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Dementia: Depression as a Risk Factor

ROMI FUNG, ND, MSC The “Baby Boomer” generation, defined as people born between 1946 and 1964, is a demographic cohort consisting of 76 million people around the globe born during post-World War II (WWII).1 A baby boom...

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Plant Based Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease in Women

NODE SMITH, ND Eating more nutritious, plant-based foods is heart-healthy at any age, according to two research studies published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. In two separate studies...

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Wildfire Smoke Making COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Worse

NODE SMITH, ND Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by...

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Cholesterol in Brain Regulates Alzheimer’s Plaquing

NODE SMITH, ND A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has used advanced imaging methods to reveal how the production of the Alzheimer's-associated protein amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol. Appearing in the Proceedings of the...

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Self-Employment: It Takes a Plan to Be Successful

Self-Employment: It Takes a Plan to Be Successful

Matthew Jacobsen According to a recent survey of alumni by AANMC (Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges), 92% of respondents are practicing in their chosen field of study.1 In addition, 67% of them are self-employed in some manner – independent...

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The Gathering 2010

The Gathering 2010 Where do you get your nourishment? What is the Gathering? The Gathering has always existed in the hearts of those who have practiced the art of healing. In the last century, it has manifested itself in many ways: through the work of Benedict Lust in...

A Case Study of Familial Heart Disease

A Case Study of Familial Heart Disease     Dr. Arcoma Gonzalez Lambert, ND Tolle causam, treatment of the cause, is the way patients wind up in our office. Many times we are tricked by the system we are operating from, being insurance-based in many cases, or...

Last Resort: Ethics, CAM, and Terminal Patient Care

Laura DeVincentis, ND, LAc; E. Feigenbaum, PhD The reality of dying is an existential truth that persons often would rather not consider including medical professionals. As an ethicist working with a naturopathic doctor, we were moved by Dr. Heidi Kussman-Armstrong’s...

Dr Sussanna Czeranko ND BBE

Dr Sussanna Czeranko ND BBE Breathing Academy 1625 SE Holly St. Portland, OR 97214 Phone: (503) 568-2363 www.buteykond.com Articles: The Drug Curse Physical Culture The “White Plague” Oh, Let Us Not be Adjunctive NDs Good Vibrations The Staff of Life The Kneipp Cure...

BASTYR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AWARDED $4.52 MILLION GRANT

BASTYR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AWARDED $4.52 MILLION GRANT Award is in collaboration with the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Minnesota Kenmore, Wash. (Sept. 24, 2010) — Bastyr University's cancer research...

BASTYR'S NEW STUDENT VILLAGE RECEIVES LEED PLATINUM CERTIFICATION

BASTYR'S NEW STUDENT VILLAGE RECEIVES LEED PLATINUM CERTIFICATION Village becomes the first student housing project in the U.S. to earn the distinction Kenmore, Washington (September 23, 2010) — Bastyr University is pleased to announce its new Student Village recently...

Dr Millie Lytle ND MPH CNS

Dr Millie Lytle ND MPH CNS Dr. Millie Lytle is a Naturopathic Doctor and the founder of Nat Med Coach. She has a passion for finding and filling gaps of care in the health care system. She holds her license in the District of Columbia, practices virtually and in New...

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Notes from the Field: January 2022

Notes from the Field: January 2022

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...

Could Current Heart Attack Treatment Damage Heart Further?

Could Current Heart Attack Treatment Damage Heart Further?

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Indiana University School of Medicine- A study led by Indiana University School of Medicine is challenging standard treatment methods used to prevent muscle damage during heart attack. In a paper published in the high impact Journal of...

Could Current Heart Attack Treatment Damage Heart Further?

Rise in Cancer Deaths to 10 Million

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation- Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, according to a new scientific study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the...

Hormone Health: Support for Breast Cancer Survivors

Hormone Health: Support for Breast Cancer Survivors

KAYCIE GRIGEL, ND No matter what specialty you choose, if you see women in your practice, you will see breast cancer survivors. One in every 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.1 Fortunately, many women receive treatment...

Castor Oil: Magic or Myth (Part 1)

Vis Medicatrix Naturae  Marisol Teijeiro, ND Walk into any health food store, talk to any naturopathic physician, midwife, nurse, medical doctor, herbalist, or functional medicine practitioner, and ask them about castor oil. You will receive polar responses, as to...

Insomnia Associated with Heart Disease

Node Smith, ND People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. Previous observational studies linked insomnia with...

Art-Based Mindfulness Helps Reduce Headaches in Teen Girls

Node Smith, ND Teenagers report higher levels of stress than adults, and cite school as the highest contributing factor, according to the American Psychological Association's annual report. A summary from 2013 concluded that while stress among Americans was not new,...

Serious Mental Illness Warning Signs in Children

Node Smith, ND A recent report by the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers University showed a rise in suicide attempts by pre-teens over the past 18 months; a trend that has been seen across the nation. Rise in suicide attempts by pre-teens over the past 18...

Microneedling for Reducing Acne Scars

Node Smith, ND It turns out creating tiny injuries on your face with needles actually helps decrease the appearance of acne scars. Microneedling helps rejuvenation and decreases inflammation and scarring Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)...

Higher Vitamin A Intake Linked to Less Skin Cancer

Node Smith, ND Researchers found that people who ate high levels of vitamin A were 17 percent less likely to get the second-most-common type of skin cancer years later. A healthy diet rich in vitamin A may reduce risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin...

Regenerative Medicine Policy May be Changing

Node Smith, ND The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a comprehensive policy framework for the development and oversight of regenerative medicine products, including novel cellular therapies. The framework: development and oversight of regenerative medicine...

Impact of Child Friendly Spaces During Humanitarian Emergencies

Node Smith, ND From risks of violence and abuse to disrupting their development, humanitarian crises present major threats to the wellbeing of children, and for more than two decades Child Friendly Spaces have been considered one of the best ways to respond. First...

Microneedling for Reducing Acne Scars

Node Smith, ND It turns out creating tiny injuries on your face with needles actually helps decrease the appearance of acne scars. Microneedling helps rejuvenation and decreases inflammation and scarring Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)...

Higher Vitamin A Intake Linked to Less Skin Cancer

Node Smith, ND Researchers found that people who ate high levels of vitamin A were 17 percent less likely to get the second-most-common type of skin cancer years later. A healthy diet rich in vitamin A may reduce risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin...

Regenerative Medicine Policy May be Changing

Node Smith, ND The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a comprehensive policy framework for the development and oversight of regenerative medicine products, including novel cellular therapies. The framework: development and oversight of regenerative medicine...

Impact of Child Friendly Spaces During Humanitarian Emergencies

Node Smith, ND From risks of violence and abuse to disrupting their development, humanitarian crises present major threats to the wellbeing of children, and for more than two decades Child Friendly Spaces have been considered one of the best ways to respond. First...

Social Contact Important in Preventing Dementia

Node Smith, ND Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study. The longitudinal study, published in PLOS Medicine, reports the most robust evidence to date that social contact earlier in...

If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs to Know

Node Smith, ND When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state's surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients who go...

Ketamine for Depression, Not an Opioid

Node Smith, ND Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, Johns Hopkins experts say. They believe this reputation may hamper patients from getting necessary treatment for the kinds of depression that don’t...

Naturopathic Medical Education: So far, we’ve only just begun

Education David J. Schleich, PhD  Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.  (Neils Bohr) In the widening circle of inter-professional medical education, there is a startling statistic afoot. Dr Michael Pitt, from the University of Minnesota School of...

Dementia: How to Measure, Monitor, and Reverse It

Tolle Causam Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA It is debatable whether dementia is on the rise. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, brain disease and dementia are on the rise across all 50 US states, with an estimated 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s.1...

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