THALIA HALE, ND Mast Cell Activation (MCA) is demanding awareness in functional medicine practices, especially among practitioners working with patients with chronic complex illnesses and infections such as chronic dysbiosis, Sick Building...

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Why I Love Cannabis Topicals: Clinical Pearls for Topical Cannabis Use
JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP The purpose of this article is to describe one clinician’s experience with medical cannabis. Why Cannabis Topicals? Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) and opiates represent the mainstay of pharmacological treatment...
Cannabis Use in Youth Could Lead to Heart Disease
NODE SMITH, ND Smoking cannabis when you're young may increase your risk of developing heart disease later, according to a recent University of Guelph study. In the first study to look at specific risk indicators for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in young, healthy...
The Anti-Aging Effects of DHEA
CARRIE DECKER, ND This review of literature, pertaining to the effects of DHEA on aging, stems from a clinical case I saw early on in my practice when I was seeing patients in a variety of smaller towns in Wisconsin. Not surprisingly,...
Eosinophilic Cellulitis: A Mysterious Case of Flower-shaped Lesions
ELISABETH BASTOS, BSC, ND, RACU Wells syndrome, also known as eosinophilic cellulitis, is a rare benign disease characterized by pruritis, edema, bullae, and urticarial plaques on the limbs and/or...
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Self-Compassion, VR, Biofeedback, and Mental Health
Self-compassion can contribute to better mental health. Compassion focused therapy may help those with mental illness self-soothe and better deal with feelings and thoughts in a mindful, balanced way. An article recently published in Behaviour Research and Therapy...
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SoyNut Butter Recall Linked to E. Coli Outbreak
On March 7, 2017, the CDC posted a press release, that SoyNut Butter Company recalled all varieties of I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butters and all varieties of I.M. Healthy Granola products, due to a recent multistate outbreak of E. coli.1 This release comes after 4...
Sexual Health Screening and Confidentiality in Young Adults
Last week, the CDC issued a press release regarding the relationship between sexual and reproductive health services - including STD/STI screening, contraceptive measures, and sexual health risk assessment - in individuals aged 15-25, and confidentiality issues.1 The...
Science is Telling Us to EAT MORE VEGETABLES!
If you were looking for a recent evidence-based medical article to support increasing your vegetable recommendations, a recent meta-analysis conducted by the Imperial College of London concluded that current recommendations of five servings a day of fruits and...
Dopamine and Social Bonding
Oxytocin with a Dopamine Boost In an interesting study recently published, dopamine was added to oxytocin as a neurotransmitter specifically involved in human to human social bonding.1 Oxytocin has long been regarded as the hormone responsible for social bonding, and...
Dancing for Parkinson’s Disease
Stanford University Medical Centers has just added a unique dance class for the management of Parkinson’s Disease to their facility. Showcased in a recent article from Stanford’s Medicine and the Muse, 1 the “Dance for Parkinson’s Disease class,” also known as Dance...
No More Pain Meds for Low Back Pain
ACP Shuns Pharmaceuticals for Uncomplicated Back Pain As of February 14, 2017, the American College of Physicians (ACP) will not endorse pharmaceutical usage as first line treatment for uncomplicated (non-radicular) low back pain.1 The new evidence-based clinical...
Could Treating Alcoholism be a Little Easier?
An NPR segment last week showcased the use of naltrexone for the treatment of alcoholism. Roughly 28% of American adults report drinking more than recommended, or are considered heavy drinkers, according to a recent NIH survey.1 This is a concern and a condition that...
Conventional Support for CAM Usage in Pediatric Asthma
A recent article was published in Current Problems of Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, outlining the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments for the treatment of childhood asthma.1 Though many of the treatment methods are very common,...
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New App Rates Healthy Food from 1 – 100
NODE SMITH, ND A scientific team at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts has developed a new tool to help consumers, food companies, restaurants, and cafeterias choose and produce healthier foods and officials to make sound public nutrition...
Spouses Health Tends to Mirror Each Other
NODE SMITH, ND A couple's health is surprisingly intertwined according to a recent cohort study that looked at Dutch and Japanese marriages. The study discovered that spouses have a high degree of commonality in not only lifestyle habits, but body shape, blood...
Air Pollution & Heart Failure: Hospital Readmissions Show Clear Link
JACOB SCHOR, ND, FABNO Consider how cause and effect might apply to mouse traps. It is easy to assume that mouse traps are associated with greater murine mortality, and based on this, you might advise mice to avoid them. The association is clearly...
Wired for Self-Healing- Part 3
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...
National University of Natural Medicine Inducts Chris D. Meletis, N.D. into NUNM Hall of Fame
December 6, 2018 Beaverton, OR—Naturopathic physician, Chris Meletis, was inducted into the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) Hall of Fame on December 1, 2018 in recognition of the vital role he has played in the enhancement of Naturopathic Medicine’s...
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for ICI-Associated Colitis
Node Smith, ND A recent paper describes the first use of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to successfully treat those with severe immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) associated colitis. This form of colitis is a common side effect of immunotherapy. Fecal...
Supercomputer Modeled after the Human Brain, with 1 Million Processors, Switched on for First Time
From: The University of Manchester The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does, has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and was recently switched on for the first time. The newly...
Health Risks of Microplastic Particles
Node Smith, ND The effect of plastics on our environment and physiology is becoming more and more discussed. A recent study conducted by the Austrian Federal Environmental Agency and the Medical University of Vienna has looked at the health risks of microplastic...
EuroMedica
EuroMedica® specializes in bringing proven natural medicines to the United States and in developing unique formulas containing clinically tested, safe and effective ingredients. EuroMedica’s founder and president, Terry Lemerond, has over 45 years of experience in the...
Study: Effect of LSD on Communication Patterns Between Brain Regions
Node Smith, ND A recent study led by researchers from the University of Zurich and Yale University has shown that LSD changes the patterns of communication between various regions of the brain.1 This research may provide insights into how mental health conditions...
Swiss Biological Medicine Center
Academy programs explain natural medicine methods developed by Dr Thomas Rau MD in his former work as the 27-year Medical Director at the famous Paracelsus Clinic. The decades of difficult disease reputation created the demand for training programs. Dr Rau’s Swiss...
Stress Could Be Affecting Memory and Shrinking the Brain
Node Smith, ND Is it stressful reading about the negative effects of stress? A recent study has found a strong association with chronic stress and physical damage to the brain.1 Researchers are suggesting that chronic stress may actually cause loss of memory as well...
Applying the 6 Principles to LMICs
Kimani McDonald Safiya McCarter, ND Molly Niedermeyer, ND, LM Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Research Review Naturopathic Medicine & the Global Burden of NCDs As an international student, with living and working experience in Jamaica, Tanzania, Ethiopia,...
Historical Savvy: Its Dearth Hurts
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Quite recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the huge importance of their little town in our history. Painfully, the only fragments of that special period of Jungborn and the early growth of naturopathy in the...
Study: Effect of LSD on Communication Patterns Between Brain Regions
Node Smith, ND A recent study led by researchers from the University of Zurich and Yale University has shown that LSD changes the patterns of communication between various regions of the brain.1 This research may provide insights into how mental health conditions...
Swiss Biological Medicine Center
Academy programs explain natural medicine methods developed by Dr Thomas Rau MD in his former work as the 27-year Medical Director at the famous Paracelsus Clinic. The decades of difficult disease reputation created the demand for training programs. Dr Rau’s Swiss...
Stress Could Be Affecting Memory and Shrinking the Brain
Node Smith, ND Is it stressful reading about the negative effects of stress? A recent study has found a strong association with chronic stress and physical damage to the brain.1 Researchers are suggesting that chronic stress may actually cause loss of memory as well...
Applying the 6 Principles to LMICs
Kimani McDonald Safiya McCarter, ND Molly Niedermeyer, ND, LM Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Research Review Naturopathic Medicine & the Global Burden of NCDs As an international student, with living and working experience in Jamaica, Tanzania, Ethiopia,...
Historical Savvy: Its Dearth Hurts
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Quite recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the huge importance of their little town in our history. Painfully, the only fragments of that special period of Jungborn and the early growth of naturopathy in the...
Enviromedica
Enviromedica is an innovative natural health and wellness company, applying science-based evolutionary theory to understand what drives the human body toward or away from optimal health. This research is reflected in a full spectrum offering of foundational support...
The Milk Cure
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE We now come to the question: “Ought milk to be drunk fresh or boiled?” The best and right way is, of course, to drink it as nature provides it, fresh; and experience has shown that fresh milk is more readily...
Stress Induced Mental Health Complaints Linked to Dysfunctions in Glucose Metabolism
Node Smith, ND An interesting study was recently published linking alterations in glucose metabolism and stress-induced mental changes.1 The study was conducted using a murine model, however generally known connections between chronic stress and mental disturbances...
Cupping Therapy for Cellulite
Student Scholarship Honorable Mention Maryellen Tedeschi, ND, BSc (Hons) Yana Gutmakher Erin Truscott-Brock, ND Cellulite is a normal physiologic change in skin texture, colloquially termed “orange peel” dimpling or “cottage cheese” skin for its topographical...
Enviromedica Launches Groundbreaking Broad Spectrum Formula of Prebiotics and Probiotics, Terraflora™
Terraflora™ is the first synbiotic combining spore-form probiotics and advanced, food-based prebiotics designed for robust support of gastrointestinal health. Austin, TX., December 7, 2018 – Pioneers in evolutionary medicine, Enviromedica™ innovates gut...
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Irreversible ‘Tipping Point’ of Plastic Pollution
NODE SMITH, ND Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published in Science. According to the authors, plastic pollution is a global threat,...
Mechanism of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT)
NODE SMITH, ND A McMaster University team of researchers recently discovered how, exactly, the COVID-19 vaccines that use adenovirus vectors trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction called vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT....



