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Notes from the Field: July, 2021
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 not meant to be...
High-Quality Water: Revitalizing the Source
CHERYL KASDORF, ND The human body requires water to function properly. However, not all water is equivalent. Having high-quality water is essential to human health. But how do we define quality? Water sources in Nature vary...
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: How Naturopathic Physicians Can Help
ANDREA GRUSZECKI, ND Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs) are a relatively recently described cluster of conditions that can often go overlooked. EGIDs are likely underdiagnosed and rarely recognized,...
More to Drug Relapse than Just the Drug
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Elsevier- Why are some individuals able to use recreational drugs in a controlled way, whereas others switch to the compulsive, relapsing drug-seeking and -taking habits that characterize substance use disorder (SUD)? Despite more than...
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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, by Martin Blaser, MD, is a book I am recommending to all my gastroenterology students as well as those on my clinic rotations. It outlines an evidence-based explanation for the trends we...
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A Clinical Approach to Cardiovascular Disease
Number One Killer Esther Perreault, ND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is by far the number one killer of Americans,1 and while the risk factors contributing to the development of CVD have been studied extensively, there is much we have yet to discover about this complex...
Treating Atrial Fibrillation and Decreasing Risk Naturally
Dan Carter, ND This article offers a succinct review of atrial fibrillation (AF). It also presents approaches to decrease the risk factors and to treat AF by nonpharmaceutical means. Atrial fibrillation is caused by a malfunction in the heart’s electrical system and...
The Heart of the Matter “Cardio-Gems” for Repairing and Restoring Heart Cells with Dr Stephen Sinatra, MD
Mark Swanson, ND Dr Sinatra, thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to share some clinical pearls from your vast reservoir of functional-integrative expertise in cardiology with the naturopathic community. Many of our ND readers follow your advice and...
Bringing Naturopathic Medicine to North American Native Communities
Rethinking Possible—It’s Time David Schleich, PhD Naturopathic physicians have always known that America has an herbal tradition too, related to those that evolved in India, China, and Europe. Marie Miczak (1999) describes the work of medicine men or shamans in...
Acupuncture for Essential Hypertension
Mordy Levy, MD, DC, ND Hypertension, specifically essential hypertension, affects one-third of all adults in North America and Europe. It is a known risk factor for coronary heart disease. Current treatment methods include drug therapy and change in diet and exercise,...
Falling Is Not Failing
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Lacey is in her forties. She is tall and slender. It does not quite seem right that she is walking into my consult room using a cane, with a timidity that is verified by an uncertain smile. There is a pleasant mildness and grace about her...
Hypertensive Retinopathy: The Naturopathic Juxtaposition of Practice Building
Arcoma L. González Lambert, ND Naturopathic medicine is becoming a subspecialty of a subspecialty. We have the opportunity to pay attention to details that go unnoticed or are unimportant to other physicians. My objective herein is to encourage you to be a physician...
Microcirculation: A Foundation of Health
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Microcirculation is defined as the flow of blood through the smallest blood vessels in the body. This includes capillaries, of course, but also arterioles and venules. Enhancing microcirculation in the body will increase oxygen-carrying...
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Taking Antibiotics Could be Detrimental to Athletes
From University of California - Riverside New research demonstrates that by killing essential gut bacteria, antibiotics ravage athletes' motivation and endurance. The UC Riverside-led mouse study suggests the microbiome is a big factor separating athletes from couch...
Road Noise Negatively Impacts School Children’s Learning
From Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) Road traffic noise is a widespread problem in cities whose impact on children's health remains poorly understood. A new study conducted at 38 schools in Barcelona suggests that traffic noise at schools has a...
Mood of Doctor Can Impact Likelihood of Getting Sued
From University of Melbourne Australian doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness according to new research from the University of Melbourne....
An Assessment Tool for Elderly Driver Safety
From North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University have developed a straightforward questionnaire that older adults can use to assess their "attentional performance" during driving. In proof-of-concept...
Keeping Calm and Carrying On: Will the Walls of Medical Education Come Tumbling Down?
DAVID J. SCHLEICH, PHD There are many aspects of naturopathic medical education which are being reviewed, repurposed, and reorganized right now. In the flurry of change and activity, thought leaders from outside our own community can...
Charles: A Case Study
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Charles, a man in his mid-50s, presented to my office in early 2018. He was tall, lean, and appeared to be in good physical condition. “My wife has noticed a substantial curvature of my erect penis,”...
Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry
JACOB SCHOR, ND, FABNO The Textbook of Naturopathic Oncology: A Desktop Guide of Integrative Cancer Care Books, in my mind, are divided into a number of categories: home books vs office books, for example. John LeCarre is a...
A Diabetic Breakthrough: A Son’s Gift of Health to His Father
DECKER WEISS, NMD, FASA There is a thought process that great entrepreneurs use when solving problems, which is called “researching your butt off!” This is the story of Ron Elul, an Israeli businessman who had successfully built and...
Setting the Record Straight: Homœopathy’s Rightful Place in Naturopathic Medicine
JAMIE OSKIN, ND, DHANP ERIC UDELL, ND The January 2019 article by Nelson et al, “The Bell Tolls for Homeopathy: Time for Change in the Training and Practice of North American Naturopathic Physicians,”1 necessitated this response in...
Social Connection: A Missing Piece of Your Treatment Plan?
ANGELA CORTAL, ND A patient, whom I’ll call Ashley, was a pleasant, friendly 31-year-old mother of 2 when she first consulted me in 2019 for migrating joint pains. A previous provider had told...
Cancer Pain
LINDSAY ADRIAN, ND, FABNO Over half of people with cancer will experience moderate to severe pain, with some estimates as high as 2/3 of cancer patients.1 Many patients’ pain will not be managed appropriately, leading to impaired sleep, mood...
An Interesting Look at Telepresence in University Classrooms
Node Smith, ND Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part of the class, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The findings are particularly important given the nationwide shift to online instruction caused by the...
How do Psychedelics Work?
Node Smith, ND Perhaps no region of the brain is more fittingly named than the claustrum, taken from the Latin word for "hidden or shut away." The claustrum is an extremely thin sheet of neurons deep within the cortex, yet it reaches out to every other region of the...
Study Looks at Maternal Transmission of COVID-19 to Baby During Pregnancy
Node Smith, ND Transmission of COVID-19 from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon, and the rate of infection is no greater when the baby is born vaginally, breastfed or allowed contact with the mother, according to a new study. Rate of infection is no greater...
Social Connection: A Missing Piece of Your Treatment Plan?
ANGELA CORTAL, ND A patient, whom I’ll call Ashley, was a pleasant, friendly 31-year-old mother of 2 when she first consulted me in 2019 for migrating joint pains. A previous provider had told...
Cancer Pain
LINDSAY ADRIAN, ND, FABNO Over half of people with cancer will experience moderate to severe pain, with some estimates as high as 2/3 of cancer patients.1 Many patients’ pain will not be managed appropriately, leading to impaired sleep, mood...
An Interesting Look at Telepresence in University Classrooms
Node Smith, ND Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part of the class, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The findings are particularly important given the nationwide shift to online instruction caused by the...
How do Psychedelics Work?
Node Smith, ND Perhaps no region of the brain is more fittingly named than the claustrum, taken from the Latin word for "hidden or shut away." The claustrum is an extremely thin sheet of neurons deep within the cortex, yet it reaches out to every other region of the...
Study Looks at Maternal Transmission of COVID-19 to Baby During Pregnancy
Node Smith, ND Transmission of COVID-19 from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon, and the rate of infection is no greater when the baby is born vaginally, breastfed or allowed contact with the mother, according to a new study. Rate of infection is no greater...
Synthetic Red Blood Cells
Node Smith, ND Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the favorable properties of natural ones, such as flexibility, oxygen transport and long circulation times. But so far, most artificial red blood cells have had one or a few, but not...
Cycles of Negative Thinking Could be Linked to Dementia
Node Smith, ND Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study. 'Repetitive negative thinking' (RNT) linked to subsequent cognitive decline In the study of people aged over 55, published in...
REM Sleep Important in Retaining Memories
Node Smith, ND The presence of dreaming during rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep indicates that memory formation may occur during this sleep stage. But now, researchers from Japan have found that activity in a specific group of neurons is necessary for memory...
Thyroid Infection May Follow COVID-19 in Some Patients
Node Smith, ND COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis, according to a new case study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis Subacute thyroiditis is an inflammatory thyroid...
COVID-19 May Lead to Delirium and PTSD
Node Smith, ND People taken ill by coronavirus infections may experience psychiatric problems while hospitalized and potentially after they recover, suggests an analysis of past research led by the UCL Institute of Mental Health with King's College London...
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