NODE SMITH, ND Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or documented mental health disparities between...
JACOB SCHOR, ND, FABNO This past winter, my wife and I saved all the cardboard tubes at the core of toilet paper and paper towel rolls. Today (early March), I will use them to make “tick tubes.” Our nearest neighbor, a...
JAMES SENSENIG, ND LOUISE EDWARDS, ND, LAC 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...
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, have shown how the simple act of walking can power an implantable stimulator device to speed up treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. The results of have been...
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Life is full of cycles of birth, growth, senescence, and death, only to start anew. As we study biology in medical school, we learn about cell cycles, biochemical cycles, and feedback loops that grow, self-extinguish, and then start up...
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Node Smith, ND Major Finding from Researchers at Houston Methodist A research study is currently being conducted to help develop better testing for an autoimmune disease disorder which could be commonly misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.1 This is a...
Node Smith, ND New Device Separates Strong, Healthy Sperm from the Weaker Ones A new device about the size of a credit card is able to separate strong, healthy sperm from the weaker ones, in about 10 minutes.1 It is becoming increasingly acknowledged that healthy...
Node Smith, ND Skin Cancer Detection Sans Biopsy This year’s international James Dyson Award was given to the invention of a device that can detect skin cancer without taking a biopsy.1 The James Dyson Award is an annual competition open to university students or...
Node Smith, ND Taurine to the Rescue A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that the amino acid taurine can actually help spark myelin regeneration, a process which is vitally important in multiple sclerosis (MS). 1 Myelin is a...
Node Smith, ND Detect for Iron and Vitamin A Deficiencies at Point of Care A group of researchers and engineers from Cornell University recently developed a rapid test to detect iron and Vitamin A deficiencies at the point of care.1 This is less of a concern in the...
Node Smith, ND How versus How Much Many parents and caregivers are asking the question: “how much screen time is too much?” According to a recent study1 conducted at the University of Michigan, this may be the wrong question. The study suggests that how a child uses a...
Node Smith, ND “Mini-Brains” from Human Stem Cells A popular tool in neurological research is using 3D living models of human brains. A group of researchers from Houston Methodist Research Institute has increased the speed of making these “mini-brains” from human stem...
Node Smith, ND Blood Testing for Breast Cancer Recurrence At the recent 40th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, a blood test that could determine the risk of breast cancer recurrence was discussed.1 The proof-of-concept study was conducted by the ECOG-ACRIN...
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found. In patients with metabolic diseases, elevated fat levels in the blood create stress in muscle cells -- a...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO The lethargy that many Alzheimer's patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep, but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake, according to a study that also confirms the tau protein is behind...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Observational research has suggested that light alcohol consumption may provide heart-related health benefits, but in a large study published in JAMA Network Open, alcohol intake at all levels was linked with higher risks of...
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY When we make complex decisions, we have to take many factors into account. Some choices have a high payoff but carry potential risks; others are lower risk but may have a lower reward associated with them. A new study from MIT...
Naturopathic Perspective Greg Eckel, ND, LAc In 1817, James Parkinson published an essay on The Shaking Palsy. In 1911, levodopa was first synthesized by Casimir Funk, though it didn’t enter into clinical practice until 1967. The first large study on its positive...
Node Smith, ND Like to unwind with a glass of red wine after a stressful day? Don't give alcohol all the credit. New research has revealed that the plant compound resveratrol, which is found in red wine, displays anti-stress effects by blocking the expression of an...
Node Smith, ND Nearly half of American women having a baby in the last decade received a prescription for a powerful opioid painkiller as part of their birth experience, a new study shows. And one or two in every hundred were still filling opioid prescriptions a year...
Debra K. Brunk, PhD, CNS; Decker Weiss, ND, FASA; Dennis A. Goodman, MD, FACP, FACC, FCCP, ABIHM Magnesium is necessary for optimal cardiovascular function; however, human studies have shown inconsistent effects of magnesium supplementation and blood pressure. Some...
Node Smith, ND A research team of the University of Malaga (UMA) in the area of Medicine and Psychology has analyzed, for the first time, the effect of the type of delivery on twins' psychological development and intelligence, demonstrating that cesarean section...
Node Smith, ND This observational study looked at how green space is associated with mental health. Some research has suggested living near more green space may be associated with benefits. Study looked at how green space is associated with mental health This analysis...
PurSlep, Available to the Public, is a Revolutionary Product Which Physicians/Sleep Specialists Can Introduce to Patients Delray Beach, Florida ― August 13, 2019 ― PurWell, a company focused on providing pure, natural hemp oil products that promote general health and...
Node Smith, ND Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published today in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Music is a viable alternative...
Node Smith, ND Japanese study finds convincing evidence that hearing loss in older people is associated with restriction of outdoor activities, anxiety, and memory loss. Hearing loss is the world's fourth-leading cause of years lived with disability The condition may...
Node Smith, ND The 18-year life expectancy gap between people with mental illness and the general population can only be bridged by protecting patients' physical and mental health, according to a new study. Bridging the gap: protecting patients' physical and mental...
Node Smith, ND This observational study looked at how green space is associated with mental health. Some research has suggested living near more green space may be associated with benefits. Study looked at how green space is associated with mental health This analysis...
PurSlep, Available to the Public, is a Revolutionary Product Which Physicians/Sleep Specialists Can Introduce to Patients Delray Beach, Florida ― August 13, 2019 ― PurWell, a company focused on providing pure, natural hemp oil products that promote general health and...
Node Smith, ND Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published today in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Music is a viable alternative...
Node Smith, ND Japanese study finds convincing evidence that hearing loss in older people is associated with restriction of outdoor activities, anxiety, and memory loss. Hearing loss is the world's fourth-leading cause of years lived with disability The condition may...
Node Smith, ND The 18-year life expectancy gap between people with mental illness and the general population can only be bridged by protecting patients' physical and mental health, according to a new study. Bridging the gap: protecting patients' physical and mental...
Node Smith, ND New research raises questions as to whether too many infants are getting tongue-tie and lip tether surgery (also called frenulectomy) to help improve breastfeeding, despite limited medical evidence supporting the procedure. Are too many infants getting...
Node Smith, ND For the better part of a century, life expectancy in industrialized countries like the United States steadily improved. But during the past three decades, and particularly since 2010, the trend has slowed or, in some places, reversed for non-Hispanic...
Node Smith, ND Atypical eating behaviors may be a sign a child should be screened for autism, according to a new study from Penn State College of Medicine. Atypical eating behaviors were present in 70 percent of children with autism Research by Susan Mayes, professor...
Node Smith, ND Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese Matcha tea is growing in popularity around the world. In Japan, Matcha has a long history of being used for various medicinal purposes. It has been suspected to have various beneficial effects to...
Node Smith, ND Focusing on strengthening our muscles rather than losing fat may be a better way to protect ourselves from weight-related hazards like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, investigators say. More muscles, less focus on fat may be better at protection...
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NODE SMITH, ND Fitness apps that emphasize illness- or death-related messaging are more likely to be effective in motivating participation than are social stigma, obesity, or financial cost messaging, according to a recent study. Previous studies, especially on...
NODE SMITH, ND "I think about it every day and dream about it at night. It's been my whole life for five years now," says Enrico Amico, a scientist and SNSF Ambizione Fellow at EPFL's Medical Image Processing Laboratory and the EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics. He's...
