By Heather Tynan, ND If you know herbs and heart health, you know hawthorn (Crataegus spp). This plant is well known for its gentle yet powerful tonification effects on the heart and the entire cardiovascular system, notably its ability to moderately lower blood...
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Understanding Preeclampsia
How to Reduce Risk in Pregnancy and Prevent Future Cardiovascular Disease By Alexsia Priolo Introduction Pregnancy places significant physiologic stress on the cardiovascular system, prompting structural and hemodynamic changes to manage increased blood volume and...
Adjunctive Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Botanical and Nutrient Therapies By Alexandra Mele, ND This article explores the case of a 76-year-old patient with treatment-resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It highlights how botanical medicines and nutrient therapies complement conventional care, including...
Allergy / Immunology / Environmental / Toxicology Issues – March 2025 | Volume 20 | Issue 2
Issue Details Volume 20 | Issue No.01Published: Jan 2025Theme: Women’s HealthISSN: 2169-1622 [simplebooklet src="https://simplebooklet.com/embed.php?wpKey=TfHb8yHXoODbAWSBz3m4Ju&source=wordpress" width="986" height="637"] We are excited to present the official...
Microplastics May Be Making Our Food More Toxic, Study Warns
New research shows that tiny plastic particles in soil and water can increase the amount of toxic chemicals plants and human cells absorb, raising fresh concerns about food safety. Two studies from Rutgers Health found that lettuce exposed to both micro- and...
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Mucusless Diet & Rational Fasting
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Everyone knows we dig our graves with our teeth, but the saddest of all is the present day superstition of 99% of all the people―the most highly educated and the ignorant―the healthy as well as the sick―the rich...
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Gut Bacteria Directly Trigger Chronic Pain in Fibromyalgia
Gut microbes from patients rapidly activate immune responses and nerve changes that drive lasting, unexplained pain. Gut Microbes Influence Chronic Pain and Immunity Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread pain throughout the body, often...
Healthy Gut, Healthy Blood: Gut Health Shown to Prevent Leukemia
Naturopathic medicine has long emphasized digestive health as foundational to robust immune function. Early naturopathic physicians drew inspiration from pioneering microbiologist Elie Metchnikoff, who proposed in the early 1900s that beneficial gut bacteria are...
Air and Light Pollution Raise Childhood Thyroid Cancer Risk by 7–25%
Early-Life Exposure from Pregnancy to Age One Impacts Teens' Health Early exposure to air pollution and artificial electric lighting increases children's thyroid cancer risk by measurable amounts. Children exposed from pregnancy through their first year experience a...
Pediatric Mattress Emissions Linked to Hormone Disruption, Cancer, and Neurodevelopmental Harm During Sleep
Toxic chemicals in children’s mattresses are released by body heat and weight, directly into the breathing zone during sleep. For infants and toddlers, chemical exposure during sleep can disrupt hormones, interfere with neurological development, impair organ function,...
6,7, or 8: How Many Years Should It Take to Become an ND?
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Educational standards for physician training programs have risen substantially from what they used to be. For a long time, the normal route to medical school was to obtain a baccalaureate degree prior to medical school. Not wanting to be...
Nutrition and Self-Healing Part II
JAMES SENSENIG, ND CHARLEY CROPLEY, ND This column is transcribed from a weekly live conversation produced by the Naturopathic Medical Institute (NMI). The goal of NMI is to preserve and promote the principles of naturopathic philosophy through clinical...
Quieting the Noise: Four Key Factors to Address in Autoimmune Disease
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Autoimmunity is a complex disease state with multiple factors contributing to its expression. Autoimmune disease is not simply a physical ailment. An emotional component may also be involved in the etiology of the condition. Our...
DOCTOR WALKS ACROSS AMERICA FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND A HEALTHY AMERICA
Myrtle Beach, SC - Dr. Dennis Godby, 66, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor from Sacramento, California, will embark on a solo journey—his third on foot across the USA —in the Walk USA for Health Equity, beginning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on September 12, 2022....
Insomnia Could Lead to Cognitive Decline in Later LIfe
From University of Helsinki The Helsinki Health Study at the University of Helsinki investigated the development of insomnia symptoms in midlife and their effects on memory, learning ability and concentration after retirement. The follow-up period was 15-17 years....
WEBINAR | DISCOVER THE SCIENCE OF SILVER A Practice Protocol Review for Immune Support*
FREE WEBINAR | June 8th5:00 P.M. PST8:00 P.M. EST Register Now Join Tracy Leonhardt, D.O. to discuss the science behind the use of silver for immune support*. She will not only review historical use through the millennia but also review the Science of...
Endocannabinoid Physiology & ECS Deficiency Syndrome
Review of Endocannabinoid System (ECS) physiology and endocannabinoid communications • Analyze the significance of the ECS as the master switchboard for all other systems • Connecting chronic conditions to ECS Deficiency Syndrome • Explore links between the...
Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
I never imagined my quest to fulfill my learners permit hours as fast as possible would lead me to my future career. After all, I was fifteen and the only vision I had for my future was the freedom of having my license and then maybe becoming a pro snowboarder...
Adventurous Play May Lower Mental Health Issues in Children
From University of Exeter Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research. A study led by the University of Exeter asked parents how often...
Science Doesn’t Sell Pleasurable Products
From Ohio State University People don't want science anywhere near their delicious chocolate chip cookies. But they're happy to have science create body wash that fights odor-causing bacteria. In a series of 10 studies, researchers found that people don't like science...
WEBINAR | DISCOVER THE SCIENCE OF SILVER A Practice Protocol Review for Immune Support*
FREE WEBINAR | June 8th5:00 P.M. PST8:00 P.M. EST Register Now Join Tracy Leonhardt, D.O. to discuss the science behind the use of silver for immune support*. She will not only review historical use through the millennia but also review the Science of...
Endocannabinoid Physiology & ECS Deficiency Syndrome
Review of Endocannabinoid System (ECS) physiology and endocannabinoid communications • Analyze the significance of the ECS as the master switchboard for all other systems • Connecting chronic conditions to ECS Deficiency Syndrome • Explore links between the...
Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
I never imagined my quest to fulfill my learners permit hours as fast as possible would lead me to my future career. After all, I was fifteen and the only vision I had for my future was the freedom of having my license and then maybe becoming a pro snowboarder...
Adventurous Play May Lower Mental Health Issues in Children
From University of Exeter Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research. A study led by the University of Exeter asked parents how often...
Science Doesn’t Sell Pleasurable Products
From Ohio State University People don't want science anywhere near their delicious chocolate chip cookies. But they're happy to have science create body wash that fights odor-causing bacteria. In a series of 10 studies, researchers found that people don't like science...
Young Men: Diet Helps Depressive Symptoms
From University of Technology Sydney Young men with a poor diet saw a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression when they switched to a healthy Mediterranean diet, a new study shows. Depression is a common mental health condition that affects...
Double Your Sperm Count by Losing Weight
From University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Men all over the world are suffering from deteriorating semen quality -- often referred to as an outright fertility crisis. Now, however, there may be good news for some of the men who are...
Neurophysiology of Psychopathy
From Nanyang Technological University Neuroscientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), University of Pennsylvania, and California State University, have established the existence of a biological difference between psychopaths and...
Could Poor Eyesight be Masquerading as Cognitive Decline?
From University of South Australia Millions of older people with poor vision are at risk of being misdiagnosed with mild cognitive impairments, according to a new study by the University of South Australia. Cognitive tests that rely on vision-dependent tasks could be...
Addressing Lung Failure Earlier to Prevent COPD
From La Jolla Institute for Immunology If you've ever struggled to breathe, you've had a moment of hypoxia -- a lack of oxygen. Hypoxia can have long-term effects. In fact, doctors describe hypoxia as an "initial insult." Experiencing hypoxia is a known trigger for...
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Sonoran University of Health Sciences Appoints Dr. Lise Alschuler as New President
TEMPE, Ariz. – Sonoran University of Health Sciences announced today the appointment of Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, MBA, as its new president and CEO, effective July 2025. Dr. Alschuler, a leader in integrative medicine and distinguished naturopathic...
DEA Announces New Rules for Telemedicine Prescriptions of Controlled Substances
Permanent Telemedicine Rules Build on COVID-Era Flexibilities The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has finalized new rules to make temporary telemedicine flexibilities introduced during the COVID-19 public health emergency permanent. These rules govern how...









