Two Distinct Clinical Entities Nate Champion, ND It seems as if more and more individuals are being seen with clinical symptoms associated with adverse reactions to gluten, the structural protein component of wheat, barley, and rye. Often, these patients have already...
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Table of Contents | 2012 | April
April 2012 | Autoimmune and Allergy Medicine
Autoimmune Disease: Paradigm Change in Disease Management?............................>> cover David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN Natural Approaches to Adult Nephrotic Syndrome.................................>> bottom of cover Jenna Henderson, ND...
Antiallergy Polyphenomics—A Beautiful Sneeze: Interview With Kelly Heim, PhD
Mark Swanson, ND This month’s Expert Report is as much a demonstration of the power and art of the English language as it is a 3-dimensional look at the diverse actions of polyphenols. It is my pleasure to introduce Kelly Heim, PhD, whose work is driving a new and...
Glucosamine May Lower Lung Cancer
Jacob Schor, ND and Tina Kaczor, ND It is time for us to recommend glucosamine to a lot more patients. Early last fall, one of us (T.K.) commented in the Natural Medicine Journal1 on an article by Theodore Brasky et al2 that is changing the way we think about which...
Educating NDs for 2050: The Meter Is Running
David Schleich, PhD In 37 years and a few months, we will hit mid-century, and how we design and deliver naturopathic medical education will be very different than it is today. About a decade ago, a widely circulated report by the Institute of Medicine (Smedley,...
Parkinson Disease: Beyond levodopa
Christopher Maloney, ND Parkinson disease is generally considered a progressive disorder with one primary treatment. However, recent research into Parkinson disease impairment processes shows “abnormal metabolic network activities involving several cortical and...
A Clearing
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Cheryl has been a patient off and on since she was about 3 years old. She is now 17. She was seen 3 weeks ago for the second time after she had not responded to a couple of prescriptions for her acne condition. I want to start this story...
Natural Approaches to Adult Nephrotic Syndrome
Jenna Henderson, ND Several autoimmune diseases of the kidney are classified as idiopathic. These conditions can be difficult to treat and often lead to renal failure. Allopathic medicine has had limited success with these types of nephritis and at best can slow the...
Seasonal Allergies Treat the Cause—Go to the Gut
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) As spring approaches, the so-called seasonal allergies and hay fever arrive, accompanied by symptoms of nasal congestion, prolific mucous secretions, itchy eyes, sneezing, and a scratchy or sore throat. To treat this yearly cyclic...
The Century-Long Stand for Medical Freedom
Sussanna C. Czeranko, ND, BBE Our restrictive, exclusive medical legislation is monopolistic and unconstitutional. It is class legislation, and as such is un-American. When a set of doctors secure the passage of laws to restrict competition and to monopolize the...
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome
A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Stacie Deyglio, ND Dr James Wilson is the world’s authority on the stress syndrome known as adrenal fatigue. His book Adrenal Fatigue: the 21st Century Stress Syndrome is a commitment to the truth...
Is Your Receptionist an Income Producing Asset?
Expense or Asset? James Maskell This week on our Inner Circle, we had the pleasure of interviewing Claudia Reddick, a 20 year veteran of the spa industry. The progression of the spa industry in the 90s very much mirrors the potential expansion of our industry...
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Natural Approaches to Adult Nephrotic Syndrome Jenna Henderson, ND Several autoimmune diseases of the kidney are classified as idiopathic. These conditions can be difficult to treat and often lead to renal failure. Allopathic medicine has had limited success...
Autoimmune Disease
Paradigm Change in Disease Management? David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN The genesis of this article was a presentation delivered at the 2011 American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Annual Convention (Phoenix, Arizona) on the topic of autoimmune disease,...
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