Tolle Causam Nancy Utter, ND The following case study is just one of so many. I have been a naturopathic doctor for 16 years, and I have so many amazing patient cases that are a tribute to how well naturopathic medicine works. I am a general practitioner and started...

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Into the Forest? Making Space for Elders’ Wisdom
Naturopathic Perspective Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO Let me confess right up front that I made the decision to retire this past June, turning over the keys to our office to a pair of younger doctors. Davis Lamson wrote me an email in late July to inform that it was his...
NAET: Resolving Allergies & Sensitivities
Tolle Causam Michelle Hagel, ND Rabia Meghji, ND As defined by Traditional Chinese Medicine, allergies represent an energetic blockage. Something has triggered the blockage to occur, whether it is an allergy to pollen, chemicals, or even food. In this article we will...
Change is Inevitable
Naturopathic Perspective John H. Furlong, ND Change in naturopathic medicine is inevitable. As it marches forward, it behooves us to recall the words of Dr John Bastyr: “The truth of our medicine will always win out, the truth of what we are doing will always...
Nano-medicine & Ancient Wisdom: Homeopathy in Cancer Care
Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Research Review Chelsea Azarcon, NMD Nazanin Vassighi, ND In the 1700s, German physician Samuel Hahnemann postulated the concept of Similia Similibus Curantur, or “Like Cures Like,” which proposes that a substance causing...
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Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Certain Personality Traits
NODE SMITH, ND New research from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease are often visible early on in individuals with personality traits associated with the condition. The study focused on...
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50% Reduction in Earth Seismic Activity From COVID-19 Lockdown
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...
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...
Transcranial Neurostimulation: A Novel Treatment for Depression?
Keith Spaulding, ND, MAc, MSEE The change in the medical worldview due to the invention and widespread use of antibiotics wasn’t just a shift in use from more natural substances to pharmacological substances; it was also a shift away from multiple types of therapeutic...
Oral Contraceptives May Triple Risk for Crohn’s Disease
According to a Harvard University Study, women may be three times more likely to develop Crohn’s disease if they have used oral contraceptive pills for five years or more. The risk was especially pronounced in women who already had a genetic predisposition to chronic...
National College of Natural Medicine Announces Age Wise Institute
NCNM to Focus on Health and Well-Being of a Growing Aging Population PORTLAND, Ore. (March 4, 2016)—National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) today announced the formation of a new institute aimed at improving the lives of senior citizens through promoting healthy,...
Call to Action: Modernizing ND Healthcare in CT (HB5334)
Please take action now! Ginger Nash, ND Many patients over the years have asked me for more help than I am able to provide given our antiquated licensing law in CT. Naturopathic doctors in Connecticut are currently trying to modernize the law and we have a bill...
Mechanism By Which Obesity Promotes Cancer
According to a study by Massachusetts General Hospital (The first and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School) published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the team found an association between obesity and a certain pathway that promotes tumor...
A New Way to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescription
According to a new study out of the University of Southern California, behavioral interventions could help doctors slow the rise of treatment-resistant infections in hospitals and clinics, reduce adverse drug events in patients, and lower health care costs. The...
Infant Diet Influences Gut Microbiome Not Maternal Obesity
According to a study by the American Society for Microbiology, after the age of nine months, the development of the infant gut microbiota is driven by the transition to family foods, not maternal obesity. “Our results reveal that the transition from early infant...
Meditation May Ease Pain and Anxiety from Biopsy
A new study from the Duke Cancer Institute that was published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology evaluated 121 women who listened to recorded meditation or music or received standard care during image-guided needle biopsies. The study was conducted to...
Barley Helps Improve Blood Sugar Levels, Reduce Appetite
According to a study by Lund University, Barley can reduce blood sugar levels as well as reduce people’s appetite. This helps reduce the risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease respectively. One researcher remarked, “It is surprising, yet promising, that choosing...
Maternal Consumption of Seafood and Child Neuropsychological Development
According to the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers have found a link between the maternal consumption of seafood and the neuropsychological development of children. The study was conducted to shed light to specific seafood subtypes within the...
A New Way to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescription
According to a new study out of the University of Southern California, behavioral interventions could help doctors slow the rise of treatment-resistant infections in hospitals and clinics, reduce adverse drug events in patients, and lower health care costs. The...
Infant Diet Influences Gut Microbiome Not Maternal Obesity
According to a study by the American Society for Microbiology, after the age of nine months, the development of the infant gut microbiota is driven by the transition to family foods, not maternal obesity. “Our results reveal that the transition from early infant...
Meditation May Ease Pain and Anxiety from Biopsy
A new study from the Duke Cancer Institute that was published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology evaluated 121 women who listened to recorded meditation or music or received standard care during image-guided needle biopsies. The study was conducted to...
Barley Helps Improve Blood Sugar Levels, Reduce Appetite
According to a study by Lund University, Barley can reduce blood sugar levels as well as reduce people’s appetite. This helps reduce the risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease respectively. One researcher remarked, “It is surprising, yet promising, that choosing...
Maternal Consumption of Seafood and Child Neuropsychological Development
According to the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers have found a link between the maternal consumption of seafood and the neuropsychological development of children. The study was conducted to shed light to specific seafood subtypes within the...
BMI Shouldn’t Be Used To Determine Healthiness
According to a study out of the University of California – Los Angeles published in the International Journal of Obesity, relying on body mass index (BMI), a numerical measure of a person’s height and weight, as a proxy for health incorrectly labels more than 54...
Antibiotic Use And Childhood Obesity
A new study published in the International Journal of Obesity links antibiotic use to childhood body mass index trajectory. The study was comprised of children aged 3-18 and the researchers used mixed effects linear regression to model associations of antibiotic...
The Impact of High Fructose Diet on Offspring
According to a new study by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, researchers discuss their findings on the effects of antenatal exposure to a high fructose diet on the offspring’s development of metabolic syndrome-like phenotype and cardiovascular disease later in...
The Link Between Excess Iron and Parkinson’s Disease
According to research from the Andersen lab at the Buck Institute, published online in The Journal of Neuroscience, there is a link between excess iron and Parkinson’s Disease. The study shows that the damage the excess iron found in the brains of patients with...
Lavender Essential Oil Combined With Other Aroma-Therapeutic Oils
A study out of South Africa looked at the interaction between different essential oils to determine the validity of the combination of the oils in the treatment of ailments, especially Lavandula angustifolia. Essential oils, which form part of naturopathic therapy,...
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50% Reduction in Earth Seismic Activity From COVID-19 Lockdown
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...
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...


