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Memory Effects of Long-Term Cannabis

NODE SMITH, ND Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a type of cannabis that is understudied: the kind people actually use. For the study, published in Scientific...

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Two Junes: The Difference a Year Can Make

FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND  With the sun shining, the days getting long, and 2021 at its halfway-point at the time of this writing, it seems like a good moment to reflect on June 2020 versus June 2021. It’s been an unprecedented 12 months for...

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Notes from the Field: February, 2021

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...

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OCPs & Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

OCPs & Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Tolle Totum Rhondalynn Smith Brustoski, ND Victoria, a 35-year-old female, presented to my office in April 2010 with diffuse cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). She had residual ataxia and gait disturbances, weight gain, eye...

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Dr Arcoma L Gonzalez Lambert ND

Dr Arcoma L Gonzalez Lambert ND     Blossoming Health Clinic 2735 20th PL, Suite A Forest Grove, OR 97116 Phone: (503) 357-2826 www.blossominghealthclinic.com         Articles: A Case Study of Familial Heart Disease   Naturopathic...

Dr Bradley R West ND

Dr Bradley R West ND     Dr Bradley R West ND 321 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd (Hwy 9) Los Gatos, CA 95030 Phone: (831) 332-0143 www.DrBradWest.com       Articles: Rebooting the System with a Juice Diet or Fast Epigenetics- Helping to explain...

Dr Deborah Gleisner ND LM CPM

Dr Deborah Gleisner ND LM CPM       Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Midwife Phone:  (206) 300-8069 www.DeborahGleisnerND.com         Articles: A Naturopathic Approach to Intrauterine Insemination Updates on Well-Child Care for...

Dr Sarah LoBisco ND

Dr Sarah LoBisco ND   Naturopathic Medicine at Living Well 18 Low St Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Phone: (518) 339-4788 Fax: (518) 885-9145 www.dr-lobisco.com www.saratoga.com/living-well     Articles: Protecting Our Patients from Our Toxic World Hashimoto’s...

Dr Tamara Cullen ND

Dr Tamara Cullen ND     Naturopathic Family Medicine 4411 Fremont Ave N Seattle, WA. 98103 Phone: (206) 683-4495 www.naturopathicfamilymedicine.com     Articles: Naturopathic Dosing Guidelines for the Pediatric Population   Naturopathic Doctor...

Dr Nadia Arora ND

Dr Nadia Arora ND   Naturopathic Living - Family Practice of Dr. Nadia Arora 1234 19th St NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20036 Phone: (703) 371-2605 Fax: (202) 478- 5106 www.naturopathicliving.com   Articles: Dermatitis Herpetiformis : Familiar and Unknown...

Dr Moshe Daniel Block ND HMC

Dr Moshe Daniel Block, ND, HMC Moshe Daniel Block, ND, HMC is the author of The Revolution of Naturopathic Medicine: Remaining True to Our Philosophy, a book about the philosophy and practice of naturopathic medicine, and Holistic Counseling – Introducing the Vis...

Dr Marcel J Hernandez ND

Dr Marcel J Hernandez ND     Pacific Naturopathic 2570 W. El Camino Real, Suite 111 Mountain View, CA 94040 Phone: (650) 917-1121 www.PacificNaturopathic.com           Articles:   Naturopathic Doctor News and Review |...

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Repairing Severed Spinal Cord Injuries

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

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

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...

Repairing Severed Spinal Cord Injuries

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,...

Antibacterial Agent May be Linked to Osteoporosis in Women

Node Smith, ND Women exposed to triclosan are more likely to develop osteoporosis, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Triclosan is an endocrine-disrupting chemical widely used as an...

Neurons Responsible for Mood Develop During Teen Years

Node Smith, ND Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala -- a key center for emotional processing in the brain -- that stay in an immature, prenatal developmental state throughout childhood. Most of these cells mature rapidly during...

Gene Associated with Elevated Risk of Cannabis Abuse

Node Smith, ND New research from the Danish psychiatric project, iPSYCH, shows that a specific gene is associated with an increased risk of cannabis abuse. The gene is the source of a so-called nicotine receptor in the brain, and people with low amounts of this...

Notes from the Field: June, 2019

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Jared L. Zeff, ND, VNMI, LAc The following is a 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...

Farm Life May Significantly Decrease Asthma and Allergies

Node Smith, ND Previous research has shown that growing up on a farm with animals may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies by half. The protective effect is attributed to the diverse microbial exposures encountered on farms. Diverse microbial exposures encountered...

Time Released Curcumin Inhibits Cancer Cells

Node Smith, ND A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric, that successfully inhibits bone cancer cells while promoting growth of healthy bone cells. Work with turmeric...

Antibodies in Breastmilk Important to Prevent Disease in Preemies

Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh finds that an antibody in breastmilk is necessary to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)- an often-deadly bacterial disease of the intestine- in preterm...

Testosterone Therapy Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Node Smith, ND Aging men with low testosterone levels who take testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are at a slightly greater risk of experiencing an ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or myocardial infarction, especially during the first two years of...

Farm Life May Significantly Decrease Asthma and Allergies

Node Smith, ND Previous research has shown that growing up on a farm with animals may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies by half. The protective effect is attributed to the diverse microbial exposures encountered on farms. Diverse microbial exposures encountered...

Time Released Curcumin Inhibits Cancer Cells

Node Smith, ND A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric, that successfully inhibits bone cancer cells while promoting growth of healthy bone cells. Work with turmeric...

Antibodies in Breastmilk Important to Prevent Disease in Preemies

Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh finds that an antibody in breastmilk is necessary to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)- an often-deadly bacterial disease of the intestine- in preterm...

Testosterone Therapy Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Node Smith, ND Aging men with low testosterone levels who take testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are at a slightly greater risk of experiencing an ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or myocardial infarction, especially during the first two years of...

Vitamin D May Help Stop Cancer Cells Becoming Drug-Resistant

Node Smith, ND What's good for our bones may also help stop cancer cells that develop resistance to multiple chemotherapy drugs. Vitamin D metabolite can block one mechanism by which cancer cells gain resistance to chemotherapy drugs The vitamin D metabolite...

The World Health Organization’s Response to Workplace Burnout

Node Smith, ND During the last week of May, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially acknowledged the pathological state of workplace burnout and issued a detailed info sheet outlining how workplace burnout effects mental health and physical health, as well as...

New Understanding of Schizophrenia

Node Smith, ND Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and memory or cognition problems inter alia. This psychiatric illness affects 0.5% of the general population, and it may be related to genetic abnormalities of chromosome 22, known as 22q11 deletion syndrome. However,...

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Your Brain’s ‘Fingerprint?’

Your Brain’s ‘Fingerprint?’

NODE SMITH, ND "I think about it every day and dream about it at night. It's been my whole life for five years now," says Enrico Amico, a scientist and SNSF Ambizione Fellow at EPFL's Medical Image Processing Laboratory and the EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics. He's...