Emma M. N. Petshow Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND Student Scholarship – First Place Case Study Parkinson’s disease is a neurologic disorder that affects the substantia nigra of the brain by depleting dopamine-secreting neurons.1 Gastrointestinal distress, including nausea,...
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Music as Medicine: A Case Study in Autism
Janis Gruska, ND Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't. (Johnny Depp) Since time immemorial, music as a meaningful vibration has been infused into human culture to express feelings and evoke emotional release.1 The concept of “sacred sounds” has been...
Teen Sleep: Getting It Right
Catherine Darley, ND Remember being a teenager, staying up late, and sleeping till noon on the weekends? Most likely you have teen patients in your clinic who are experiencing the same sleep pattern. Unfortunately, because school hours are not aligned with teen...
Alzheimer’s & Hyperinsulinemia: The Naturopathic Dietary Tool Kit
Robert Kachko ND, LAc Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has the historically unique distinction of being the only common chronic disease with no known prevention or cure. This proposition becomes increasingly ominous when considering the rising tide of Alzheimer’s expected to...
Yokukansan: A Traditional Kampo Formula for Dementia
Jillian Stansbury, ND With Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia affecting millions of elders, the need for safe remedies to both halt the progression and help treat symptoms is greater than ever before. One of the greatest challenges for caregivers and...
Ayahuasca: Tradition, Context, & Clinical Applications
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...
Mood Disorders: How Understanding Underlying Mechanisms Enhances Patient Outcomes
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...
PQQ: A Vital Nutrient for Mitochondrial Health, Memory, & Metabolism
Michael T. Murray, ND Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is a compound found in interstellar dust, that also acts to generate the spark of life in every living cell in our body; PQQ has nearly unlimited potential to improve human health. Specifically, PQQ is a novel...
Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia: Successful Treatment Using IV Nutrients
Student Scholarship – 1st Place Case Study Mark Iwanicki Leslie Fuller, ND Paroxysmal dyskinesias constitute a rare group of movement disorders affecting both adults and children. Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is characterized by episodic choreoathetosis,...
The Healing Power of Love: The Hormone, Oxytocin
Heather Wdowin, NMD Recent explorations of the posterior pituitary hormone, oxytocin (OT), have revealed much more about this hormone that is associated primarily with childbirth and breastfeeding. OT is socially, neurologically, immunologically, and cardiovascularly...