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Preparing for Pregnancy Self Care and Epigenetic Potential

Preparing for Pregnancy Self Care and Epigenetic Potential

Allison Creech, MEd, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Many women seek naturopathic support for hormone balance as a first step toward a future pregnancy. The desire for pregnancy can motivate a woman to engage in new behaviors, such as seeing a naturopath for the first...

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Gluten Sensitivity vs Celiac Disease

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...

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...

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...

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Notes from the Field #33 

Notes from the Field #33 

June 2022  JARED L. ZEFF, ND, VNMI, LAC  The following is not an article prepared for a medical journal. Not every statement of fact is cited or referenced. This is a commentary on the medicine, a running set of observations about practice in the field. It’s...

Addressing Long COVID 

Addressing Long COVID 

Naturopathic Strategies for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms  YASAMAN TASALLOTI, ND  Abstract Long COVID presents with persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, sleep disturbances, and depression, largely driven by chronic inflammation,...

Mechanism of Exercise’s Effect on Cancer

Node Smith, ND People with cancer who exercise generally have a better prognosis than inactive patients. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a likely explanation of why exercise helps slow down cancer growth in mice: Physical activity...

Nobel Prize in Physics: Black Holes

Node Smith, ND The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, UK, "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity"...

Emotions May Leave a Lasting Smell

Node Smith, ND Unhealthy behaviors trigger moral judgments that are similar to the basic emotions that contribute to our ability to survive. Two different hypotheses are to be found in the current scientific literature as to the identity of these emotions. Some...

Value of Relationships Determined by Same Area as Economic Value

Node Smith, ND Wishing a friend ‘happy birthday’ or spending a long period of time listening to their problems signifies commitment to the friendship. In other words, these actions serve as commitment signals (*1) and it is known that people value their relationships...

Dependence on Coaches Can be Detrimental to Athletes

Node Smith, ND Athletes increasingly relying on a coach over the course of a season may be a sign that they aren't progressing in their development, according to new research from Binghamton University. Athletes increasingly relying on a coach over the course of a...

Mental Problems in Children with Diabetes

Node Smith, ND Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious but common complication of type 1 diabetes, is linked to lower IQ scores and worse memory in children with type 1 diabetes, according to a study led by UC Davis Health researchers. The study published Sept. 22 in...

Improved Enzyme ‘Cocktail’ That Eats Plastic Waste

Node Smith, ND The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme 'cocktail' which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second enzyme, found in the same rubbish dwelling bacterium that lives on a diet of plastic...

First Sign of COVID-19 in Elderly May Be Delirium

Node Smith, ND A new analysis of data from researchers at King's College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium -- a state of acute confusion associated with a higher...

Value of Relationships Determined by Same Area as Economic Value

Node Smith, ND Wishing a friend ‘happy birthday’ or spending a long period of time listening to their problems signifies commitment to the friendship. In other words, these actions serve as commitment signals (*1) and it is known that people value their relationships...

Dependence on Coaches Can be Detrimental to Athletes

Node Smith, ND Athletes increasingly relying on a coach over the course of a season may be a sign that they aren't progressing in their development, according to new research from Binghamton University. Athletes increasingly relying on a coach over the course of a...

Mental Problems in Children with Diabetes

Node Smith, ND Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious but common complication of type 1 diabetes, is linked to lower IQ scores and worse memory in children with type 1 diabetes, according to a study led by UC Davis Health researchers. The study published Sept. 22 in...

Improved Enzyme ‘Cocktail’ That Eats Plastic Waste

Node Smith, ND The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme 'cocktail' which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second enzyme, found in the same rubbish dwelling bacterium that lives on a diet of plastic...

First Sign of COVID-19 in Elderly May Be Delirium

Node Smith, ND A new analysis of data from researchers at King's College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium -- a state of acute confusion associated with a higher...

What if Adult Skin Could Regenerate Like Newborns?

Node Smith, ND A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn babe. The discovery by Washington State University researchers has implications for better skin wound treatment as well as preventing some of the aging...

Signs of Brain Damage From Sleep Apnea Same as Alzheimer’s

Node Smith, ND New research has confirmed long-suspected links between sleep apnea and Alzheimer's disease, finding identical signs of brain damage in both conditions. While the cause of Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, amyloid plaques that are toxic to brain...

PIH Academy Course Now Available On-Demand

PIH Academy is educating healthcare practitioners on Physiology First as the basis of functional medicine in practice – now with the convenience of on-demand lectures. ASHBURN, VA – PIH Academy, an educational initiative of PERQUE Integrative Health, aims to...

The Comfort of Your Shoes May be Weakening Your Muscles

Node Smith, ND The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, bends ever so slightly upward. While that curve, called a toe spring, can make stepping more comfortable and easier, it may also weaken feet and potentially open them up to some common (and painful)...

Genetic Differences Linked to Severity of COVID-19 Cases

Node Smith, ND, People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new analyses suggest that some life-threatening cases can be traced to weak spots in patients' immune systems. At least 3.5 percent of study patients...

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Understanding the “Chocolate Tree”

From University of Würzburg Cacao has long been a sought-after raw material for the world's food industry. At first glance, it therefore seems surprising that biology knows little about the pollination of the cacao tree -- although it is precisely this process that is...