David J. Schleich, PhD There is a certain irony to the proliferation of interest in “integrative medicine” around the Globe, and more particularly here in the United States. As I have suggested in earlier columns, the wide adoption of holistic therapies and...
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April 2014 | Autoimmune and Allergy
Elucidating PANDAS: Follow-Up Discussion of an Immune-Mediated Mental Illness..............................>> cover Steven Rondeau, ND, BCIA-EEG Addison’s Disease: A Naturopathic Approach........................................>> bottom of cover...
Elucidating PANDAS: Follow-Up Discussion of an Immune-Mediated Mental Illness
STEVEN RONDEAU, ND, BCIA-EEG PANDAS is an acronym for “Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus.” This condition, which was initially identified by Sue Swedo, MD and described in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1998,1 is...
Allergy Elimination Technique- Simplified Treatment of Difficult Cases
Dr Sheryl Wagner Dr. Devi Nambudripad, MD, DO, LAc, created a system of allergy treatment using acupressure after discovering that her own allergies disappeared when acupuncture was used in conjunction with allergen exposure. NAET—Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination...
Addison’s Disease: A Naturopathic Approach
Amanda Hegnauer, ND The most appropriate way to start breaking down the definition of Addison’s disease is to first look at the pathophysiological aspect of the adrenal gland. The adrenal glands are walnut-sized endocrine glands that sit atop the kidneys. Each...
Autoimmunity and the Gut: How Intestinal Inflammation Contributes to Autoimmune Disease
Jenny Berg, ND, LAc Kelly Baker, ND, LAc The incidence of autoimmune diseases has been on the rise The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that over 23.5 million Americans (8% of the population) have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.1 Researchers...
Autoimmune Infertility in Women: Part 2
FIONA MCCULLOCH, BSC, ND This is a follow-up article to “Autoimmune Infertility,” in the March, 2011, Autoimmune & Allergy Medicine issue of NDNR.1 This article will detail new developments since that time, as well as address underlying causes of the immunological...
Opiate Addiction: Pathophysiology and Herbal Interventions
JILLIAN STANSBURY, ND Opiate addiction is an enormous and devastating health problem worldwide, with over 5 million active addicts in the United States alone.1 And not only the addict is affected; marriages suffer or are ruined; jobs are lost; meaningful...
Oral-Systemic Health Care: Interview With Dan Sindelar, DMD
Mark Swanson, ND It is with great honor and pleasure to have Daniel Sindelar, DMD, as my interview guest for this segment of The Expert Report. Dr Sindelar earned his dental degree at Washington University School of Dental Medicine in 1981. He is a practicing dentist...
Holism in Autoimmune Disease: Working in Harmony with the Healing Power of Nature
MOSHE DANIEL BLOCK, ND, HMC I have had many colorful, diverse, and amazing cases of myasthenia gravis (MG) and other autoimmune illnesses that have demonstrated how the body is a reflection of the mental-emotional sphere. These cases also illustrate that when we...
Online Booking: An Efficient Way to Build Your Practice
K.C. BATEMAN, BSC, ND It was 2006, I was 2 years into practice, and I had just expanded into a second location for the first time. I quickly realized that I needed to find a solution that allowed staff in both offices to schedule patients for me. I needed a way to...
The Wrong Target: The Fallacy of Using Hypoglyemic Agents in Diabetes
Richard K. Maurer, ND Follow the Money I remember the scene from All the Presidents Men: Robert Redford, as reporter Bob Woodward, is in the parking garage awaiting a critical meeting with “deep throat” to make sense out of the as-yet-named Watergate scandal. I...
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