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Node Smith, ND Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampens the physiological rewards of cocaine in mice. It also may represent a new class of drugs that could be more specific with fewer side effects than current...
Node Smith, ND During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active. Now, a series of new studies by researchers at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of...
Aaron Wong, ND, RTC Imagine how we would feel if we went to work feeling passionately inspired to see all of our patients. Challenges would come up, but in those times we would know we could make decisions clearly and ethically and that if we needed help, we could...
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Jared L. Zeff, ND, VNMI, LAc The following is not an article prepared for a medical journal. Not every statement of fact is cited or referenced. This is a commentary on the medicine, a running set of observations about practice in the...
Tolle Totum Lauren Tessier, ND Naturopathic physicians are taught to treat the whole person and find the underlying cause of illness. In times of quick appointments, mountains of paperwork, and insurance mandates, we rarely have the time to have more than a “bare...
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto- A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences measured arterial stiffness in women from wide age range. Increased stiffness is an independent...
2011 Standard Process Whole Foods Nutrition Fellowship (PORTLAND, OR.) --- The Institute for Natural Medicine (INM), a philanthropic foundation founded in 1993 for the purpose of promoting naturopathic education and research, is proud to announce the recipient of the...
Bastyr University Blooms for 13th Annual Herb and Food Fair Event to focus on “Growing Healthy Families” Kenmore, Wash. (May 27, 2011) — The return of sunshine to the Pacific Northwest comes at a perfect time, just as the 13th Annual Bastyr University Herb and Food...
CCNM CELEBRATES 31st CONVOCATION TORONTO, May 25, 2010 – The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) will honour its 2011 graduating class at the College’s 31st convocation on Friday, May 27, at the University of Toronto's Convocation Hall. "This year’s 116...
Addressing the Goals Through a Naturopathic Women’s Empowerment Project Tabatha Parker, ND One might read the following definition of health and think of naturopathic medicine: “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of...
Bianca Garilli, ND Although no ND is your “typical” physician, Dr Dennis Godby is even less so. For most of us, our calling into naturopathic medicine went something along these lines: I want to make the world a better place; I want to be a healer; I want to bring...
SEATTLE - April 13, 2011 – Gov. Christine Gregoire today signed into law a bill to create a state Board of Naturopathy. Under the new law (House Bill 1181), which goes into effect July 22, 2011 Washington will create a Board of Naturopathy to regulate and license all...
The mother of modern childbirth education to be honored June 20th Kenmore, Wash. (April 26, 2011) — 10,000 people. That is the size of some small towns or universities. In her career, one amazing woman has helped prepare that many women, couples and siblings for...
Nordic Naturals® Professional Division Announces Special May Promotion for Naturopathic Doctors to Benefit “The Run: Moving Natural Medicine Forward” Watsonville, CA (April 25, 2011) Nordic Naturals® announced today that its Professional Division will offer...
SAM N. CLOUTHIER, BHSC, ND Bipolar disorder is a complex illness that affects approximately 2% of the Canadian population and affects males and females in equal numbers.1 Currently, typical treatment protocols for bipolar...
JESSICA BRANDES, ND Abstract The human microbiome exerts profound influence on neurodevelopment, stress resilience, mood regulation, and cognitive aging. Evidence shows that early-life microbial exposures shape immune and brain maturation, while disruptions—such as...
JEREMY APPLETON, ND Sceletium tortuosum (aka Mesembryanthemum tortuosum) is a South African plant medicine with a centuries-long history of use. Not all Sceletium preparations are alike, owing to the presence or absence of standardization,...
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...
Steve Rissman, ND Tolle Totum Over the past few years, there has been a renewed focus on the health and wellness of men. After many years of simple resignation to the fact that men die 5-7 years earlier than women, and that men and boys suffer from nearly all 15...
Kara Fitzgerald, ND Tolle Totum Up until now, we’ve been putting a heavy emphasis on supplementation with B vitamins, betaine, choline and other substrates and cofactors for methylation support. However, there are a number of other and perhaps unexpected ways in which...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls It was often said that Kneipp’s applications and his whole mode of treatment were too short to be beneficial. This at first seems true. ~ Alfred Baumgarten, 1903, pp.184-185 Cold water applications always...
Trevor Cates, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Research continues to reveal the benefits of a healthy microbiota of the gut and also skin.1 Many of the microbiome studies to date have focused on describing the gut microbiota, but the skin microbiota has been gaining more...
Tom Ballard, ND Practice Building Medicine has entered the “genome era.”1 Genetic reports are already helping practitioners and patients identify and treat chronic health conditions.2,3 “Recent developments in genomic sequencing technologies offer the potential to...
A recent article was published on a study on the positive benefits of using Nigella sativa in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, along with synthetic thyroid to enhance benefits of treatment.1 Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition in which the thyroid is destroyed, this leads...
A recent article authored by an ND, addressing the ability to heal autoimmune conditions with “functional medicine,” raises the question of whether it is clear to our profession the difference between “functional medicine” and “naturopathy.” Thomas Kruzel, ND writes a...
Lithium has recently made resurgence in popularity within the natural health community, with claims to help with Alzheimer’s, mood stabilization, alcoholism,1 neuro-regeneration and other conditions. This is not the same “lithium” as conventionally used since the...
Naltrexone and Naloxone: Current Marketed Opioid Antagonists The other day a conversation in a community clinic centered around the use of opioid antagonists in both acute overdose, and also treatment management. Currently, there are 2 primary opioid antagonistic...
Several Potential Dangers Associated with NSAIDS This last week, the NUNM grand rounds speaker, Catherine Clinton, ND, addressed the potential dangers in utilizing aspirin and NSAIDs as anti-inflammatory agents, especially in children. Aspirins and NSAIDS are...
A recent article was published on a study on the positive benefits of using Nigella sativa in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, along with synthetic thyroid to enhance benefits of treatment.1 Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition in which the thyroid is destroyed, this leads...
A recent article authored by an ND, addressing the ability to heal autoimmune conditions with “functional medicine,” raises the question of whether it is clear to our profession the difference between “functional medicine” and “naturopathy.” Thomas Kruzel, ND writes a...
Lithium has recently made resurgence in popularity within the natural health community, with claims to help with Alzheimer’s, mood stabilization, alcoholism,1 neuro-regeneration and other conditions. This is not the same “lithium” as conventionally used since the...
Naltrexone and Naloxone: Current Marketed Opioid Antagonists The other day a conversation in a community clinic centered around the use of opioid antagonists in both acute overdose, and also treatment management. Currently, there are 2 primary opioid antagonistic...
Several Potential Dangers Associated with NSAIDS This last week, the NUNM grand rounds speaker, Catherine Clinton, ND, addressed the potential dangers in utilizing aspirin and NSAIDs as anti-inflammatory agents, especially in children. Aspirins and NSAIDS are...
Non-invasive Technique for Diagnosing 17 Distinct Disease Conditions A recent study gives a glimpse at a non-invasive technique for diagnosing 17 distinct disease conditions (of cancerous, inflammatory, and neurological type) using a breath analyzer.1 Volatile...
Mysterious Ways of The World Can't Always Be Easily Explained As naturopathy becomes more and more accepted by the conventional medical community, the push to search for more and more conventional modes of validation equally as widespread. And this makes sense. We are...
Using Antibiotics Early In Life Has Stressful Repercussions New research has suggested that using antibiotics early in life - in young children, and even in utero - results in a significant stress response and corresponding increases in endogenous corticosteroids that...
New Options for STI Testing: SelfCollect There is a new patient option for STI testing, which allows for testing of many common sexually transmitted infections from the comfort of the patient’s home. Recent corporate sponsor of the American Association of Naturopathic...
Mark Swanson, ND Practice Building/The Expert Report Practice Made Perfect Direct Care is transforming private medical practices across the country. Think of it as healthcare revisited, a refresh button on the doctor-patient relationship and the way healthcare is...
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NODE SMITH, ND Unplanned purchases are an important profit source for retailers. Because looking at products is always the first step in making a purchase decision, retailers apply various strategies in order to bring shoppers in juxtaposition with the store...
NODE SMITH, ND There are few moments in life as precious, as critical and as celebrated as baby's first breath. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on the lifelong changes in breathing systems that occur precisely with that...
