NODE SMITH, ND As an individual's free time increases, so does that person's sense of well-being -- but only up to a point. Too much free time can be also be a bad thing, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. "People often complain...
NODE SMITH, ND A pilot study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine combined wearable technology and patient-reported outcomes to assess the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment in osteoarthritis (OA). The results, published in the journal...
NODE SMITH, ND An opioid overdose isn't a death sentence. In fact, estimates indicate that in the United States, only 4% to 18% of opioid overdoses that are treated in a hospital or pre-hospital setting -- such as an ambulance or someone's home -- actually kill the...
NODE SMITH, ND Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the...
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers from Kaunas universities, Lithuania developed a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer's disease from brain images with an accuracy of over 99 per cent. The method was developed while analyzing functional...
Nadia Ciuha, ND Sudden visual disturbances and partial loss of vision are usually quite disabling symptoms that make an affected individual seek prompt medical care. In most cases of sudden vision loss, head/eye trauma, or an autoimmune neurologic condition (such as...
NATUROPATHIC PERSPECTIVE The Need for Foundation: A New Practitioner Perspective Craig T. Fasullo, ND Discusses the establishment of a clinical context and the Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine textbook project. DOCERE Echinacea: A Brief History of Use and Research...
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Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Wendy sat there with a relaxed posture yet bearing a kind of competent look that was always present. This was an unusual impression in a 9-year-old girl. She presented with her mom, who has been a long-term patient and fan of homeopathy. I...
“The work of the naturopathic physician is to elicit healing by helping the patients to create or recreate conditions for health to exist within them. Health will occur where the conditions for health exist. Disease is the product of conditions which allow for it.”...
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) A plant group in our materia medica contains the isoquinoline alkaloid berberine or other protoberberines, which are primarily found within the plant families Berberidaceae and Ranunculaceae.1 Berberine, when applied topically to skin or...
Kelly Marie Fitzpatrick, ND, BSN, MPS Acute inflammation by definition is a finite self-limiting presentation.1,2 The phases of acute inflammatory healing include the inflammatory phase, proliferative phase, and maturation phase,1,2 which lead to the repair of an...
Keri Marshall MS, ND Much concern and confusion developed around the turn of the century about one of our most beloved and trusted botanicals that has been used successfully for centuries past. Echinacea has been utilized for hundreds of years in North America in part...
David Schleich, PhD It is very good for the expansion of the profession that Bastyr University has committed to establishing a new program in southern California. While the structuring of the program in terms of its being a stand-alone institution or a program within...
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...
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY When we make complex decisions, we have to take many factors into account. Some choices have a high payoff but carry potential risks; others are lower risk but may have a lower reward associated with them. A new study from MIT...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER A new type of ultraviolet light that is safe for people took less than five minutes to reduce the level of indoor airborne microbes by more than 98%, a joint study by scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of...
Tolle Causam April Blake, ND, LM Last fall I received a patient referral from a local acupuncturist – a 45-year-old woman named Jennifer who was suffering from episodes of severe abdominal pain, anxiety, insomnia, and dyspareunia. I arranged for a free, 30-minute...
Regenerative Medicine Fred G. Arnold, DC, NMD A little over 10 years ago, the new “buzz word” in medicine was “Anti-Aging Medicine.” Today, Regenerative Medicine is a popular and rapidly expanding field of medicine. This is the first in a series of articles to address...
NDNR is deeply saddened to share the news of the untimely passing of Dr. Jim Sensenig. Dr. Sensenig, who passed away over the weekend in his sleep, was a founder and one of the original board members of the AANP, along with several other naturopathic organizations,...
Node Smith, ND Researchers have found that focusing powerful non-invasive magnet stimulation on a specific brain area can improve the symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This opens the way to treat the large minority of sufferers who do not respond to...
Node Smith, ND Suicide is becoming more common in America, an increase most pronounced in rural areas, new research has found. Suicide surges in rural America The study, which appears online in the journal JAMA Network Open, also highlights a cluster of factors,...
Node Smith, ND A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests that serotonin and drugs that target serotonin, such as antidepressants, can have a major effect on the gut's microbiota -- the 100 trillion or so bacteria and other microbes that live in the...
Node Smith, ND Commissioned by pelvic floor muscle trainer Pelviva, the research of 2,000 women aged over 40 confirms this is one of the biggest areas of female public health, which demands immediate attention by all healthcare professionals. An urgent issue: more...
Node Smith, ND Alcohol biosensors suitable for use by everyday drinkers are a step closer, following a positive study of prototype devices published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Keeping track of alcohol intake can be challenging,...
Node Smith, ND The expression of many genes that have previously been associated with autism is abnormal and is also in violent psychopathy, a new study shows. The researchers used stem cell technology to analyze the expression of genes and proteins in the brain cells...
Education David J. Schleich, PhD What distinguishes the medicine of the past twenty-five years is not that its practitioners are equipped with an arsenal of antibiotics and antiseptics, but that they are furnished with a comprehensive and unprecedented understanding...
Node Smith, ND A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests that serotonin and drugs that target serotonin, such as antidepressants, can have a major effect on the gut's microbiota -- the 100 trillion or so bacteria and other microbes that live in the...
Node Smith, ND Commissioned by pelvic floor muscle trainer Pelviva, the research of 2,000 women aged over 40 confirms this is one of the biggest areas of female public health, which demands immediate attention by all healthcare professionals. An urgent issue: more...
Node Smith, ND Alcohol biosensors suitable for use by everyday drinkers are a step closer, following a positive study of prototype devices published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Keeping track of alcohol intake can be challenging,...
Node Smith, ND The expression of many genes that have previously been associated with autism is abnormal and is also in violent psychopathy, a new study shows. The researchers used stem cell technology to analyze the expression of genes and proteins in the brain cells...
Education David J. Schleich, PhD What distinguishes the medicine of the past twenty-five years is not that its practitioners are equipped with an arsenal of antibiotics and antiseptics, but that they are furnished with a comprehensive and unprecedented understanding...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Marisol Teijeiro, ND Like any good legend, the story of castor oil throughout the ages is one of ebbing and flowing, but mainly one of adapting into the common medical practices of the time. From the glory years in ethnobotanical and cultural...
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Jared L. Zeff, ND, VMNI, LAc The following is a not an article prepared for a medical journal. Rather, this is a commentary on the medicine, a running set of observations about practice in the field. It’s not meant to be a peer-reviewed...
Tolle Totum Eric Yarnell, ND, RH (AHG) The common condition benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) remains relatively poorly understood clinically. There is much room for improvement, including a long way to go beyond just providing Serenoa repens (saw palmetto) and...
Docere Phranq D. Tamburri, NMD Over the past decade, as has been documented in my previous NDNR articles, my practice has specialized in the proper use of prostate imaging for concerned patients with an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) who want to avoid a...
Tolle Causam Chris D. Meletis, ND According to the World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology, infertility is a reproductive system disease characterized by failure to achieve clinical pregnancy after 1...
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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...
NODE SMITH, ND In the traditional narrative of the evolving 21st century workplace, technological substitution of human employees is treated as a serious concern. But technological complementarity -- the use of automation and artificial intelligence to complement...
