Tina Kaczor, ND, FABNO When a patient presents with peripheral neuropathy, the prevailing challenge for any practitioner is finding the cause of the condition. In naturopathic oncology, the culprit is often obvious, being the patient’s treatment itself. The challenge...
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March 2009 | Neurology
Naturopathic Treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury...................................>> cover Alicia Gonzalez, ND Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy State of the clinical evidence for prevention/treatment......................>> bottom of cover...
Cryptic Causes of Neurological Conditions
Shandor Weiss, ND One of the main principles of naturopathic medicine is Tolle Causam. To treat the cause a doctor has to find the cause … or causes. There is always a cause, and the cause can always be found, and the cause is always different than the diagnosis of...
Listen to the System: Case Study Demonstrates How the Solution Always Presents Itself
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Jane is a pleasant, elegant, 60-year-old lady. She presented with a big, warm smile. Her chief complaints, however, were a concomitant history of vestibular and headache issues dating from the mid-1990s. There was also a past history of a...
Daylight Saving Time: Detrimental to our Health?
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO With spring fast approaching, I’m already dreading the shock of switching back to Daylight Saving Time (DST). This leads me to ponder why we still bother switching the clocks like this. I can never remember when we do it and which way we are...
It’s Time for “Social Closure”: Knowing the Stakes
David Schleich, PhD Everyone talks in our world about how the naturopathic profession has momentum, now more than ever. Some feel that the momentum is fragile and has been long in the works, requiring diligence and caution; others experience it has unstoppable. For a...
Naturopathic Treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury
Alicia Gonzalez, ND My saga with brain injuries began when a soccer teammate fell during a game and suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). He was rushed to the nearest trauma center and received top-notch care in the ER and ICU. Unfortunately, once he was discharged...
Non-Entrainment Neurofeedback
Trina Doerfler, ND, DC Discussion of the brain is everywhere these days … it’s on the cover of leading news magazines; public television has a series entitled “The Brain Fitness Program”; and more than a few books are being written on how to better understand and work...
Anxiety: Find the Cause
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) At a certain level, anxiety can be normal and useful, stimulating one to purposeful action. When in excess, however, it can interfere with one’s ability to function. Abnormal expressions of anxiety can range from a feeling of uneasiness,...
Biofilms and Urinary Tract Health: Part 2 of 2
Nita Bishop, ND and Rowan Hamilton, MNIMH Have antibiotics been designed around the wrong premise? More than 100 years ago, Robert Koch made an important breakthrough in the history of microbiology by developing methods to create a solid nutrient media to...
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