NODE SMITH, ND Six stages of engagement in treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been reported by researchers at Boston Medical Center based on a diverse study, inclusive of parents of predominantly racial and ethnic minority children with...
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Pilot Study: Diet and Exercise to Manage Autism and Other Cognitive Disabilities
NODE SMITH, ND Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone. But maintaining a healthy weight may present unique challenges for young adults with inherent barriers such as cognitive impairment. A pilot study at the University...
Disinfection Byproducts in Your Tea and Coffee
NODE SMITH, ND Surpassed only by water, tea is the second most consumed beverage worldwide. When boiled tap water is used to brew tea, residual chlorine in the water can react with tea compounds to form disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Now, researchers reporting in...
Medicare Coverage for Naturopathic Physicians is Here… Sort Of…
DAN LABRIOLA, ND, PEng The news is good! The number of insurers offering naturopathic coverage with Medicare products will expand significantly with this year’s open enrollment. The lack of Medicare coverage has been an obstacle for elderly patients needing...
Using SNPs to Identify Disease Pathways
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new computational tool that can identify pathways related to diseases, including breast and prostate cancer, using single-nucleotide polymorphisms. SNPs, which refer to...
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Risk Stratification of CVD: Making Use of an ECG Interpretation Guide
Docere Nathaniel Bingham, ND Electrocardiography (ECG), today, is an essential part of the initial evaluation for patients presenting with cardiac complaints. An ECG plays an important role as a non-invasive, cost-effective tool to evaluate arrhythmias and ischemic...
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Yin Tonic Herbs and Blood Tonic Herbs
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Qi is the commander of blood Blood is the mother of qi Qi moves blood and blood nourishes qi The well-being of the female reproductive system can be differentiated and treated in Western medicine using the concept of hormonal balancing...
Chlorosis, or Poverty of the Blood
Sussanna Czeranko, ND The chlorosis of young girls has become a fashion. There is scarcely one family with grown up daughters of which not one, at least, is suffering of chlorosis. Benedict Lust 1908, 6 Nervousness and chlorosis or anaemia, often go hand in hand. The...
Low Sexual Desire in Women: Perceiving the Whole
Leslie Solomonian, BSc, ND Introduction Sexual dysfunction is a common and exceedingly complex concern experienced by women. It is a source of personal distress, and contributes to poor self-esteem, relationship disruption and decreased quality of life1-3. The...
Bastyr University Welcomes New Member to Board of Trustees
David Lang brings a wealth of nonprofit leadership experience to the Board Kenmore, Wash. (Feb. 8, 2011) — Bastyr University has announced David Lang as the newest member of the institution’s Board of Trustees. Lang is executive director of the Balboa Park Cultural...
Breast Cancer and Endometriosis
Most of the chemicals developed in the United States have not been tested to determine if they can harm human health. Investigations show that human exposure to chemicals in our environment can cause endocrine-disrupting conditions in women.
Brain Aging, Estrogen, and the Critical Period Hypothesis
The Experts Speak Mark Swanson, ND with Barbara Sherwin, PhD, and Michael Craig, MD The idea of a “critical period” (CP) is fairly old and well known. In general, a CP “is a limited time in which an event can occur, usually to result in some kind of transformation”...
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Type III: Successful Outcome After Escharotic Treatment
Kimberly Windstar, MEd, ND, Lisa Taulbee, ND, and Erica Zelfand, ND Candidate A 28-Year-Old Woman Presents to the Clinic With Abnormal Pap Smear Results In the fall of 2009, a 28-year-old woman (“Sarah”) presented to the clinic seeking a safe alternative treatment for...
February 2011 | Women's Medicine
Volume 7 Issue 2 Estrogen Receptors Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Low Sexual Desire in Women Leslie Solomonian, ND CYP2D6 and Tamoxifen Jacob Schor, ND Chlorosis, or Poverty of the Blood Sussanna Czeranko, ND What Is That Buzzing in My Ear? Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Yin...
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The Vital Conversation – Nutrition and Self-Healing: Part 1
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...
Philosophy Meets Science – Mental Health in a Pandemic: Tending to Peace of Mind in Unprecedented Times
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Over the last 2 years, we have experienced the burden of living in the COVID era. There is no psychological preparation for such an event. There is constant uncertainty. There is also fear, sensationalized media, employment changes, and...
Tolle Totum – Anxiety and Depression: The Gut-Brain Connection
NICOLE CAIN, ND, MA MICHELLE MADDUX, ND Anxiety and depression are not new issues for human beings. However, their prevalence has been increasing at shocking rates over the past few years. Preliminary data estimates that depression rates have tripled since...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae – Insomnia: Approaching Common Patterns From a TCM Perspective
JOYCE KNIEFF, ND, EAMP, RH(AHG) Sleep problems have long been a common complaint. Global studies estimate that it has historically affected from 10-30% of the general population.1 Recently, global uncertainty has increased and this prevalence is estimated to be...
Clinical Focus – GI Health
Naturopathic Urgent Care Rebecca Miller, NMD There are few (if any) urgent care or emergency medicine physicians in this country that are trained to approach an acutely ill patient with the guiding philosophy of Tolle causam, ie, treat the whole person. And yet, if...
A Complex Case of Recurrent SIBO: Involvement of an Underlying Cryptic Infection
Tolle Totum Melanie Keller, NDMichael D. Erdman, MBBS Although the origins of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were once thought to be mostly psychogenic, we now know that the pathogenesis of IBS is multifactorial. This paradigm shift may be due in part to the fact that...
Health Benefits of Exercising Before Eating Breakfast
Node Smith, ND According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, health scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham found that by changing the timing of when you eat and exercise, people can better control their...
Prolotherapy
Regenerative Medicine Fred G. Arnold, DC, NMD Continuing in my series of articles on Regenerative Medicine, the topic of this article is prolotherapy. This technique is the first and oldest of the Regenerative Medicine treatments. Prolotherapy is a safe, simple...
IBD Prevalence Three Times Higher Than Estimated and Rising
Node Smith, ND The number of people suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is three times higher than previous estimates, with sufferers also at a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), according to new research presented at UEG Week Barcelona...
Subtle Social Interactions Can Impact Clinical Outcomes
Node Smith, ND If a doctor expects a treatment to be successful, a patient may experience less pain and have better outcomes, according to a new Dartmouth study published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings reveal how social interactions between hypothetical...
Fasting May Increase Motivation to Exercise
Node Smith, ND Researchers have found that when mice are provided with limited access to food, the levels of food and satiety hormone ghrelin rises. This causes an increase in motivation to exercise. This may translate to more exercise motivation for humans on...
Microplastic Leaching From Teabags
Node Smith, ND Many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, but some tea manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction: replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology have...
The Psychoactive Blocking Effect of CBD
Node Smith, ND Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis....
Increased Screening of Eating Disorders Warranted
Node Smith, ND A University at Albany professor has found trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders, she explains. Trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders In 2018, Tomoko Udo, assistant professor of Health Policy, Management and...
Subtle Social Interactions Can Impact Clinical Outcomes
Node Smith, ND If a doctor expects a treatment to be successful, a patient may experience less pain and have better outcomes, according to a new Dartmouth study published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings reveal how social interactions between hypothetical...
Fasting May Increase Motivation to Exercise
Node Smith, ND Researchers have found that when mice are provided with limited access to food, the levels of food and satiety hormone ghrelin rises. This causes an increase in motivation to exercise. This may translate to more exercise motivation for humans on...
Microplastic Leaching From Teabags
Node Smith, ND Many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, but some tea manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction: replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology have...
The Psychoactive Blocking Effect of CBD
Node Smith, ND Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis....
Increased Screening of Eating Disorders Warranted
Node Smith, ND A University at Albany professor has found trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders, she explains. Trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders In 2018, Tomoko Udo, assistant professor of Health Policy, Management and...
Study Finds Lack of Information About Psych Meds Being Delivered to Patients – Especially Side Effects
Node Smith, ND People prescribed medication for their mental health aren’t being given enough information about side effects by their GP, with one in three people saying they would have liked side effects explained. One in three people said they would have liked side...
Gender-Affirming Surgery: Conflicting Viewpoints or Silent Questions?
Node Smith, ND Two articles were published regarding gender-affirming treatments, which offer transgendered individuals the option to adopt a gender identity more fitting of their inner experience. These two articles paint an entirely different picture of this fairly...
Meta-Analysis Shows Omega-3s Lower Risks of Cardiovascular Disease
Node Smith, ND People who received omega-3 fish oil supplements in randomized clinical trials had lower risks of heart attack and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) events compared with those who were given placebo, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H....
Need for Better Communication on Vulvovaginal Health
Node Smith, ND Despite the wealth of information now available about menopause, women are still not comfortable in proactively discussing vaginal issues related to menopause with their healthcare providers, who appear equally uncomfortable and unlikely to initiate the...
Prenatal Advice: Both Moms and Dads Should Avoid Alcohol Consumption Six-Months Prior to Conception
Node Smith, ND Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects, according to research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)....
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