Node Smith, ND Thin, flexible fibers made of carbon nanotubes have now proven able to bridge damaged heart tissues and deliver the electrical signals needed to keep those hearts beating. Biocompatible fibers sewn into damaged tissue can restore electrical function to...
Promoting soil to shelf concept for herbal product brands Bloomington, IN (October 1, 2019) Nuaxon Bioscience, Inc. will be exhibiting October 15-19, at the industry trade show, SupplySide West in Las Vegas, NV. The trade show brings together industry professionals...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Marisol Teijeiro, ND Walk into any health food store, talk to any naturopathic physician, midwife, nurse, medical doctor, herbalist, or functional medicine practitioner, and ask them about castor oil. You will receive polar responses, as to...
Node Smith, ND People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. Previous observational studies linked insomnia with...
Node Smith, ND Teenagers report higher levels of stress than adults, and cite school as the highest contributing factor, according to the American Psychological Association's annual report. A summary from 2013 concluded that while stress among Americans was not new,...
NODE SMITH, ND Migraines are a pain in the head and in the hip pocket, but newly discovered genetic causes by QUT researchers could lead the way to new preventative drugs and therapies. Genetic analyses findings were published in The American Journal of Human...
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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?...
LAUREN TESSIER, ND If you’re like me, you were taught to tread carefully regarding the use of pharmaceutical antimicrobials in practice. After all, our naturopathic education taught us how to approach infections with numerous modalities, antimicrobial herbs...
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Teaching and learning are 2 sides of a coin that leads to education. That makes it intrinsically a social construct, albeit with objective, discernible activities involved, such as conducting a chemistry lab experiment or...
SHARUM SHARIF, ND Abstract Epidemics and pandemics remain among the most serious threats to human health, and their incidence is rising due to factors such as global travel, antibiotic resistance, armed conflict, and climate change. In this first installment of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
According to researchers out of the University of Edinburgh, reducing the meat consumption from one of the world’s biggest beef producing regions might not lower greenhouse gas emissions. The study that was published in the journal Nature Climate Change, evaluated the...
In a study out of Brazil, researchers evaluated the relationship between the functioning of the hypothalamaic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and major depressive episodes in the remote postpartum period. The participants were women between 23 and 33 years old about six...
In a paper published in the Annuls of Internal Medicine by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the authors in combination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention give advice to physicians on prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory tract...
In a study headed up by the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, researchers found that breastmilk from obese mothers has pro-inflammatory properties and decreased neuroprotective factors. In a notably-small sample size of...
February 11, 2016 Update #1 (please read first posting here) Paul Herscu, ND, MPH Herscu Laboratory My intention with this post is to continue to lay a foundation and build scaffolding so that when you see data or hear the news or learn of novel discoveries, you will...
According to researchers out of the University of Edinburgh, reducing the meat consumption from one of the world’s biggest beef producing regions might not lower greenhouse gas emissions. The study that was published in the journal Nature Climate Change, evaluated the...
In a study out of Brazil, researchers evaluated the relationship between the functioning of the hypothalamaic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and major depressive episodes in the remote postpartum period. The participants were women between 23 and 33 years old about six...
In a paper published in the Annuls of Internal Medicine by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the authors in combination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention give advice to physicians on prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory tract...
In a study headed up by the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, researchers found that breastmilk from obese mothers has pro-inflammatory properties and decreased neuroprotective factors. In a notably-small sample size of...
February 11, 2016 Update #1 (please read first posting here) Paul Herscu, ND, MPH Herscu Laboratory My intention with this post is to continue to lay a foundation and build scaffolding so that when you see data or hear the news or learn of novel discoveries, you will...
We are deeply saddened to report that Dr. Bruce Shelton of Phoenix, Arizona passed away on February 12th. Dr. Shelton was a holistic medical doctor and champion of homeopathic medicine, with a successful integrative practice. This news was reported by the Arizona...
In a study conducted by Loma Linda University, published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found a possible link between a decreased risk of prostate cancer and vegan diets in men. Researchers looked at a variety of diets including...
According to AZCentral.com, Representative Jay Lawrence out of Scottsdale, pulled his bill that would have banned naturopaths and homeopaths from writing prescriptions for marijuana. The bill would also require patients to renew cards every six months and punish those...
Shawn Peters, Naturopathic Medical Student Dr. Bernard Jensen was a truly historical figure within in the realm of nutrition and naturopathic medicine. Dr. Jensen was born in the early 1900’s and was primarily both a chiropractor (D.C.) and a Nutritionist. He...
In a study published by the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, there could be a link between post-natal depression and the hormone Oxytocin. It is very difficult for mothers suffering from post-natal depression to be there for their children and researchers think hormone...
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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...
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...
