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Inflammation During Pregnancy Permanently Rewires the Brain

Lifelong Cognitive Health Begins in the Womb With Immune-Driven Brain Changes Inflammation during pregnancy eliminates 70 percent of fetal brain cells responsible for forming critical neural circuits. These changes are visible on MRI scans at birth and are linked to...

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Can Pollution Cause Weight Gain?

Mitch Kennedy, ND Evidence is coming to light to add industrial toxins to the list of causes of obesity. Evidence implicating organotins, a class of persistent compounds containing at least one tin carbon bond, has been published recently. Researchers found both in...

Oxytocin: The Big “O” in Women’s Well-Being

Trina Doerfler, ND, DC Oxytocin is a hormone that has been given too little attention outside the well-known arenas of parturition and lactation, and much too little respect in its power to restore health and well-being in today’s modern women. Far more than an agent...

The Relationship Between Adrenal Function and Menopausal Symptoms

Kathryn Retzler, ND Many clinicians have observed the increased severity of menopause-related symptoms in patients who have experienced chronic stress. Since the adrenal glands “take over” sex hormone production postmenopausally, holistic treatment for menopausal...

The Psychoenergetic Background of Cardiovascular Diseases

Craig Wagstaff, ND Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized nations of the West. The official cause is usually infarction, stroke or heart failure, but of course the underlying vascular damage begins much earlier. We know that in most...

Addiction

David Arneson, ND First of all, I am in recovery myself for more than 20 years, primarily from alcohol. Looking back at the journey, and my clinical experience treating alcoholics and drug addicts (over the last six years), I can say one thing with confidence – this...

Combating Stress with Naturopathic Philosophy

Arlan Cage, ND, LAc Here in the greater Los Angeles region, I see a wide variety of patients, from blue-collar dock workers to high-priced attorneys. They all share one thing in common: I've yet to see a patient with Para-Sympathetic Dominance. Maybe I haven't been in...

The Orthomolecular Treatment of Schizophrenia

Jonathan E. Prousky, ND, FRSH Most schizophrenic patients have disturbances in thought, perception and functioning. In fact, schizophrenia is best described as a combination of perceptual changes (e.g., auditory and/or visual hallucinations) and thought disorder...

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The Link Between Leaky Gut, Food Sensitivities, and Anxiety

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...

Taking Antibiotics Could be Detrimental to Athletes

From University of California - Riverside New research demonstrates that by killing essential gut bacteria, antibiotics ravage athletes' motivation and endurance. The UC Riverside-led mouse study suggests the microbiome is a big factor separating athletes from couch...

Road Noise Negatively Impacts School Children’s Learning

From Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) Road traffic noise is a widespread problem in cities whose impact on children's health remains poorly understood. A new study conducted at 38 schools in Barcelona suggests that traffic noise at schools has a...

Mood of Doctor Can Impact Likelihood of Getting Sued

From University of Melbourne Australian doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness according to new research from the University of Melbourne....

An Assessment Tool for Elderly Driver Safety

From North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University have developed a straightforward questionnaire that older adults can use to assess their "attentional performance" during driving. In proof-of-concept...

New From of Diabetes – Malnutrition-Related

From Albert Einstein College of Medicine A mysterious form of diabetes known as malnutrition-related diabetes afflicts tens of millions of people in Asian and sub-Saharan African countries. Its victims -- mainly thin and impoverished adolescents and young adults --...

Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor

Katie Strobe, N.D. Night after night, I would stare blankly at my medical school application personal essay. I kept reflecting on my life story and  I wanted to become an allopathic doctor, and something just didn't click. I was stuck. After endless contemplation, it...

Questionnaire to Assess Safety of Elderly Drivers

From North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University have developed a straightforward questionnaire that older adults can use to assess their "attentional performance" during driving. In proof-of-concept...

Just the Right Amount of Screen Time for Teens

From Trinity College Dublin New research from the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin has found further evidence of a relationship between online engagement and mental wellbeing in teenagers. The study, published recently in the journal 'Computers in...

Coffee May Help Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

From Johns Hopkins Medicine If you need another reason to start the day drinking a cup of joe, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has revealed that consuming at least one cup of coffee a day may reduce the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) when...

Does Social Media Induce a ‘Dissociative State?

From University of Washington Sometimes when we are reading a good book, it's like we are transported into another world and we stop paying attention to what's around us. Researchers at the University of Washington wondered if people enter a similar state of...

Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor

Katie Strobe, N.D. Night after night, I would stare blankly at my medical school application personal essay. I kept reflecting on my life story and  I wanted to become an allopathic doctor, and something just didn't click. I was stuck. After endless contemplation, it...

Questionnaire to Assess Safety of Elderly Drivers

From North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University have developed a straightforward questionnaire that older adults can use to assess their "attentional performance" during driving. In proof-of-concept...

Just the Right Amount of Screen Time for Teens

From Trinity College Dublin New research from the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin has found further evidence of a relationship between online engagement and mental wellbeing in teenagers. The study, published recently in the journal 'Computers in...

Coffee May Help Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

From Johns Hopkins Medicine If you need another reason to start the day drinking a cup of joe, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has revealed that consuming at least one cup of coffee a day may reduce the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) when...

Does Social Media Induce a ‘Dissociative State?

From University of Washington Sometimes when we are reading a good book, it's like we are transported into another world and we stop paying attention to what's around us. Researchers at the University of Washington wondered if people enter a similar state of...

Reducing TV Could Prevent Heart Disease

From University of Cambridge Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual's genetic makeup, say a team of scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and...

 C. Albicans May Serve a Commensal Purpose

From Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center For many years after discovering a diverse population of sometimes dangerous microbes constantly living in our intestines, scientists described the situation as a form of living with the enemy. But when it comes to...

 Gene Links Stress Response and Learning Disabilities

From Duke University A gene that has been associated with severe learning disabilities in humans has been found to also play a vital role in cells' response to environmental stress, according to a Duke University study appearing May 24 in the journal Cell Reports....

Exposure to Novel Information Could Promote Interest in Learning

From Ohio State University Long before they enter a classroom, people learn to identify commonplace objects like a "dog" and a "chair" just by encountering them in everyday life, with no intent to learn about what they are. A new study is one of the first to provide...

Dysfunctional Breathing Patterns in Athletes

From Ritsumeikan University Breathing patterns are an important indicator of an individual's health. A healthy individual breathes naturally using primary respiratory muscles (e.g., diaphragm muscle) that produce a rhythmic observable movement of the upper rib cage,...

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