology research. This article will review colorectal cancer (CRC) literature...
Preventing Colon Cancer with Exercise
Sarah Skolout-Redick, ND Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. However, it also has many modifiable risk factors, and various strategies have been developed to detect and prevent colon cancer. When confronted with a patient...
Getting Men to Take Care of Their Health
Shandor Weiss, ND, LAc What is the No. 1 issue in men’s healthcare? I propose it is this: getting men to take care of their health. This includes not only getting men to see a doctor, but also to follow through with their doctor’s recommendations. Regardless of what...
Natural Treatments for Hemorrhoids
Nirala Jacobi, ND Hemorrhoids are a common condition, frequently overshadowed by more “glamorous” afflictions. Most NDs have successful treatment plans for hemorrhoids, including many of the suggestions in this article. As part of a list of recommendations, I’d like...