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Are Parasites Key to Longer Life?

NODE SMITH, ND Ant workers that are infected with a tapeworm live much longer than their uninfected nest-mates. Parasitic infections are usually harmful to their hosts, but there are some exceptions. According to the results of a multi-year scientific study, ants of...

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How Does Cooperation Manifest Itself?

NODE SMITH, ND Cooperation as a successful strategy has evolved in both nature and human society, but understanding its emergence can be a difficult task. Researchers have to abstract interactions between individuals into mathematical formulas to be able to create a...

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The Importance of Gut Health- Part 3

JAMES SENSENIG, 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 application, in your offices...

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Turning Spinach into Heart Tissue

A team of researchers has recently turned spinach into beating heart tissue.1 As strange as it sounds, the team of researchers is exploring methods of building organs to account for a growing transplant list. The team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in...

Sleep Disturbance a Predictor for Increased Suicide Risk

In an interesting study recently, sleep disturbances were found to be a significant short-term risk factor leading to suicidal thoughts in young adults with a history of suicidal ideation.1 Sleep changes were seen to correlate with worsening suicidal thoughts...

Addressing Brain Inflammation May Improve OCD Symptoms

A recent study showed that brain inflammation was 30% higher in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) than others without the disorder.1 OCD is characterized by intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses creating emotional distress. Individuals with OCD...

Association Spotlight: AANMC

JoAnn Yanez, ND, MPH Naturopathic News Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) If you are even reading the news sporadically, you know the impact that pain has on the health and wellness of North Americans. From rock icons to moms, dads,...

New Position: “Chief Physician Wellness Officer”

Stanford Medical Center is the first academic medical center in the country to create a position exclusively for physician wellness, addressing concerns such as burnout and sense of fulfillment.1 Tait Shanafelt, MD, will join Stanford Medicine as the “chief wellness...

Astrocytes May Play Role in Circadian Rhythm

A new study looks at the role of astrocytes in regulating circadian rhythms through communication with neurons in the brain.1 Astrocytes are glial cells of the central nervous system, which appear as “star-like” cells - hence the name “astro,” meaning “star” in Greek....

Controversy with Recent Father Kneipp Article on PubMed

Father Kneipp is still making headlines in the medical literature, even 120 years after his death. A recent article, in Korean, which only the abstract is available in English, discusses the historical elements of Father Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) and nature cure in...

Mechanism Identified for Cancer Metastasis

Researchers at John Hopkins University have recently found a key mechanism that is seemingly responsible for cancer metastasis.1  Cancer metastasis is responsible for roughly 90% of cancer deaths,2 as the cancer spreads to distant organs and compounds the dysfunction,...

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A Gene that Regulates the Circadian Rhythm

A Gene that Regulates the Circadian Rhythm

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND Life is organized on a 24-hour schedule. Central to this regular rhythm is the circadian clock, timekeepers that are present in virtually every organ, tissue and cell type. When a clock goes awry, sleep disruption or a variety of diseases can...

A Gene that Regulates the Circadian Rhythm

Availability of Fast Food Leads to Types 2 Diabetes

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine- An increasing number of studies suggest a link between a neighborhood’s-built environment and the likelihood that its residents will develop chronic diseases such as heart disease,...

New Perspective of Peripheral Nerve Injury

Node Smith, ND Natural killer cells crucial in proper nerve injury repair In animal models of a totally crushed peripheral nerve, the damaged axons are broken down, allowing healthy ones to regrow. But humans rarely suffer complete axonal damage. Instead, axons tend...

New Updated Monograph on Pycnogenol from American Botanical Council

Node Smith, ND The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) has published an updated ingredient-specific monograph that summarizes selected scientific and clinical studies of Pycnogenol®, a patented dietary ingredient derived from French maritime pine bark (Pinus...

Common Mental State Test Intrinsically Biased

Node Smith, ND How do clinicians rate how well a patient understands what other people are thinking and feeling? That is to say—how does the patient assess another person’s mental state? In the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task (RMET), recommended by the National...

New Mexico and Idaho Naturopaths One Step Closer to Licensure

Node Smith, ND The New Mexico Association of Naturopathic Physicians (NMANP) celebrated a huge legislative success on March 1, 2019 with the passing of State Bill 135 by the Health and Human Services Committee. This is a crucial first step in the eventual licensure of...

Vital Exhaustion May Lead to Dementia

Node Smith, ND A recent study has linked vital exhaustion later in life to an increased risk of developing dementia.1 Vital exhaustion can be seen as psychological distress and manifest as fatigue, increased irritability and demoralization. Study linked vital...

Listen, Tell, Learn, Heal: Narrative Medicine Now

Education David J. Schleich, PhD For more than a century, naturopathic medicine has been building a caregiver profession predicated on relationship and characterized by careful communication. There are the communication pathways, of course, related to charting,...

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls: According to Kuhne

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Natural inclination drew me to science; severe sickness and sad experiences with orthodox physicians led me to the Nature Cure. -  Louis Kuhne, 1901, p.13   We must never forget that everything we put into the stomach has to be digested.  -...

Homeopathy: Correcting the Record

Naturopathic Perspective Paul Theriault, BSc, ND, VNMI I was most displeased this morning to have read a recent opinion piece against the teaching of homeopathy in naturopathic medical schools, by Nelson, Perchaluk, Logan, and Katzman.1 While I support open dialogue...

Vital Exhaustion May Lead to Dementia

Node Smith, ND A recent study has linked vital exhaustion later in life to an increased risk of developing dementia.1 Vital exhaustion can be seen as psychological distress and manifest as fatigue, increased irritability and demoralization. Study linked vital...

Listen, Tell, Learn, Heal: Narrative Medicine Now

Education David J. Schleich, PhD For more than a century, naturopathic medicine has been building a caregiver profession predicated on relationship and characterized by careful communication. There are the communication pathways, of course, related to charting,...

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls: According to Kuhne

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Natural inclination drew me to science; severe sickness and sad experiences with orthodox physicians led me to the Nature Cure. -  Louis Kuhne, 1901, p.13   We must never forget that everything we put into the stomach has to be digested.  -...

Homeopathy: Correcting the Record

Naturopathic Perspective Paul Theriault, BSc, ND, VNMI I was most displeased this morning to have read a recent opinion piece against the teaching of homeopathy in naturopathic medical schools, by Nelson, Perchaluk, Logan, and Katzman.1 While I support open dialogue...

Anxiety: Homeopathy, Herbs, & Hydrotherapy

Vis Medicatrix Naturae Deborah Frances, RN, ND Chris Chlebowski, DC, ND The following cases illustrate the amazing power of Vis Medicatrix Naturae operating through the medicine of nature and the innate vitality of each patient; however, they do not necessarily, in...

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