NODE SMITH, ND As an individual's free time increases, so does that person's sense of well-being -- but only up to a point. Too much free time can be also be a bad thing, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. "People often complain...
NODE SMITH, ND A pilot study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine combined wearable technology and patient-reported outcomes to assess the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment in osteoarthritis (OA). The results, published in the journal...
NODE SMITH, ND An opioid overdose isn't a death sentence. In fact, estimates indicate that in the United States, only 4% to 18% of opioid overdoses that are treated in a hospital or pre-hospital setting -- such as an ambulance or someone's home -- actually kill the...
NODE SMITH, ND Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the...
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers from Kaunas universities, Lithuania developed a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer's disease from brain images with an accuracy of over 99 per cent. The method was developed while analyzing functional...
Higher odds of mania and psychosis
Node Smith, ND Caffeine: America's Drug of Choice, Anytime, Everywhere Caffeine is certainly America’s favorite drug. And we certainly use it to its maximum potential, pushing ourselves to stay up later, get up earlier, work and play more, and do everything FASTER,...
Node Smith, ND Aged Garlic Extract to Decrease Painful Inflammation and Lower Cholesterol Levels A recent study looked at the ability of aged garlic extract to decrease painful inflammation as well as lower cholesterol levels in obese individuals.1 Obesity has become...
Node Smith, ND The Sound of Psychosis A recent report by researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital confirms that a computer-based analysis of speech patterns of teens at risk of psychosis was able to predict which individuals would go on to develop symptoms within 2 years.1...
Node Smith, ND Topic Worthy of Contention or Unworthy of Worry? It’s a very contentious topic, and generally atheists have been shown to outperform religious individuals in intelligence tests. Recently, a study sought to uncover whether or not this holds true over...
Node Smith, ND Blood Test to Detect Cancer Could be Available Soon The latest issue of the journal Science, gives a promising account of a blood test to detect cancer being available soon.1 According to the study report, the blood test will be able to detect 8 common...
Node Smith, ND Male Birth Control may not be Far Off The question of contraception is largely left up to women, because most of the contraception methods are directed at the female population. Besides condoms, men don’t have an effective method to utilize. The...
Node Smith, ND Evidence Supports Bile Acids for Changes to Metabolism of Fat Cells A recent study has supporting evidence that bile acids actually help change the metabolism of fat cells and could potentially be used as a new therapy for obesity.1 The study also...
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of Dr. Ed Alstat, a dear friend to NUNM, as well as to the naturopathic profession. Ed’s life was tragically cut short in an auto accident Friday near his home in Sandy, Oregon. Devoted Nearly 40...
SHARUM SHARIF, ND Emotionally traumatized people are stuck in survival mode, constantly fighting off unseen enemies, which leaves no room for nurturing, caring, or love in their lives. They are often unable to connect and feel intimate with others, and they are...
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...
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Over the last 2 years, we have experienced the burden of living in the COVID era. There is no psychological preparation for such an event. There is constant uncertainty. There is also fear, sensationalized media, employment changes, and...
NICOLE CAIN, ND, MA MICHELLE MADDUX, ND Anxiety and depression are not new issues for human beings. However, their prevalence has been increasing at shocking rates over the past few years. Preliminary data estimates that depression rates have tripled since...
Node Smith, ND It turns out creating tiny injuries on your face with needles actually helps decrease the appearance of acne scars. Microneedling helps rejuvenation and decreases inflammation and scarring Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)...
Node Smith, ND There is nothing to be gained by operating on a patient with a so-called displaced fracture of the shoulder. Three weeks with the arm in a sling so that the shoulder is kept inactive yields the same results. This is documented by a new study with...
Node Smith, ND Researchers found that people who ate high levels of vitamin A were 17 percent less likely to get the second-most-common type of skin cancer years later. A healthy diet rich in vitamin A may reduce risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin...
Node Smith, ND The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a comprehensive policy framework for the development and oversight of regenerative medicine products, including novel cellular therapies. The framework: development and oversight of regenerative medicine...
Node Smith, ND From risks of violence and abuse to disrupting their development, humanitarian crises present major threats to the wellbeing of children, and for more than two decades Child Friendly Spaces have been considered one of the best ways to respond. First...
Node Smith, ND Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study. The longitudinal study, published in PLOS Medicine, reports the most robust evidence to date that social contact earlier in...
Node Smith, ND When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state's surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients who go...
Node Smith, ND Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, Johns Hopkins experts say. They believe this reputation may hamper patients from getting necessary treatment for the kinds of depression that don’t...
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. (Neils Bohr) In the widening circle of inter-professional medical education, there is a startling statistic afoot. Dr Michael Pitt, from the University of Minnesota School of...
Tolle Causam Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA It is debatable whether dementia is on the rise. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, brain disease and dementia are on the rise across all 50 US states, with an estimated 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s.1...
Node Smith, ND Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study. The longitudinal study, published in PLOS Medicine, reports the most robust evidence to date that social contact earlier in...
Node Smith, ND When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state's surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients who go...
Node Smith, ND Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, Johns Hopkins experts say. They believe this reputation may hamper patients from getting necessary treatment for the kinds of depression that don’t...
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. (Neils Bohr) In the widening circle of inter-professional medical education, there is a startling statistic afoot. Dr Michael Pitt, from the University of Minnesota School of...
Tolle Causam Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA It is debatable whether dementia is on the rise. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, brain disease and dementia are on the rise across all 50 US states, with an estimated 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s.1...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Nazanin Vassighi, NDMichael Lehman, ND Abstract Historical records document homeopathy’s effectiveness in reducing mortality from lower respiratory infections (LRIs), particularly pneumonia and influenza, with outcomes that surpassed...
Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Ashley Segal Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms experienced by women during menopause. However, hot flashes may occur during the premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal...
Tolle Totum Sara Thyr, ND Most people have been affected by someone with dementia, either a family member or a close friend, or possibly a patient. There are few illnesses that create such exquisite hardship with family and friends. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the...
Tolle Causam Jessica Moore, ND, FABNO Over 15% of human cancers can be attributed to infectious agents, and current research suggests that 1/3 to 1/2 of these cases may be due to infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs). This group is composed of over 150 related...
Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Today I want to present a simple example of a case helped by homeopathy. This case is typical of a day’s work, and as a naturopathic doctor I could not do without it. The Patient June is an active lady in her early 70s. After...
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NODE SMITH, ND Migraines are a pain in the head and in the hip pocket, but newly discovered genetic causes by QUT researchers could lead the way to new preventative drugs and therapies. Genetic analyses findings were published in The American Journal of Human...
NODE SMITH, ND In a new paper, scientists suggest that efforts to understand human cognition should expand beyond the study of individual brains. They call on neuroscientists to incorporate evidence from social science disciplines to better understand how people...
