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The Vital Conversation JAMES SENSENIG, ND JARED L. ZEFF, ND, VNMI, LAC This article joins a series of articles in NDNR that are based on transcripts of the Naturopathic Medicine Institute (NMI)’s Wednesday morning call-in program, The Vital Conversation. The...
PAUL MITTMAN, ND, EDD Like a swell in the ocean, the COVID-19 pandemic felt distant throughout the winter. It broke on SCNM’s shores as the winter quarter neared its conclusion, requiring all final exams to be hastily moved online. Since...
Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Michelle Young, ND Morgan Macdermott, ND The postpartum period, otherwise known as the fourth trimester, is a period of time following birth when women’s hormones shift, sleep is interrupted, and...
Naturopathic News KATE HAGAN GALLUP The California Naturopathic Doctors Association (CNDA), in partnership with Realize a Healthy California,1 is invested in supporting the quality care provided by our licensed naturopathic doctors,...
Jake F. Felice, ND, LMP Topical cannabis products are generally very well tolerated, and because they do not cause a head high, these products are often an ideal way to introduce patients to the therapeutic benefits of cannabis without causing the...
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Brown University- When two sheets of the carbon nanomaterial graphene are stacked together at a particular angle with respect to each other, it gives rise to some fascinating physics. For instance, when this so-called "magic-angle...
GREEN BAY, WI (June 10, 2013) Integrative Therapeutics, in partnership with the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), is pleased to announce Dr. Allison Hendrix as the winner of the 2013 STAIRSM Integrative Residency Program. The STAIR Program offers...
Enactment Will Increase Access to Natural Medicine for Illness Prevention and Treatment Denver, CO, June 5 – Governor John Hickenlooper today signed into law a measure to allow naturopathic doctors to register with the state to legally practice naturopathic medicine. ...
New Organization Will Focus on Community Herbal Education The National College of Natural Medicine today announced the launch of its newest community-education initiative, the Traditional Roots Institute. The organization’s mission is to raise awareness and forge a...
The Colorado legislature gave final approval this week to a bill to regulate NDs. The bill now goes to Gov. John Hickenlooper for final approval. Gov. Hickenlooper has not announced whether he'll sign the bill, but members of the Colorado Association of Naturopathic...
A Rotating Column From the Presidents of Naturopathic Medical Colleges Daniel K. Church, PhD Bastyr University President In the past 35 years, the world of natural medicine has undergone a positive transformation, escaping relative anonymity, save for a few early...
TORONTO, May 6, 2013: Today, 22 international medical graduates take their first step to becoming regulated Canadian naturopathic doctors, beginning the first-ever naturopathic medicine program delivery offered specifically for IMGs. The IMG program delivery, launched...
The NYANP has established Naturopathic Awareness Month four years ago. It has proven to be an amazing way to educate family, friends, legislators, patients, and many others about naturopathic medicine and all it can do to improve our healthcare. Canada also celebrates...
San Diego, Calif. (April 25, 2013) — Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH, has been appointed associate director of Bastyr University Research Institute (BURI) and will be based at Bastyr’s San Diego campus. “I am excited about the new opportunities my transition to California will...
JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP Autoimmune conditions and diseases of the nervous system are typically chronic, often have an early age of onset, and frequently cause significant pain, debility, and suffering. Autoimmunity is an...
CATHERINE CLINTON, ND Abstract Autoimmune diseases, now affecting over 23 million Americans, are closely linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired regulatory T cell (Treg) activity. Mitochondria influence both innate and adaptive immunity, with mitochondrial...
JACLYN CHASSE-SMEATON, ND Atopic dermatitis (AD) dramatically impacts pediatric health and quality of life of the family as a whole. Although the pathogenesis of AD has not been clearly elucidated, there are multiple factors at...
NODE SMITH, ND Did you daydream as a kid, maybe even get in trouble for it? If you find it harder to be pleasantly lost in your thoughts these days, you're not alone. "This is part of our cognitive toolkit that's underdeveloped, and it's kind of sad," said Erin...
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 25, 2017)—National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) has appointed Shehab El-Hashemy (pronounced Sheh-HAHB El-hah-SHEH-me), ND, dean of the College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. El-Hashemy is an experienced naturopathic academic administrator,...
A recent study looked at using oxytocin to improve social abilities in children with autism.1 Autism is marked by difficulty adapting to social situations, reading social cues such as facial expressions, eye contact, and body gestures, as well as a marked difficulty...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights Herbal Specifics Renal colic due to kidney stones can present as vague to excruciating pain, no matter the size of calculi. Renal colic pain is not due to the stone itself, but rather is due to obstruction of the urinary flow...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights Herbal Specifics Renal colic due to kidney stones can present as vague to excruciating pain, no matter the size of calculi. Renal colic pain is not due to the stone itself, but rather is due to obstruction of the urinary flow...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
A recent study found that yoga can be equally as beneficial for treating back pain as physical therapy.1 This is important research in light of recent changes to the American College of Physicians guidelines on treating low back pain, which recommends...
A recent study from Sweden found that nearly half of patients with type 1 diabetes, even after 10 years, may still produce insulin.1 Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the beta islet cells which produce insulin are targeted and destroyed by the immune...
David J. Schleich, PhD Education What We Don’t Want to Happen Two terms from the computer industry, the “app” and the “backplane,” are handy concepts to use when drilling down into the threat to our decades-long efforts to ramp up naturopathic medical education. We...
Heather Paulson, ND, FABNO Tolle Causam Cancer-related pain is frequently experienced by cancer patients and can negatively both affect quality of life and functional status. According to the National Cancer Institute, pain occurs in 20% to 50% of patients with...
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NODE SMITH, ND In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving (0.08% BAC), in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1). New research published in The Journal of Physiology...
NODE SMITH, ND The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn from their mistakes. On a positive note, overly anxious and depressed people's judgment can improve if they focus on...
