JARED C. PISTOIA, ND The PARQ – a form of informed consent for patients – is an important and necessary component of every treatment plan, but especially those that include homeopathic medicines. An acronym that stands for “procedures, alternatives, risks, and...
Botanicals for Graves’ Disease An Herbal Case Study BRIAN KEENAN, ND, LAC During my early years as a clinical intern I was tasked with seeing a new patient who was considered difficult. She was irritable, untrusting, and many in the clinic had...
A Complex Relationship GINA BROWN RICK BHIM, ND, CCNM Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a global health concern, affecting over 462 million individuals worldwide.1 It is a widely common condition in clinical practice and is a significant burden on the healthcare...
From American Heart Association A risk score based on a gene map predicted the likelihood of high blood pressure leading to heart problems or stroke in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published today in the American Heart Association's peer-reviewed...
From Max-Planck-Gesellschaft They are part of the brain of almost every animal species, yet they remain usually invisible even under the electron microscope. "Electrical synapses are like the dark matter of the brain," says Alexander Borst, director at the MPI for...
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Similar Thought Marla is a bright, lively and passionate person, and a very professional teacher. She has come in to discuss her son Richard, who is 12 and has been diagnosed as suffering ADHD. Marla says he is “the most active child I have...
Sean X. Hesler, ND You are in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, working in a makeshift clinic with no electricity or running water. The experience is amazing, as each of your patients presents a new challenge to what you learned in school and used...
Erica Peirson, ND Caffeine withdrawal can be extremely debilitating for many people. It can be the one factor that keeps a person from starting a detoxification program or cleanse. When managed properly, caffeine withdrawal can be practically effortless and painless....
An Ayurvedic Detoxification Program Virender Sodhi, MD (Ayurveda), ND Panchakarma (PK) is an effective cleansing and rejuvenation program that is part of the 5000-year-old science of ayurveda. In Sanskrit, panch means 5, and karma means processes. In other...
Environmental Toxicity Sarah A. LoBisco, ND There is no doubt that our environment is increasing in toxicity.1-10 In fact, it seems that almost every day we are bombarded by journal articles and media advertisements that inform us about the need to cleanse and...
Enhancing Xenobiotic Detox Catherine Price, NMD, MSAc The liver is the main site of metabolism of xenobiotics; therefore, it is targeted during most naturopathic detoxification protocols, which attempt to remove toxins from the body via stimulation of metabolizing and...
A Multifactorial Approach John Reynolds, ND It is an interesting phenomenon that sexual dysfunction has become one of the major reasons why male patients visit their primary care provider. In the past, men seemed determined to remain silent about these private and...
PSA Screening and Biopsy Are They Really Necessary.....................................>> cover Phranq. D. Tamburri, NMD Management of BPH and Urinary Tract Symptoms...................................>> bottom of cover John Hahn DPM, ND Naturopathic...
Eric Yarnell, ND Phimosis occurs when the foreskin is excessively tight and cannot be readily retracted off the glans. Phimosis is a physiological state until childhood, when the foreskin normally becomes readily retractable. In some cases, pathological phimosis...
Are you and your patients drinking enough water? We all know water is good for us, but did you know proper water intake may play a role in healthy aging? Suboptimal hydration may accelerate aging and increase the risk of chronic diseases and premature death. A study...
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reports the efficacy of telehealth-delivered mindfulness-based interventions (MBI). Over 690 veterans with chronic pain and a psychiatric comorbidity completed a trial of either group or self-paced MBI vs usual care. The...
A recent study by Australian researchers published in the European Journal of Nutrition sheds light on magnesium's critical role in maintaining DNA integrity, particularly for healthy middle-aged adults. The study reveals that low levels of magnesium, especially when...
How beneficial are potentially drugless healing systems, including naturopathy? Two doctors in India with Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science degrees asked that question in an Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine article. A comprehensive review of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO The lethargy that many Alzheimer's patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep, but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake, according to a study that also confirms the tau protein is behind...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Observational research has suggested that light alcohol consumption may provide heart-related health benefits, but in a large study published in JAMA Network Open, alcohol intake at all levels was linked with higher risks of...
