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Amino Acid, Arginine, Could Enhance Radiation Therapy

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Weill Cornell Medicine- Treatment with arginine, one of the amino-acid building blocks of proteins, enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases, in a proof-of-concept, randomized clinical trial...

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Methods to Repair and Regenerate Myelin

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Max-Planck-Gesellschaft- The degradation and regeneration of myelin sheaths characterize neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. Cholesterol is an indispensable component of myelin sheaths. The cholesterol for the regenerated...

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Strategies to Help Alcoholics

NODE SMITH, ND A recent qualitative study has identified six strategies that recovering alcoholics use to negotiate social situations and remain sober, depending on how they feel about stigmas associated with drinking and alcoholism. "There is a stigma in the United...

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Using Homeopathy to Treat Digestive Disorders:  An Overview

Using Homeopathy to Treat Digestive Disorders: An Overview

Tolle Totum Sharum Sharif, ND We naturopaths help numerous patients with various digestive disorders and complaints every day by prescribing necessary dietary modifications, specific tailored nutritional and/or herbal supplement regimens, and sometimes bodywork. Even...

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MTHFR: Case Studies of Miracles, Mistakes, and a Thousand Pens

Jared M. Skowron, ND Miracles Lori was on the verge of tears. Her son Nathan was 9 years old, and they had been to see psychiatrists, neurologists, counselors, and specialists. The problem was that nobody had an answer. (This story starts the same for so many of our...

Glioma? Drink More Coffee

Jacob Schor, ND Patients often have an idea in their heads of what a healthier lifestyle is, and it is our job as their ND to burst the bubble and set them straight. I thought of this the other day as a 56-year-old man explained to me that he was feeling “crappy”...

Lessons From the South Pole: Part 2

David Schleich, PhD Keeping the Philosophy on the Sled This is the second of two parts. Part 1 was published in the July 2011 edition of NDNR. Using skis and dogsleds for transportation, Amundsen and his men made meticulous preparations, just as Scott did, with...

Achieving Balance in the Thyroid

Alan Christianson, NMD I loved naturopathic medical school. Learning new ideas and exotic treatments was like exploring a strange new country. Perhaps, it was being in the first class of a brand-new school. Maybe, it was the spirit of curiosity among my classmates....

Early NDs Understood the Power of Mother Nature

Nature Was Central to the Philosophy of the First NDs Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Most of the sanitarium patients do not come to us for advice and help until they are ‘down and out’—until there is nothing more to spoil....

Elucidating Estrogen Receptor Sites

Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Estrogen effects are mediated through 2 different estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ.1,2 Both receptors are widely expressed in various tissue types. However, there are some notable differences in their expression patterns.3-5 Estrogen...

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Joseph Kellerstein, ND Homeopathy has been regarded in some naturopathic circles as being “too esoteric.” That is another name for airy-fairy or not good enough for us hard-headed scientists who need some evidence-based firmness to our prescriptions. This is nonsense....

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Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor

Sara Thyr, ND By accident,  I  ended up not going to allopathic medical school. That  might sound unlikely, but it is true. I was a biology major in college and medical school seemed like a perfect next step. I had a 4.0 in my major (it was the 80’s,...

6,7, or 8: How Many Years Should It Take to Become an ND? 

FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND  Educational standards for physician training programs have risen substantially from what they used to be. For a long time, the normal route to medical school was to obtain a baccalaureate degree prior to medical school. Not wanting to be...

Nutrition and Self-Healing Part II

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...

New Biomaterial that Changes with Applied Force

Node Smith, ND Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, Johns Hopkins researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in response to the applied force....

Atypical Fungal Dermatology

Tolle Causam  Lauren Tessier, ND When the phrase “fungal infections” is uttered, what are the first 3 pathologies that come to mind? Perhaps you think of the deadly, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Or maybe you specialize...

COVID-19: A Naturopathic Approach

CATHERINE CLINTON, ND As the novel SARS-CoV-2 continues to make its way across the globe, naturopathic medicine becomes more and more important. This coronavirus is new, so there is still a lot we don't know about it. We have no research to show that any of the...

Most of the World Can’t ‘Buy Local’ – For Food at Least

Node Smith, ND Globalization has revolutionized food production and consumption in recent decades and cultivation has become more efficient. As a result, diets have diversified and food availability has increased in various parts of the globe. However, it has also led...

Notes from the Field: May, 2020

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...

Guidance on Heart Attacks and COVID-19

Node Smith, ND Much remains unknown about COVID-19, but many studies have already indicated that people with cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of COVID-19. There also have been reports of ST-segment elevation (STE), a signal of obstructive coronary artery...

Most of the World Can’t ‘Buy Local’ – For Food at Least

Node Smith, ND Globalization has revolutionized food production and consumption in recent decades and cultivation has become more efficient. As a result, diets have diversified and food availability has increased in various parts of the globe. However, it has also led...

Notes from the Field: May, 2020

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...

Guidance on Heart Attacks and COVID-19

Node Smith, ND Much remains unknown about COVID-19, but many studies have already indicated that people with cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of COVID-19. There also have been reports of ST-segment elevation (STE), a signal of obstructive coronary artery...

How Oxygen Transfers in Diseased Lung Tissue

Node Smith, ND A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed tiny sensors that measure oxygen transport in bovine lung tissue. The study -- which establishes a new framework for observing the elusive connection...

Dietary Changes Can Change the Way Sugar Tastes

Node Smith, ND Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered the basic science of how sweet taste perception is fine-tuned in response to different diets. While it has long been known that food can taste differently based on previous experience, until now we...

Study on Antibacterial Action of Silver

Node Smith, ND The antimicrobial properties of silver have been known for centuries. While it is still a mystery as to exactly how silver kills bacteria, University of Arkansas researchers have taken a step toward better understanding the process by looking at...

Protein Therapy May Help With Cytokine Storm of COVID-19

Node Smith, ND One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur in severe cases. This burst of immune overreaction, also called a cytokine storm, damages the lungs and can be fatal. Specialized proteins developed for soaking up...

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Self-Love Lowers Cardiovascular Disease

Self-Love Lowers Cardiovascular Disease

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From University of Pittsburgh- Despite what skeptics say, being kind to oneself is not a New Age fad -- and there is research to back it up. Middle-aged women who practiced self-compassion had lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease,...