Node Smith, ND Two articles were published regarding gender-affirming treatments, which offer transgendered individuals the option to adopt a gender identity more fitting of their inner experience. These two articles paint an entirely different picture of this fairly...
Node Smith, ND People who received omega-3 fish oil supplements in randomized clinical trials had lower risks of heart attack and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) events compared with those who were given placebo, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H....
Node Smith, ND Despite the wealth of information now available about menopause, women are still not comfortable in proactively discussing vaginal issues related to menopause with their healthcare providers, who appear equally uncomfortable and unlikely to initiate the...
Node Smith, ND Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects, according to research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)....
Node Smith, ND The Institute of Medicine's guidelines currently advise all pregnant women to increase calorie intake by 340-450 calories/day during their second and third trimesters, regardless of their body size at conception. Approximately 2/3 of women with obesity...
NODE SMITH, ND In the traditional narrative of the evolving 21st century workplace, technological substitution of human employees is treated as a serious concern. But technological complementarity -- the use of automation and artificial intelligence to complement...
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Node Smith, ND People with cancer who exercise generally have a better prognosis than inactive patients. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a likely explanation of why exercise helps slow down cancer growth in mice: Physical activity...
Node Smith, ND The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, UK, "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity"...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune demyelinating disease of the nervous system, with intermittent or progressive course, often to disability, and even death. In contrast, cerebrovascular disease (CVD) events such as stroke can be insidious, or acute,...
Node Smith, ND Recycling paper may only be helpful to the climate if it is powered by renewable energy, according to a new modelling study by researchers at UCL and Yale. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, found that greenhouse gas emissions would increase...
David Schleich, PhD This opening to the life we have refused again and again, until now. (David Whyte) At various times over the last few decades, lots of things have been touted as valuable, albeit disruptive, innovations in...
Johanna Ryan, ND In ancient times, care was always multidimensional because it was understood that there were different elements of a person’s well-being – body, mind and spirit. Medieval chart notes from the hospices of that era reveal notations written in the...
Tanya Rampersad, ND Buddhism has a long tradition (approximately 2500 years) of rigorousness of study and dedication of generations of practitioners studying the mind. Abhidhamma is the Buddhist science of the mind1 – a way of seeing and understanding the self,...
Tanya Maté, ND In naturopathic medicine, one of our guiding principles is to treat the root cause, and yet we rarely manage to do this. As Dr Paul Epstein says, “Balancing the immune system and biochemical pathways, though important, may not be addressing the...
Jim Massey, ND So, you want to further explore the mind-body connection? Yoga and meditation play a significant role in everyday practical life and in developing a holistic experience that brings together body, mind, heart, and spirit. A committed yoga practice, along...
Brad S. Lichtenstein, ND, BCB A month before his death, both my sister and I, together and on separate occasions, directly asked my father, “What are your wishes? What do you want to happen? What do we need to know?” His common retort was something to the effect of,...
Jenn Krebs Rapkin, ND Tolle Totum As naturopathic physicians, we are taught and mandated to treat the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. Our training, however, has and continues to be almost exclusively focused on the physical and emotional aspects of a person....
Sarah King, ND “Nature is our teacher,” said well by Wim Hof during his 2010 TED talk in Amsterdam. Also known as the “Iceman,” Hof is an adventurer and world record-holder from the Netherlands, most notably known for running a marathon above the polar circle wearing...
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Doris is coming up to her 90th birthday and doing it in style. I don’t mean that in the economic sense. She is present, poised, and sociable. An elegant lady, but in no way ostentatious. She particularly wanted to see someone practicing...
Matthew Jacobsen What’s the most important thing to know about launching your own practice? I’m often asked this question and given a very finite amount of time to answer it. Of course, launching your own practice is not something that can or should be reviewed that...
Brad S. Lichtenstein, ND, BCB A month before his death, both my sister and I, together and on separate occasions, directly asked my father, “What are your wishes? What do you want to happen? What do we need to know?” His common retort was something to the effect of,...
Jenn Krebs Rapkin, ND Tolle Totum As naturopathic physicians, we are taught and mandated to treat the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. Our training, however, has and continues to be almost exclusively focused on the physical and emotional aspects of a person....
Sarah King, ND “Nature is our teacher,” said well by Wim Hof during his 2010 TED talk in Amsterdam. Also known as the “Iceman,” Hof is an adventurer and world record-holder from the Netherlands, most notably known for running a marathon above the polar circle wearing...
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Doris is coming up to her 90th birthday and doing it in style. I don’t mean that in the economic sense. She is present, poised, and sociable. An elegant lady, but in no way ostentatious. She particularly wanted to see someone practicing...
Matthew Jacobsen What’s the most important thing to know about launching your own practice? I’m often asked this question and given a very finite amount of time to answer it. Of course, launching your own practice is not something that can or should be reviewed that...
Nathan Horek, ND There are a number of theories and models to describe the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying mood disorders. The biology is complex and varied, yet with stepping stones of concrete and comprehensible mechanisms. This can provide distinct targets...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Therefore the warm foot bath with ashes and salt is never to be followed by a cold one. Sebastian Kneipp, 1901, p.183 [Alternate] foot baths are excellent for cold feet, but are also used with...
Athanasios Psihogios, BA Monique Aucoin, BMSc, ND While many resources and treatments for managing malignancy are available for cancer patients, both the disease itself and concomitant therapies can compromise quality of life (QOL). Due to the complexity of...
A study out of Rice University that was published in Psychoneroendocrinology found a positive link between emotional stress and diabetes that has roots in the brain’s ability to control anxiety. That part of the brain is known as the executive center and also handles...
A study out of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology and published in the journal Science, researchers may now be able to explain how food tolerance emerges over time in normal individuals. Combining molecular approaches with a long-forgotten model of...
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Node Smith, ND, People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new analyses suggest that some life-threatening cases can be traced to weak spots in patients' immune systems. At least 3.5 percent of study patients...
Node Smith, ND New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y chromosome genes, specific to males, that could explain why men suffer differently than women from various diseases, including Covid-19. The findings were published this month in Scientific Reports by...
