by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Anti-Aging, Endocrinology, Geriatrics
Dicken Weatherby, ND Most of us have heard of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in the context of weight lifters and athletes injecting it to enhance muscle mass and performance. In that form, HGH is expensive and can cause negative side effects. But as NDs, I think...
by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Anti-Aging, Cardiopulmonary Medicine, Detoxification Medicine, Gastrointestinal, Mind/Body, Oncology
Amy Elizabeth Terlisner, NMD For many years, the prevailing theory for aging and disease has focused on free radical damage. Antioxidants are mainstays of naturopathic treatment for many conditions, and we are taught that oxidation is the common underlying etiology...
by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Mind/Body, Practice Building
Michael T. Smith, ND With almost two-thirds of Americans currently overweight, and the fact that 50% of all deaths are due to preventable causes, including chronic diseases directly related to obesity/overweight (Roberts and Barnard, 2005), we as NDs have the...
by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Anti-Aging, Education, Geriatrics, Pain Medicine
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO There’s a new exercise to prevent hip fractures in the elderly. It is the simplest, easiest, lowest-cost intervention yet proposed. It is so simple of an exercise and so quick to perform, a person can do it while standing on one foot. Actually,...
by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Education
David Schleich, PhD Donald Schon (1987) writes about “normative curriculum,” a way of describing how curriculum is organized in most professional schools, including ours. The concept of a “normative curriculum” is a useful way of understanding the hierarchy of...
by NDNR | Sep 30, 2008 | 2008 | September, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, Education, Gastrointestinal, Mind/Body
Kendra Pearsall, ND Sixty-six percent of the population is overweight (Davy and Hall, 2004), so every ND needs to address this problem. This article will discuss the top seven items to address in a weight-loss program based on the success I have had in my bariatric...
