ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), sometimes referred to as a "pacemaker for the brain," involves a stimulator device that is implanted under the skin in the chest, with a wire that is wound around the vagus nerve...
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Cannabis and Women’s Health: A History- Part 3
JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP In parts 1 and 2 of this article, I reviewed historical accounts of the use of cannabis for women’s health in ancient texts from around the globe, up through mid- to late-19th century European and American accounts. Much of the historical...
Managing PCOS: Use of Progestins & Progesterone
KHIVAN OBEROI, ND ERIN FIX, ND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is well known for having a complex hormonal and metabolic pathophysiology. Patients may seek out naturopathic care for a holistic approach that can address hormonal concerns at various points in...
Preconception and Pregnancy: A Nutritional Guide for Clinicians
ERICA NIKIFORUK, ND, RAC While it is generally understood that maternal preconception health and nutrition is important, the opportunity to use the perinatal period for programming a child’s future health and disease risk is becoming increasingly evident. While...
Hydrotherapy- Part 4
JAMES SENSENIG, ND LETITIA DICK-KRONENBERG, ND, VNMI This column is transcribed from a weekly live conversation produced by the Naturopathic Medical Institute (NMI). The goal of NMI is to preserve and promote the principles of naturopathic philosophy through...
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Estrogen Dominance & Excess Estrogen in Naturopathic Practice
Kaitlyn Zorn, HBSc, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae “Estrogen dominance” is a term used in naturopathic medicine to describe a high ratio of estrogen to progesterone. Different factors in our Western lifestyle, such as high stress and synthetic hormone exposure, contribute...
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Nature Cure Clinical Pearls: The Neutral Bath
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE In the United States the neutral bath is rather new. Most people have never even heard of it. M. Ferrin, 1923, p. 317 The neutral bath is more efficient than all the agents known to pharmacy....
The “Lowe” Down on Thyroid
The Expert Report Interview With Dr John Lowe Mark Swanson, ND This segment of The Expert Report pulls no punches. My interview guest is Dr John Lowe, author of The Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia,1 an extraordinary and comprehensive 1100-page text, which I found...
Botanicals for Emotional Illnesses
Perspective From My Studies in Peru Jillian Stansbury, ND This article is a bit “out of the box.” As some readers may be aware, I have been living in Peru for 6 months a year for the past 5 years, studying shamanism and ethnobotany with several indigenous Amazonian...
Adolescent Insomnia
Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols for Sleep Disorders Lisa Watson, ND Insufficient sleep is a common and often chronic condition in adolescence. It is estimated that between 25% and 45% of adolescents in the United States fail to obtain adequate sleep1,2 and that...
Toxicity and Depression
Effects of Depression Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Depression affects about 120 million people worldwide, and each year about 6% of men and 9.5% of women experience an episode of depression.1 The World Health Organization2 predicts that depression will become the second...
March 2012 | Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia
Toxicity and Depression.........................>>cover Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Adolescent Insomnia: Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols for Sleep Disorders...............................>> bottom of cover Lisa Watson, ND How to Make or Break the Outcome...
How to Make or Break the Outcome of Borderline Personality Disorder
Tara Peyman, ND Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most challenging conditions to manage in practice. Some physicians believe that this disorder does not respond well to medical treatment. However, I have found that patients with BPD can experience...
Put More Value Into Running Your Practice
James Maskell One of the most influential people in my life is Seth Godin, writer and entrepreneur. One of his more recent books, Poke the Box is a favorite, as it encourages us all to take initiative to find ways to run our businesses more effectively. As Seth...
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PERQUE LLC introduces PERQUE DigestivAide™ Herbal Bitters.
ASHBURN, VA – PERQUE LLC announces the launch of PERQUE DigestivAide Herbal Bitters, a novel combination of angelica, burdock, dandelion, fennel, ginger, and yellow dock bitters to be taken before meals to stimulate appetite and promote healthy digestion. The...
Leaders Who are “Engaging” May Help Team Effectiveness
From PLOS A new analysis suggests that a particular leadership style dubbed "engaging leadership" can boost employees' engagement and enhance team effectiveness within the workplace. Greta Mazzetti of the University of Bologna, Italy, and Wilmar Schaufeli of Utrecht...
Cannabis Addiction More Likely in Adolescents, but Not Mental Health Issues
From University College London Adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be at increased risk of other mental health problems related to the drug, finds a new study led by UCL and King's College London...
Perhaps Only 20% Have Good Heart Health
From American Heart Association About 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association's new Life's Essential 8™ checklist according to a new study published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship,...
Getting Back to Nature’s Way: The Role of Over-breathing in Chronic Disease
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Cheryl Kasdorf, ND Indulge me, and consciously take a breath. You were breathing anyway, right? As you breathe in, feel the air passing into your lungs and notice how much space is being filled. Imagine the oxygen from the air entering...
Vocabulary to Describe Emotions is Linked to Well-being
Node Smith, ND Vocabulary that one uses to describe their emotions is an indicator of mental and physical health and overall well-being, according to an analysis led by a scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and published today in Nature...
Adapting in These Times: Growing Your Practice During COVID
Chen Yen The current COVID situation has led to many naturopathic practices experiencing hardships, with some practitioners even choosing to close their practice. The good news is that even in times like these, practices can still grow. What’s...
DROs & Novel Respiratory Infections: Homeopathy as An Effective Tool
Nazanin Vassighi, ND Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time, due to the rising prevalence of “superbugs,” or drug-resistant organisms (DROs). DROs may be responsible for an estimated 10...
Integrating East and West: Unique Agents for Respiratory Health
Carrie Decker, ND As we transition from the dog days of summer to the dead of winter, many of us take heed of the need to support immune system function. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), autumn is the season associated with the lungs, an...
Epidemics & Pandemics; Homeopathic Prevention & Management – Part 2
Sharum Sharif, ND In Part 1 of this article, I covered how and why epidemics are on the rise; how conventional medical approaches alone (including drugs and vaccination) are insufficient in meeting the needs of our species; and how...
Complex Pattern Recognition Linked to Stronger Belief in God(s)
Node Smith, ND Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to neuroscientists at Georgetown...
Further Illumination on Long-lasting Effects of Mild Brain Trauma
Node Smith, ND Even mild concussions cause severe and long-lasting impairments in the brain's ability to clean itself of toxins, and this may seed it for Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other neurodegenerative problems, new research from the University of Virginia...
New Ideas on How to Rehab Language Ability After Stroke
Node Smith, ND New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found that intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes to treating the loss of language and communication in early recovery after a stroke. Intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes...
Couples Influence Goals of One Another
Node Smith, ND Over the long-term, what one partner in a two-person relationship wishes to avoid, so too does the other partner -- and what one wants to achieve, so does the other. These effects can be observed regardless of gender, age and length of the relationship,...
Epidemics & Pandemics; Homeopathic Prevention & Management – Part 2
Sharum Sharif, ND In Part 1 of this article, I covered how and why epidemics are on the rise; how conventional medical approaches alone (including drugs and vaccination) are insufficient in meeting the needs of our species; and how...
Complex Pattern Recognition Linked to Stronger Belief in God(s)
Node Smith, ND Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to neuroscientists at Georgetown...
Further Illumination on Long-lasting Effects of Mild Brain Trauma
Node Smith, ND Even mild concussions cause severe and long-lasting impairments in the brain's ability to clean itself of toxins, and this may seed it for Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other neurodegenerative problems, new research from the University of Virginia...
New Ideas on How to Rehab Language Ability After Stroke
Node Smith, ND New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found that intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes to treating the loss of language and communication in early recovery after a stroke. Intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes...
Couples Influence Goals of One Another
Node Smith, ND Over the long-term, what one partner in a two-person relationship wishes to avoid, so too does the other partner -- and what one wants to achieve, so does the other. These effects can be observed regardless of gender, age and length of the relationship,...
Using Light Particles to Create a More Secure Internet
Node Smith, ND The world is one step closer to having a totally secure internet and an answer to the growing threat of cyber-attacks, thanks to a team of international scientists who have created a unique prototype which could transform how we communicate online. The...
Cerebral Hierarchy and Brain Wave Frequency
Node Smith, ND To produce your thoughts and actions, your brain processes information in a hierarchy of regions along its surface, or cortex, ranging from "lower" areas that do basic parsing of incoming sensations to "higher" executive regions that formulate your...
Common Medications Could Contribute to Alzheimer’s
Node Smith, ND A team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a class of drugs used for a broad array of conditions, from allergies and colds to hypertension and urinary incontinence, may be associated...
Could Transplanting Brown Fat be the Next “Silver Bullet” for Obesity/Diabetes?
Node Smith, ND Obesity is the main cause of type 2 diabetes and related chronic illnesses that together will kill more people around the globe this year than the Covid-19 coronavirus. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have delivered a proof of concept for a novel...
“One Day at a Time” Motto Seems to Work for Those Recovering From Addiction
Node Smith, ND "One day at a time" is a mantra for recovering alcoholics, for whom each day without a drink builds the strength to go on to the next. A new brain imaging study by Yale researchers shows why the approach works. "One day at a time" Imaging scans of those...
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The Vital Conversation – Nutrition and Self-Healing: Part 1
JAMES SENSENIG, ND CHARLEY CROPLEY, ND This column is transcribed from a weekly live conversation produced by the Naturopathic Medical Institute (NMI). The goal of NMI is to preserve and promote the principles of naturopathic philosophy through clinical...
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