by NDNR | Jan 28, 2008 | 2008 | January, Practice Building
Kate Williams, MA If you are a doctor practicing naturopathic medicine, you likely have been faced with multiple and varied occasions to write. For many of you, this may be excruciating and not what you signed up for. Charting patient visits is one thing, but Web site...
by NDNR | Jan 28, 2008 | 2008 | January, Education, Gastrointestinal
Dicken Weatherby, ND Hypochlorhydria is a condition of decreased secretions of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and pepsin from the parietal cells in the stomach. Generally associated with aging, it can affect anyone at any age. In my opinion, lack of stomach acid is a...
by NDNR | Jan 26, 2008 | 2008 | January, Gastrointestinal
Sharon Stills, ND and Victoria Bowmann, PhD When I completed my formal naturopathic education and training and began private practice, I realized that my education had just begun. As patients presented their cases with many complexities, my journey of expanding...
by NDNR | Jan 26, 2008 | 2008 | January, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, Botanical Medicine, Geriatrics, Nature Cure, Neurology
Jacob Schor, ND We usually think of curcumin in terms of cancer treatment, yet it may play an equally valuable role in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Curcumin is the principal curcuminoid of the Indian curry spice turmeric. A fascinating story of...
by NDNR | Jan 26, 2008 | 2008 | January, Education
David Schleich, PhD There is an inevitable need to achieve “social closure” for our medicine, achievable in our time if the necessary conditions can be systematically met. Those include: a permanent naturopathic medical education foundation within higher education...
by NDNR | Jan 26, 2008 | 2008 | January, Education, Gastrointestinal
Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a $13 billion a year industry in the U.S. There were 95 million prescriptions written for these in 2005. Omeprazole, the first PPI to be synthesized, is also available over the counter. These drugs are...
