Five doorways to creating a thriving practice - your style, your wayOver the last couple of months I've interviewed a number of naturopathic physicians. They are passionate about their work. They love medicine. They are good at their work and their patients get...

Vis medicatrix naturae, the healing power of nature, perhaps the most powerful and least understood of all the naturopathic principles, became the main thread of conversation at the Third Annual Gathering of naturopathic physicians and students. The Gathering is the...

As naturopaths, we practice medicine based on our founding principle, Vis Medicatrix Naturae: the healing power of nature. When the obstacles to healing are removed and the essential building blocks are present, the body has an inherent ability to heal itself. The...

If you’ve ever been to my house, you will notice that the closets and drawers tend to gather piles of papers and things that haven’t been fully processed. They sit and gather and wait for that day when I finally go back in and declare, “Today is the day that I deal...

If you’ve ever been to my house, you will notice that the closets and drawers tend to gather piles of papers and things that haven’t been fully processed. They sit and gather and wait for that day when I finally go back in and declare, “Today is the day that I deal...

Twenty years ago, a lead article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that men in a Danish fishing village who ate at least 30 ounces of salmon a week had half the risk of getting a heart attack as their bovine-consuming neighbors.1 Since heart disease had...

Nearly 20 years ago the AANP held one of its first annual conferences in Oregon, with the theme of honoring our elders. I had agreed to give Dr. William Babnick a ride to the conference, which was held near Mount Hood. As I welcomed him into my car I offered to play...

The use of any chelation medication by physicians can be a beneficial addition to clinical practice. This benefit is not without risk, as is common to most therapeutic interventions, but with proper training and implementation chelation risks can be effectively...

Of all the heavy metals, mercury is the most toxic to the human body. Mercury (Hg), also known as “quicksilver,” comes in three forms – metallic, inorganic and organic. Metallic Hg (Hg0) can be oxidized into inorganic Hg as Hg1+ or Hg2+, or it can be methylated into...

When asked to write about a particular health condition, a doctor always thinks of their most challenging or outstanding case. I am no exception. Following are a few of the most severe fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue patients that I have treated in my clinical...