Review of Endocannabinoid System (ECS) physiology and endocannabinoid communications • Analyze the significance of the ECS as the master switchboard for all other systems • Connecting chronic conditions to ECS Deficiency Syndrome • Explore links between the...
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Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
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Adventurous Play May Lower Mental Health Issues in Children
From University of Exeter Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research. A study led by the University of Exeter asked parents how often...
Science Doesn’t Sell Pleasurable Products
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Young Men: Diet Helps Depressive Symptoms
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Similar Thought: My Aching Back
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Frank is a hard working plumber. He was coming up on 3 months of unbearable back pain when I met him. After 6 weeks of chiropractic therapy and steroid medication, he was really no further ahead. His backache is related to a work related...
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Older Adults Present Opportunity
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Melissa Coats, ND Older adults, defined typically as those who are 65 years or older, are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States today. The US Census Bureau states: In this century, the rate of growth of the elderly...
Effects of Falls in the Elderly
Protocols to prevent devastating falls Holly Lucille, ND, RN As an ND, one of the principles guiding my scope of practice and thought process is that of “Prevention is the cure.” It is somewhat of a backdrop principle, always present, very subtle, yet difficult to...
Melatonin Chronosynergy, Women, and Aging
The Expert Report Interview with Paula Witt-Enderby, PhD and Judith Balk, MPH, MD Mark Swanson, ND The concept of achieving therapeutic “synergy” is fundamental to the understanding of healing in a functional-naturopathic medicine practice. I have often postulated...
Student Debt: Another Monster Under the Bed
David Schleich, PhD Back in mid-September, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that $33 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds would be available to train “health professionals.”...
A Geriatric Perspective on Type 2 Diabetes
Lucy Rojo, ND; Michael Almaraz, CCHT, NLP, RP In the United States, there are 23.6 million people with diabetes mellitus. Of 17.9 million being diagnosed, 90% have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The epidemic of T2DM comes with significant burdens on healthcare and...
A Wrong Can Make A Right
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Rose is a frequent visitor to the office. For some years, she has come in with her kids. Rose is very health conscious and has developed a strong religious foundation to her life. I think her use of spirituality to outreach into the...
Botanical Pearls for Geriatric Patients
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) I asked several nurse practitioner colleagues who work solely with the geriatric population about what the top health concerns were for their patients. They cited bowel issues (constipation and diarrhea), urinary incontinence and urinary...
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Ulcerative Colitis
Mark Davis, ND Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is also known as human probiotic infusion, fecal transplant, fecal bacteriotherapy, fecal slurry, and gut flora rehabilitation and has been humorously referred to as “transpoosion.” The procedure consists of...
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COVID-19: A Naturopathic Physician’s Journey Through the Pandemic
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Immune System’s Memory for Viruses
Node Smith, ND When a virus enters the body, it is picked up by certain cells of the immune system. They transport the virus to the lymph nodes where they present its fragments, known as antigens, to CD8+ T cells responsible control of viral infections. Each of these...
Microbiota Important for Plants to Get the Nutrients They Need, Too
Node Smith, ND In nature, healthy plants are awash with bacteria and other microbes, mostly deriving from the soil they grow in. This community of microbes, termed the plant microbiota, is essential for optimal plant growth and protects plants from the harmful effects...
A Naturopathic Approach to DM- Part 2
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NK Immunological Cells May Have Memory
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Blood Work May Show Alcohol-Related Pathology Years Before End Organ Damage
Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world to show that the serum metabolite profile can be used to identify individuals likely at risk of developing an alcohol-related disease in the future. The finding also opens up...
Could Our Fat Have Immunological Function?
Node Smith, ND Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body's own defense system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered. The international collaboration between UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers...
Treating Chronic Pain: Reasons to Use a Top-Down System
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Shortest Time Measured: Zeptoseconds
Node Smith, ND In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, they have measured...
NK Immunological Cells May Have Memory
Node Smith, ND Good news for the human immune system: researchers from MedUni Vienna's Departments of Dermatology and Surgery have managed to ascribe an immunological memory function to a subset of cytotoxic NK cells, which have hitherto been regarded as...
Blood Work May Show Alcohol-Related Pathology Years Before End Organ Damage
Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world to show that the serum metabolite profile can be used to identify individuals likely at risk of developing an alcohol-related disease in the future. The finding also opens up...
Could Our Fat Have Immunological Function?
Node Smith, ND Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body's own defense system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered. The international collaboration between UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers...
Treating Chronic Pain: Reasons to Use a Top-Down System
Naturopathic Perspective MARK HEISIG, ND Pain is an interesting phenomenon within the brain and as a part of the human experience. And it's important to emphasize the human "experience" component, because pain is just that – an experience....
Shortest Time Measured: Zeptoseconds
Node Smith, ND In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, they have measured...
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"...
Webinar on Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke, Two Studies in Naturopathic Neurology By Dr Neil McKinney, ND
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Importance of Considering Energy Sources Used For/During Recycling Process
Node Smith, ND Recycling paper may only be helpful to the climate if it is powered by renewable energy, according to a new modelling study by researchers at UCL and Yale. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, found that greenhouse gas emissions would increase...
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...
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