Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized nations of the West. The official cause is usually infarction, stroke or heart failure, but of course the underlying vascular damage begins much earlier. We know that in most cases, high blood...
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Table of Contents | 2007 | January
Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes: Carotid IMT Scanning
Last year, 64% of women and 50% of men who died suddenly of a heart attack had no prior knowledge of their heart disease. Forty to fifty percent of all heart attack patients have a “normal” cholesterol profile. As NDs, we recognize that cholesterol – even abnormally...
The Cardiovascular Effects of Toxins in Our Environment
By Mitch Kennedy, ND Here in the U.S., we are accustomed to hearing the “ozone and smog” alerts during summer, advising the elderly and children to stay indoors. This is not just for the risks to the pulmonary system (asthma, cough, shortness of breath); there also...
A Seasonal Stimulus for Influenza
Jacob Schor, ND The recent paper by John Jacob Cannell (“Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D,” 2006) linking epidemic influenza outbreaks with vitamin D deficiency could be the landmark paper of 2006. It certainly is going to change the way I answer questions about flu...
The Psychoenergetic Background of Cardiovascular Diseases
Craig Wagstaff, ND Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized nations of the West. The official cause is usually infarction, stroke or heart failure, but of course the underlying vascular damage begins much earlier. We know that in most...
Getting Your Practice to the Next Level
Monte Zwang Is this the year you want to take your practice to the “next level”? Many business owners and health practitioners have their eyes on the “next level,” but they don’t know what that is or how to get there. It’s important to know that the “next level” means...
Determining Risk for Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Shaida Sina, ND Cardiovascular risk is a real issue for patients with metabolic syndrome. Chart 1 shows screening flags for metabolic syndrome that should draw your attention to possible future cardiac issues. Metabolic syndrome’s pathology begins with inflammation;...
Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes: Carotid IMT Scanning
Pushpa Larsen, ND Last year, 64% of women and 50% of men who died suddenly of a heart attack had no prior knowledge of their heart disease. Forty to fifty percent of all heart attack patients have a “normal” cholesterol profile. As NDs, we recognize that cholesterol –...
Hydrotherapy: Foundation of a “Nature-Cure” Curriculum
David Schleich, PhD The bibliographic details cited below derive mainly from the work of Dr. Letitia Watrous, whose seminar materials and lectures on hydrotherapy have kept this modality very strong in the northwest Pacific and whose research is recounted here....
Chelation and IV Nutrient Therapy
Virginia Osborne, ND and Paul Anderson, ND In this article we will cover in brief the benefits of IV chelation and nutrient therapies. We will discuss the underlying need for chelation therapies due to the toxic effects of heavy metals, which destroy the balance of...
Case Studies: Homeopathic Care for Cardiovascular Disease
Joe Kellerstein, DC, ND Cardiovascular disease is a leading killer and, justifiably, it provokes anxious thoughts. It is in situations like these where we might instinctively believe we need to use “strong” medicine. In conventional medicine, this means doses of...
Using Oxidative Therapies to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
Eric Chan While explaining oxidative therapies and techniques to patients, I often get a wide-eyed stare when the patients hear that I want to remove 125-250 mls of their blood intravenously under vacuum, irradiate the blood with UV light and/or add ozone gas to it,...
Motherwort: For the Heart and Beyond
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is an herb known to most NDs. Its use as a female reproductive tract support (the “mother” side of motherwort) has become predominant, but its importance for the cardiovascular system should not be forgotten...
Air Pollution and its Effect on Fetal Development
Mitch Kennedy, ND Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are byproducts of burning fossil fuels (gas, diesel, kerosene, coal) and are common air pollutants throughout the US. Although known human mutagens and carcinogens, their effect on fetal growth previously has...
January 2007 | Cardiovascular
Docere Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes: Carotid IMT Scanning Pushpa Larsen, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Chelation and IV Nutrient Therapy Virginia Osborne, ND and Paul Anderson, ND Using Oxidative Therapies to Treat Chronic Heart Failure Eric Chan, ND...
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Ovulation-Triggered Migraine: A Naturopathic Clinical Case Study
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Dr. Jenny Tufenkian, ND A phased naturopathic approach addressing foundational digestive stabilization, EBV reactivation, neuroinflammation, and autonomic dysfunction in a severely disabled patient. Abstract Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...
A Case of Recurring Acute Viral Meningitis
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