by NDNR | Mar 31, 2011 | 2011 | March, Practice Building
A Naturopathic Answer to Sales One thing that most Naturopathic Doctors tell us is that they don’t want to be ‘pushy’ or ‘salesy’. Certainly, the image that salespeople have in the community at large is not that favorable, and I completely see why every professional,...
by NDNR | Mar 17, 2011 | 2011 | March, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Botanical Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Nature Cure, Pain Medicine
Heidi Weinhold, ND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the body produces autoantibodies (antibodies that attack normal healthy tissue). These autoantibodies can attack the skin, joints, kidney, spleen, or any other organ in the...
by NDNR | Mar 17, 2011 | 2011 | March, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Botanical Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Nature Cure
Jillian Stansbury, ND Research is growing regarding the use of rosmarinic acid, a safe and ecologically abundant constituent of common herbs that you probably already know and love. Rosmarinic acid is found in rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis of course, and in many...
by NDNR | Mar 17, 2011 | 2011 | March, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Environmental Medicine
Fateh Srajeldin, BSc, ND Allergies are hyperreactive and adverse responses of the body (systemic or total) to a stimulus or multiple stimuli (antigens). These antigens are harmless to most people, but others show hyperreaction when allergens gain access to their body....
by NDNR | Mar 17, 2011 | 2011 | March, Botanical Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Nature Cure
Eric R. Secor Jr, ND, MPH, MS, LAc The common pineapple, Ananas comosus, was brought back to Europe from Guadeloupe at the conclusion of the second voyage to the Americas by Columbus in 1493. Its culinary and architectural use slowly spread throughout the continent,...
by NDNR | Mar 17, 2011 | 2011 | March, Autoimmune/Allergy Medicine, Detoxification Medicine, Gastrointestinal, Pediatrics
Letitia Dick-Kronenberg, ND Last August, I treated a young patient named Alyssa. She is 3 years old and is confined to a pediatric wheelchair. Her mother flew with her from Las Vegas, Nevada, to see me in Spokane, Washington. Little Alyssa has a rare genetic disorder...