Node Smith, ND A team of NUS researchers has recently discovered that the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and Simpleleaf Chastetree (Vitex trifolia), which are favorite nectaring plants of butterflies, do more than attract...

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Graphene Flakes Show Promising Effects on Neurons
Node Smith, ND Like in a science fiction novel, miniscule spacecrafts able to reach a specific site of the brain and influence the operation of specific types of neurons or drug delivery: graphene flakes, the subject matter of the new study of the group of SISSA...
Link Between Mitochondrial Damage and Osteoporosis
Node Smith, ND New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine provides a possible mechanism by which alcohol, cigarette smoke, and exposure to certain medications and toxins can weaken bone. Researchers haven’t gained a firm picture of how exposures are linked...
40% of Antibiotic Prescriptions May be Inappropriately Prescribed
Node Smith, ND Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs healthcare system, a higher figure than in previous studies examining outpatient antibiotic use, according to a new study...
Study Looks at Differences in Measles Transmission Risks
Node Smith, ND Research that may come to affect contact tracing and infection control measures in future measles outbreaks has now been presented. A study of an outbreak of measles in Gothenburg, Sweden, a year ago shows large differences in the risk of transmission...
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Seven Walking Strategies for People with Parkinson’s
NODE SMITH, ND Various strategies can help people with Parkinson's who have difficulty walking, but a new study finds that many people have never heard of or tried these strategies. The research is published in the online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of...
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Helping the Body Sing: Resolving Chronic Pain Using Touch
Naturopathic Perspective Christopher Maloney, ND As someone who has read hundreds of thousands of pages since graduating from NUNM back in 2002, I’d like to think that my intelligence is my major asset as a doctor. But everything I’ve learned is a distant second to...
Bio-Electric Chemistry in Practice: A Case Study
Tolle Totum Darrell S.C.S. Misak, ND, RPh Everyone is tired of feeling tired, and as a practitioner of natural medicine, my goal is to understand why when a patient consults me. From generation to...
Indian Health Services Seek Traditional Methods
Node Smith, ND Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. Belknap IHS hospital is seeking job applicants for two traditional practitioner positions...
Genetics and Cancer Metastisis Study
Node Smith, ND Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to new locations in the body. It has long been suspected that genetic mutations arising inside tumor cells drive this potentially devastating turn of events. Researchers have shown for the...
Type 2 Diabetes Using Naturopathy & Yoga as a First-line Treatment
Lakshmeesha D R, BNYS, MD Prashanth Shetty, BNYS, MSc Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH R K. Roshni Raj Lakshmi Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia due to absolute or relative deficiency of insulin, and affecting the metabolism of...
Controversies Surrounding High-Protein Diet Intake: Satiating Effect and Kidney and Bone Health
LORCA, Spain – A long-term high-protein diet may be linked to metabolic and other clinical problems such as loss of bone mass and renal dysfunction. The study, done at the University of Murcia in Spain, has concluded a high-protein diet may have negative health...
NCNM Beaverton Clinic Receives $387,000 Grant from Washington County
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 16, 2015)— Washington County of Oregon’s Department of Health and Human Services has awarded National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) a two-year grant for a total of $387,000 to provide primary care and preventive services for the county’s...
Wise Woman Herbals® Launches New Products!
New Formulas offer Increased Treatment Options for Practitioners Creswell, OR: Wise Woman Herbals, producers of traditional whole herb supplements, will be adding two new formulas to their professional product line as of August 15, 2015. Turmeric Plus Enzymes Capsules...
Ingesting Carbs and Protein Hydrolysate Stimulates Muscle Protein Synthesis in Young Men
Muscle protein synthesis in young men who ingest carbohydrates and proteins following resistance training builds strength during training, but not during the overnight recovery period, according to a study. Findings in the paper “Coingestion of Carbohydrate and...
Protein Hydrolysate and Amino Acid-Carbohydrate Mix Increases Post-exercise Plasma Insulin Responses in Men
A study on the response of men with Type 2 diabetes who took an insulinotropic protein hydrolysate with a single bolus of carbohydrate after eating showed lower blood glucose. The findings are published in The Journal of Nutrition. Participants ingested both...
Naturopathic Doctors and Patients File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Health Net Plan of Oregon and Ash Network
NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS AND PATIENTS FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HEALTH NET PLAN OF OREGON AND ASH NETWORKS Lawsuit Cites Unlawful and Discriminatory Practices that Limit Access to Benefits PORTLAND, ORE., JULY 7, 2015 –Today, the Oregon Association of...
Neuroinflammation & Lyme Disease
Bradley Bush, ND Before 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 30 000 new Lyme disease (LD) diagnoses occurred annually.1 At that time, many people thought to be suffering from the debilitating effects of this potentially chronic...
The Challenge of Change: How Neuroscience Can Help
Yashar Khosroshahi, ND You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself. (Wangari Maathai) Change is challenging. Change is universal. Change is manageable. Much like conditioning our bodies to become stronger and more flexible,...
Thirty Years with MS: Nothing But Hope
Teri Jaklin, ND The best advice I ever got from a neurologist was “run along and have a good life.” I was very compliant and did just that. It wasn’t until 10 years later, in 1995, that a nasty relapse reminded me of my diagnosis: multiple sclerosis (MS). Now, 3...
Protein Hydrolysate and Amino Acid-Carbohydrate Mix Increases Post-exercise Plasma Insulin Responses in Men
A study on the response of men with Type 2 diabetes who took an insulinotropic protein hydrolysate with a single bolus of carbohydrate after eating showed lower blood glucose. The findings are published in The Journal of Nutrition. Participants ingested both...
Naturopathic Doctors and Patients File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Health Net Plan of Oregon and Ash Network
NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS AND PATIENTS FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HEALTH NET PLAN OF OREGON AND ASH NETWORKS Lawsuit Cites Unlawful and Discriminatory Practices that Limit Access to Benefits PORTLAND, ORE., JULY 7, 2015 –Today, the Oregon Association of...
Neuroinflammation & Lyme Disease
Bradley Bush, ND Before 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 30 000 new Lyme disease (LD) diagnoses occurred annually.1 At that time, many people thought to be suffering from the debilitating effects of this potentially chronic...
The Challenge of Change: How Neuroscience Can Help
Yashar Khosroshahi, ND You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself. (Wangari Maathai) Change is challenging. Change is universal. Change is manageable. Much like conditioning our bodies to become stronger and more flexible,...
Thirty Years with MS: Nothing But Hope
Teri Jaklin, ND The best advice I ever got from a neurologist was “run along and have a good life.” I was very compliant and did just that. It wasn’t until 10 years later, in 1995, that a nasty relapse reminded me of my diagnosis: multiple sclerosis (MS). Now, 3...
Emanuel Felke, a Century Later
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE A century ago this year, Emanuel Felke moved to Sobernheim, a quaint, beautiful town on the Nahe River in Germany. Here he established a remarkable healing oasis based upon his carefully formulated collection of therapeutic agents and...
The Posse is Coming: Competition in the Naturopathic Education Sector
David J. Schleich, PhD Private education keeps expanding in this age of LMS capability and Millennials. This continuing growth in the higher-education food chain, some argue, persists despite the recent aftershocks of student loan levels and default rates for those...
Kinsei Manual Therapy: An Introduction to the United States
Bert Mathieson, ND, MA, RD, LD, CDE Anne Kelty, ND, LMT Kinsei Manual Therapy (KMT) is known as “Shintai Kinsei Ho” in Japan. “Shintai” means human body, “Kinsei” means balance or harmony, and “Ho” means method or technique. KMT is a whole-body style of manual therapy...
Migraines: New Research on an Old Disease
Ashley L. Russell, ND Naturopathic medicine is approaching a pivotal time in our profession. There is a strong push to integrate into the conventional medical system, using section 2706 from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as a political...
Traumatic Brain Injury: Impact, Assessment & Management of Concussion & mTBI
Matthew Bennett, ND, BaHSc, dAp Christopher Knee, ND, MSc Concussion is recognized as a clinical syndrome of biomechanically induced brain dysfunction, with or without loss of consciousness, as a result of rapid linear or rotational forces applied to the head or...
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Synthetic Red Blood Cells
Node Smith, ND Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the favorable properties of natural ones, such as flexibility, oxygen transport and long circulation times. But so far, most artificial red blood cells have had one or a few, but not...
Cycles of Negative Thinking Could be Linked to Dementia
Node Smith, ND Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study. 'Repetitive negative thinking' (RNT) linked to subsequent cognitive decline In the study of people aged over 55, published in...





