Node Smith, ND The lack of human activity during lockdown caused human-linked vibrations in the Earth to drop by an average of 50% between March and May 2020. This quiet period is the longest and most pronounced quiet period of seismic noise in recorded history This...

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Microbiome’s Role in Dealing with Cancer
Node Smith, ND Researchers with the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) have discovered which gut bacteria help our immune system battle cancerous tumors and how they do it. The discovery may provide a new understanding of why...
New Taste Bud Discovered
Node Smith, ND Our mouths may be home to a newly discovered set of multi-tasking taste cells that -- unlike most known taste cells, which detect individual tastes -- are capable of detecting sour, sweet, bitter and umami stimuli. A research team led by Kathryn Medler...
New Prediction Model for COVID-19 Hospitalization
Node Smith, ND Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed and validated a risk prediction model (called a nomogram) that can help physicians predict which patients who have recently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are at greatest risk...
How has Gluten and Wheat Changed with 120 Years of Breeding?
Node Smith, ND In recent years, the number of people affected by celiac disease, wheat allergy or gluten or wheat sensitivity has risen sharply. But why is this the case? Could it be that modern wheat varieties contain more immunoreactive protein than in the past?...
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Unlocking the Neurons that Learn from Unexpected Outcomes
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...
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New Beaverton Clinic Expands NCNM Campus Footprint
National College of Natural Medicine Holds Clinic Open House Oct. 18 PORTLAND, Ore. (Oct. 3, 2014)—National College of Natural Medicine today announced that it has opened a new clinic in Beaverton. The new clinic is the medical college’s second natural medicine...
Association Spotlight: The Politics of Healing in Maryland
Emily Telfair, ND I found my voice. And in the process, I found the voice we share as a profession. After I graduated from naturopathic medical school in 2005, I arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, without any family connections or much familiarity – simply with an...
Largest Class of Future Naturopathic Doctors Enrolled for Fall Classes at SCNM
TEMPE, Ariz. (Oct. 2, 2014): With ongoing projections that the U.S. healthcare system will face a dramatic shortage of primary care providers – up to 52,000 short by 2025 by some estimates – more future naturopathic physicians than ever before have enrolled for fall...
AANP Compounding Pharmacy Law Needs ND Immediate Input
Message from the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association (AzNMA) The AzNMA has been working this past year to bring you up to date information via emails, Facebook, and the January 2014 AzNMA Member Meeting with Mike Corrado of Civic Center Pharmacy -- with regards...
Naturopathic Gathering Oct 10-12
WHO: Intended for naturopathic medical students and naturopathic physicians, however all are welcome. WHAT: The Naturopathic Gathering is a unique, student driven, national conference to learn more of the philosophy bound with naturopathic medicine from the elder...
Drug Thought to Prevent Breast Cancer Debunked
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A study has shown that osteoporosis drugs may not protect women from developing breast cancer as previously believed. A University of California, San Francisco study published Aug. 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine, says that earlier studies of women...
Increasing the Survival Rate of Patients with ALS
Researchers in Italy have identified two protein markers that announce longer survival rates in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published July 21 online in JAMA Neurology, evaluated and scored blood levels of albumin and creatinine in...
Unanimous vote to form the World Naturopathic Federation (WNF)
At the 2nd International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine ICNM, July 4-6, 2014, Paris, over 30 participants representing national associations from around the world voted unanimous on Sunday July 6th, 2014, to form the World Naturopathic Federation (WNF). The mission...
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Less Stress, Better Eating Habits
NODE SMITH, ND Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study -- not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms'...
High Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Helps Spot ‘Fake News’
NODE SMITH, ND People with high levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to be susceptible to 'fake news', according to research at the University of Strathclyde. The study invited participants to read a series of news items on social media and to ascertain...
What Are ‘Zombie Genes?’
NODE SMITH, ND In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. In a newly published study in...
How Hypnosis Changes Our Brain’s Processing
NODE SMITH, ND During a normal waking state, information is processed and shared by various parts within our brain to enable flexible responses to external stimuli. Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, found that during hypnosis the brain shifted to a...
Naturopathic Cardiology: Natural Intervention to Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease
Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA Tolle Totum Dream number #1 in my medical career had come true: It was September 5, 2014 in Cleveland, OH, and I was lecturing at Cleveland HeartLab’s annual symposium on the subject of cutting-edge diagnostics and how to prevent and recover...
The Provenance & the Hinterland: Naturopathic Medicine as a Brand
David J. Schleich, PhD Education Every summer we convene a focus group to talk about what’s next. The group is volunteer, anonymous and eclectic, comprised of current students, recent grads, and alumni/ae. We meet on a weekend morning. They are enthusiastic,...
Prolotherapy: A New Approach to Osteoarthritis Care?
Ryan Sciacchitano, BKin, CSCS, CISSN Tracey Teasdale, ND, CISSN Student Scholarship – First Place Research Review Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by degeneration of the articular cartilage of a joint, as well as the associated joint lining, ligaments, and...
The Complexity of Alcoholism
Is a one-size-fits-all Approach to Addiction Realistic? A recent article by researchers from The Mayo Clinic considered the question: “What drives alcoholics to drink?”1 The answer was perhaps intuitive to some, “a lot of things.” The complexity and varied reasons for...
New ‘MasSpec Pen’ Can Detect Malignancies in Seconds
Researchers Developed Surgical Pen that Quickly Detects Malignant Tissue Researchers at The University of Texas have developed a new diagnostic device, in the form of a surgical “pen,” that supposedly can detect malignant tissue in seconds.1 The device has been...
WNF: Status of the World Naturopathic Federation
Iva Lloyd, ND, RPP Naturopathic News The 2nd World Naturopathic Federation (WNF) General Assembly was hosted at the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) conference July 11-12, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ. The following is a summary of the WNF presentation...
Heart Rate Variability: Embracing Technology in Whole-Person Medicine
Robert Kachko, ND, LAc Rollin McCraty, PhD Tolle Totum For naturopathic medicine to continue to prosper as healthcare evolves, it becomes exceedingly important to be precise and personalized in our approach. We’ve long known that helping patients incorporate positive...
Marijuana May Exacerbate Symptoms of Psychosis in Those That Are Susceptible
Marijuana may be Wonderful, but is not without Side-Effects, Especially Those Prone to Psychosis A recent study on marijuana has shown that the use of the herb may cause temporary paranoia and other psychosis-related symptoms in individuals who are at high risk for...
The Chicken or the Leg? Exploring the Relationship Between IBS & Restless Legs
Andrew Hubbard, BSc Maria Shapoval, ND Student Scholarship – Second Place Research Review Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is a common and debilitating condition characterized by discomfort and an uncontrollable urge to move the legs,...
Book Review: The Alzheimer’s Antidote
Alethea Fleming, ND Education Medical Resources for NDs: Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is terrifying, not only because it is common (half of all Americans have AD by age 85), but because standard treatment for it...
WNF: Status of the World Naturopathic Federation
Iva Lloyd, ND, RPP Naturopathic News The 2nd World Naturopathic Federation (WNF) General Assembly was hosted at the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) conference July 11-12, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ. The following is a summary of the WNF presentation...
Heart Rate Variability: Embracing Technology in Whole-Person Medicine
Robert Kachko, ND, LAc Rollin McCraty, PhD Tolle Totum For naturopathic medicine to continue to prosper as healthcare evolves, it becomes exceedingly important to be precise and personalized in our approach. We’ve long known that helping patients incorporate positive...
Marijuana May Exacerbate Symptoms of Psychosis in Those That Are Susceptible
Marijuana may be Wonderful, but is not without Side-Effects, Especially Those Prone to Psychosis A recent study on marijuana has shown that the use of the herb may cause temporary paranoia and other psychosis-related symptoms in individuals who are at high risk for...
The Chicken or the Leg? Exploring the Relationship Between IBS & Restless Legs
Andrew Hubbard, BSc Maria Shapoval, ND Student Scholarship – Second Place Research Review Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is a common and debilitating condition characterized by discomfort and an uncontrollable urge to move the legs,...
Book Review: The Alzheimer’s Antidote
Alethea Fleming, ND Education Medical Resources for NDs: Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is terrifying, not only because it is common (half of all Americans have AD by age 85), but because standard treatment for it...
Working with LGBTQ Patients: The Importance of Increasing Cultural Competency – Part 2
Abigail Egginton, ND Naturopathic Perspective This is the second part of a 2-part article discussing competent care for LGBTQ patients. Part 1 discussed the recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) determination of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) as a health...
Genetic Testing: Getting to the Heart of the Heart
Corie Edwards, ND Naturopathic Perspective Cardiovascular disease is a leading contributor to morbidity and mortality, with approximately 610,000 deaths yearly in the United States alone.1 Partly genetically inherited, it is a particular risk for adults over age 60....
The Wonder Cures of Priessnitz
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls In consequence of the modern water-cure having been originated by a non-medical and uneducated man, and having been subsequently, for the most part, adopted and professed by lay practitioners, or by medical men of...
CVD & the HPA Axis: How Adrenal Dysfunction Contributes to CV Disease
Lauren Beardsley, NMD Alan Christianson, NMD Tolle Causam The evidence is strong that adrenal balance is one of the most important factors in preventing heart disease. Specifically, studies suggest that daily cortisol rhythm may a powerful influencing factor related...
Study Reflects that Women Want Less Sex as Relationship Progresses
A recent British study on adult attitudes towards sex concluded that women are twice as likely to lose interest in sex compared to men in a long-term relationship.1 There were two main reasons for the lack of interest, which were a perceived lack of closeness or...
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New Research on Daytime Napping
NODE SMITH, ND How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their genes, according to new research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in Nature Communications. In this study, the largest of its kind...
Green Tea’s Anti-Cancer Mechanism
NODE SMITH, ND An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53, a natural anti-cancer protein, known as the "guardian of the genome" for its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancerous cells. Published today in Nature Communications, a study of the...


