QUINN RIVET, ND Dedicated to my father – Hugh Edmond Rivet Evolving data over the last 40 years confirm that uremic metabolites generated by a dysbiotic microbiome impair kidney function and establish a bidirectional relationship between the gut and...
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Repairing Severed Spinal Cord Injuries
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Northwestern University- Northwestern University researchers have developed a new injectable therapy that harnesses "dancing molecules" to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries. In a new study, researchers...
Don’t Die Dieting: Minimizing the Risks of Weight Loss
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Weight loss, when indicated, has always been an integral part of metabolic health and a viable defense against cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, the COVID-era awareness of morbidity and related mortality has brought a...
Intestinal Permeability: Remove, Repair, Resolve
MICHELLE MADDUX, ND Abstract Intestinal permeability (IP), commonly known as “leaky gut,” results from disruption of the gut’s physical and chemical barriers, allowing translocation of antigens and microbes into systemic circulation. IP has been linked to...
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,...
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Rediscovering the Shifting History of Naturopathic Curriculum
Education David J. Schleich, Ph.D. How Palimpsests Explain Content Drift in Naturopathic Medical Curriculum Naturopathic academicians have pretty consistent views on what the four-year ND curriculum is trying to do. Even though they often don’t couch their views in...
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The Meaning of Yin in Naturopathic Medicine
Pamela Sky Jeanne, ND Yin and yang are less familiar in Western cultures and Western allopathic medicine but are commonly known in many Eastern philosophies, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, and represent a beautiful concept of how life flows. In Chinese society,...
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Some Herbal Considerations
Robin DiPasqualey, ND In 1923, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for the discovery of insulin, given to Frederick Grant Banting and John James Rickard, who shared the prize with 2 other members of their research team, James Bartram Collip and Charles Herbert...
Pluriglandular Treatment of Endometrial Dysfunction: Strengthening Corresponding Organs to Restore Balance
Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD The study of endocrinology began as early as the study of medicine. References to endocrinology have been found in Sanskrit writings and in Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman medicine. Hippocrates considered many diseases a result of various...
Carbon Dioxide- The Missing Link: Taking a Closer Look at the Connection Between Carbon Dioxide and Stress
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE As many NDs can attest, the sympathetic nervous systems of their patients are busy adapting to the chronic stressors in contemporary Western culture. Any new natural approaches to deal with this challenge are of strong interest to us. That...
A Model for Naturopathic Brand Development
Over the last month we have had the pleasure of spending some time with possibly the world’s best known naturopath, Dr. Peter D’Adamo, and his lovely wife Martha. The D’Adamos visited Revive’s headquarters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is just a hop, skip and a...
Primary Raynaud Phenomenon
Case Study of a 42-year-old Ironwoman with Daily Raynaud Disease Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP Raynaud disease (primary Raynaud phenomenon), named after medical student Maurice Raynaud in 1862, manifests as recurrent vasospasm of the fingers and toes. Raynaud...
The A Cappella Singer Who Lost Her Voice & Other Stories From Natural Medicine
Medical Resources for NDs A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Jacob Schor, ND Huge effort is placed on objectivity in medicine; we wish for a clear view of the patient and his or her symptoms, illness, pathologic conditions, and possible...
Preparing your Practice for Social Search
3 Steps to Start Your Social Media Marketing Although there are obvious outliers to this group, most notably Dr. Mercola, the natural medicine community has traditionally been a little behind the times keeping up with technology. In previous columns we have discussed...
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Each Neuron Computes Movement Signals autonomously, and as a Whole
From Technion-Israel Institute of Technology From the moment we are born, and even before that, we interact with the world through movement. We move our lips to smile or to talk. We extend our hand to touch. We move our eyes to see. We wiggle, we walk, we gesture, we...
Could Being ‘Over-Confident’ be Detrimental to Health?
From University of Vienna Older people who overestimate their health go to the doctor less often. This can have serious consequences for their health, for example, when illnesses are detected too late. By contrast, people who think they are sicker than they actually...
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...
Supplements for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
From NIH/National Eye Institute The Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and AREDS2) established that dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. In a new report,...
How the Coronavirus Transferred From Animals to Humans
Node Smith, ND A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shapeshifting as it gained the ability to infect human cells. Virus was...
A Molecule that May Stop Drug Cravings
Node Smith, ND Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampens the physiological rewards of cocaine in mice. It also may represent a new class of drugs that could be more specific with fewer side effects than current...
What Happens in the Brain to ‘Disconnect’ During Sleep?
Node Smith, ND During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active. Now, a series of new studies by researchers at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of...
Physician Heal Thyself: It’s in the Roots of Our Medicine
Aaron Wong, ND, RTC Imagine how we would feel if we went to work feeling passionately inspired to see all of our patients. Challenges would come up, but in those times we would know we could make decisions clearly and ethically and that if we needed help, we could...
Notes from the Field: March, 2020
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls 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...
Complex Chronic Illness: Retraining the System with Mind-Body Medicine
Tolle Totum Lauren Tessier, ND Naturopathic physicians are taught to treat the whole person and find the underlying cause of illness. In times of quick appointments, mountains of paperwork, and insurance mandates, we rarely have the time to have more than a “bare...
A Return to Balance
The Vital Conversation James Sensenig, NDJudith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO, VNMI This article joins a series of articles in NDNR that are based on transcripts of the Naturopathic Medicine Institute (NMI)’s Wednesday morning call-in program, The Vital...
Candid Post-Covid Considerations: Protecting Our Core Ideas in Naturopathic Education
David J. Schleich, PhD As our digital and local lives expand and our physical and global ones contract, this sea change will create and destroy value. (Mark Carney, 2020) In the naturopathic community, there has been wonderful growth in the past quarter-century...
Guided Imagery for Pain Relief: Improving Clinical Outcomes with Mind-Body Healing
Tolle Causam Sasha Pustam, ND (inactive) According to psychotherapist Belleruth Naparstek, guided imagery is “a form of deliberate, directed daydreaming – a purposeful use of the imagination that deploys words and phrases designed to evoke rich, multisensory fantasy...
Benzodiazepines & Anxiety: A Case Study Using Natural Alternatives
Alli ErdahlJessica Nagelkirk, ND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be associated with significant anxiety and depression that decrease the patient’s quality of life.1 Due to their rapid-acting effects, benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for anxiety...
Complex Chronic Illness: Retraining the System with Mind-Body Medicine
Tolle Totum Lauren Tessier, ND Naturopathic physicians are taught to treat the whole person and find the underlying cause of illness. In times of quick appointments, mountains of paperwork, and insurance mandates, we rarely have the time to have more than a “bare...
A Return to Balance
The Vital Conversation James Sensenig, NDJudith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO, VNMI This article joins a series of articles in NDNR that are based on transcripts of the Naturopathic Medicine Institute (NMI)’s Wednesday morning call-in program, The Vital...
Candid Post-Covid Considerations: Protecting Our Core Ideas in Naturopathic Education
David J. Schleich, PhD As our digital and local lives expand and our physical and global ones contract, this sea change will create and destroy value. (Mark Carney, 2020) In the naturopathic community, there has been wonderful growth in the past quarter-century...
Guided Imagery for Pain Relief: Improving Clinical Outcomes with Mind-Body Healing
Tolle Causam Sasha Pustam, ND (inactive) According to psychotherapist Belleruth Naparstek, guided imagery is “a form of deliberate, directed daydreaming – a purposeful use of the imagination that deploys words and phrases designed to evoke rich, multisensory fantasy...
Benzodiazepines & Anxiety: A Case Study Using Natural Alternatives
Alli ErdahlJessica Nagelkirk, ND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be associated with significant anxiety and depression that decrease the patient’s quality of life.1 Due to their rapid-acting effects, benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for anxiety...
Carpe Momentum: A Mindful Message
Jim Massey, ND, HANP We’re all familiar with the adage “Carpe diem,” meaning “Seize the day.” I remember first hearing “Carpe annum” as we approached the New Year’s Day holiday, reminding us to seize the year ahead. These words of wisdom offer worthy advice. With the...
Helping the Body Sing: Resolving Chronic Pain Using Touch
Naturopathic Perspective Christopher Maloney, ND As someone who has read hundreds of thousands of pages since graduating from NUNM back in 2002, I’d like to think that my intelligence is my major asset as a doctor. But everything I’ve learned is a distant second to...
Bio-Electric Chemistry in Practice: A Case Study
Tolle Totum Darrell S.C.S. Misak, ND, RPh Everyone is tired of feeling tired, and as a practitioner of natural medicine, my goal is to understand why when a patient consults me. From generation to...
Indian Health Services Seek Traditional Methods
Node Smith, ND Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. Belknap IHS hospital is seeking job applicants for two traditional practitioner positions...
Genetics and Cancer Metastisis Study
Node Smith, ND Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to new locations in the body. It has long been suspected that genetic mutations arising inside tumor cells drive this potentially devastating turn of events. Researchers have shown for the...
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Ketamine for Alcoholism
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From The University of Exeter- People with severe alcohol disorder were able to stay off alcohol for longer when they were treated with low doses of ketamine combined with psychological therapy in a clinical trial. The Ketamine for reduction...
Five Year Study on Vitamin D and CVD – Results Show Little Effect at High Doses
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From University of Eastern Finland- A trial by the University of Eastern Finland found that taking a much higher dose of vitamin D than recommended for five years did not affect total mortality or the incidence of cardiovascular disease or...





