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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...

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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,...

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Bisphenols Affect Nerve Cells

NODE SMITH, ND The plasticizers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article in Communications Biology. Their study shows that even small amounts of the...

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Drugless Healing? Naturopathy and Modern Healthcare

How beneficial are potentially drugless healing systems, including naturopathy? Two doctors in India with Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science degrees asked that question in an Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine article. A comprehensive review of the...

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Healthy Diet Boosts Children’s Reading Skills

According to a study out of the University of Eastern Finland and published in the European Journal of Nutrition, a healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years. The researchers used 161 children aged 6-8 years of age, following them...

Evidence of ‘Hidden Hearing Loss’ in College-age Subjects

According to a study out of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and published in PLOS ONE, researchers have finally linked symptoms of difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments with evidence of cochlear synaptopathy, a condition known as ‘hidden...

Perception to Action

According to a study out of the University of California Santa Barbara and published in the journal eLife, a researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for...

Why Antidepressants Don’t Always Work

According to a study out of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), SSRI antidepressants (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) are amongst the most commonly taken medicines. However, there seems to be no way of knowing in advance whether or not...

10 Reasons to Attend Naturopathic Medical School

Interested in a Rewarding Healthcare Career That Combines the Healing Power of Nature With Modern Science? Attending a Naturopathic Medical School May Be the Right Choice for You – And Here are Ten Reasons Why As patients become more aware and interested in natural...

Rates of Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant Women Peak during Summer

According to a study out of Sweden and published in Diabetologia, rates of gestational diabetes in pregnant women peak during the summer months, with a possible link to increasing temperature. A total of 11,538 women agreed to take part in the study which was...

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Metabolites that Increase the Risk for Migraines

Metabolites that Increase the Risk for Migraines

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...

Metabolites that Increase the Risk for Migraines

Neuroscience of the Future May Look at the “Collective Brain”

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...

Metabolites that Increase the Risk for Migraines

Too Much and Too Little Sleep is Not Good

NODE SMITH, ND Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation. A multiyear study of older adults found that both short and long sleepers experienced greater cognitive decline than people who slept a moderate amount, even when the effects of early...

The NDNR Physician’s Choice Awards

https://vimeo.com/639182689 The NDNR Physician’s Choice Awards are bestowed upon companies that embrace naturopathic medicine and support naturopathic physicians, their practices, and patients. In the Fall of 2021, naturopathic doctors selected one company for each of...

A Comparative Analysis of Gout

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Gouty subjects, who could find no relief whatever in medicine, were those that Priessnitz cured the quickest, however violent the disease. - Joel Shew, 1845, p.231   If patients have been ten, twenty, or fifty...

Work Environment Complexity Hinders Healthy Lifestyle

Node Smith, ND What do we do when the complexity of our lives is preventing us from making changes to improve our health? According to a new study, changing multiple behaviors may not be realistic for individuals in high stress jobs with demanding and variable...

Nature’s Rite

Nature’s Rite offers natural health tools to handle many common ailments.  From respiratory infection to back and neck pain; food poisoning to digestive disorders; Sleep Apnea to Shingles, we have kits and products that are condition specific.  We offer easy terms and...

Adjunctive Zinc for Major Depression : A Systematic Review of RCTs

Student Scholarship Honorable Mention Georgi Stoychev, BSc Baljit Khamba, ND, Mph Mental disorders are the leading cause of non-fatal disease burden, globally and nationally. It is estimated that 1 in 4 adults in the United States suffers from anxiety and depression...

Scientists Develop Bioelectric Stimulator for Damaged Nerves

Node Smith, ND A collaborative team from Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have created what they are terming the first example of “bioelectronic medicine.1” The device is a biodegradable implant that works to increase the rate of...

Shifting East: Naturopathy Recalibrates

Education David J. Schleich, PhD Naturopathic medicine is a profession that is busy crafting and holding space in an expensive, eschewing healthcare landscape where orthodox allopathic medicine holds the key cards. It is also an idea, though, quite unlike biomedicine,...

CaP Update 2018: When to Pull the ”Ripcord”?

Docere Phranq D. Tamburri, NMD This article will: Explain why prostate cancer (CaP) treatment objectives are more important than specific treatments Outline the objectives for Active Surveillance Clarify how to determine when, specifically, a patient should abandon...

A Relaxed Person

Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Geraldo is 55 years old and of Spanish descent. He is tall and has an athletic build – an imposing presentation. His intake form does not list any chief complaint. The Case Geraldo speaks openly and comfortably: “I am a...

Estrogen Dominance in Men

Tolle Totum Serena Goldstein, ND We are now in a day and age where many of our concerns, such as heart disease, obesity, cancer, and autoimmune conditions, are due to a variety of causes and therefore require a variety of therapies. This is in contrast to around 100...

WNF: A History of Naturopathy in South Africa

Naturopathic News Wendy Ericksen-Pereira, ND Nicolette V. Roman, PHD Rina Swart, PHD A huge growth in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) took place in South Africa in the 1960s that paralleled what was happening in other parts of the western world....

Shifting East: Naturopathy Recalibrates

Education David J. Schleich, PhD Naturopathic medicine is a profession that is busy crafting and holding space in an expensive, eschewing healthcare landscape where orthodox allopathic medicine holds the key cards. It is also an idea, though, quite unlike biomedicine,...

CaP Update 2018: When to Pull the ”Ripcord”?

Docere Phranq D. Tamburri, NMD This article will: Explain why prostate cancer (CaP) treatment objectives are more important than specific treatments Outline the objectives for Active Surveillance Clarify how to determine when, specifically, a patient should abandon...

A Relaxed Person

Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Geraldo is 55 years old and of Spanish descent. He is tall and has an athletic build – an imposing presentation. His intake form does not list any chief complaint. The Case Geraldo speaks openly and comfortably: “I am a...

Estrogen Dominance in Men

Tolle Totum Serena Goldstein, ND We are now in a day and age where many of our concerns, such as heart disease, obesity, cancer, and autoimmune conditions, are due to a variety of causes and therefore require a variety of therapies. This is in contrast to around 100...

WNF: A History of Naturopathy in South Africa

Naturopathic News Wendy Ericksen-Pereira, ND Nicolette V. Roman, PHD Rina Swart, PHD A huge growth in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) took place in South Africa in the 1960s that paralleled what was happening in other parts of the western world....

CBD for Mental Health

Vis Medicatrix Naturae Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Cannabidiol (CBD) oil is probably the oldest “new” supplement that is out there. Many of my patients have expressed both interest and concern about it. Besides wondering if it is the new wonder cure for their condition,...

Disagreeable People Have Most to Gain by Learning Compassion

Node Smith, ND Those individuals who are the least likely to be kind, the most disagreeable sort, could benefit the most from learning to be more compassionate, says a recent York University study.1 Over 640 mildly depressed individuals included in the study Over 640...

Insulin Resistance: Comprehensive Evaluation

Docere Teerawong Kasiolarn, ND, MSAc, LAc According to the World Health Organization, the global obesity rate has nearly tripled since 1975: In 2016, 39% (over 1.9 billion) of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight, and 13% (over 650 million) were obese.1 In...

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Giving C-Section Babies Healthy Bacteria

Giving C-Section Babies Healthy Bacteria

NODE SMITH, ND Babies born by cesarean section don't have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for the first time finds that these natural bacteria can be restored. The study appears in the journal Med. The human microbiota...