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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...

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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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What Would a ‘Smart Dental Implant’ Look Like?

NODE SMITH, ND More than 3 million people in America have dental implants, used to replace a tooth lost to decay, gum disease, or injury. Implants represent a leap of progress over dentures or bridges, fitting much more securely and designed to last 20 years or more....

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New Paradigms for Aging Well

New Paradigms for Aging Well

Naturopathic Perspective Pamela Sky Jeanne, ND Aging is a process most people deny until it is right up front, presenting at times as an illness or physical disability. The joke is on us when we wake up one morning and realize it has actually happened. Today I am 70;...

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Chocolate and Cardiovascular Disease

Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO A new British survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 people like chocolate. The tenth lies. – Robert Paul Research tells us 14 out of any 10 individuals like chocolate. – Sandra Boynton It is almost time to put chocolate onto our list of first...

Dr Jennifer Williamson ND

Dr Jennifer Williamson ND     856 Ridge Rd Lackawanna, NY 14218 Phone: (716) 908-2693 newlifemedicine.org       Articles:  Naturopathic Treatment of Crohn’s Disease Naturopathic Doctor News and Review | NDNR

Dr Allison Siebecker ND LAc

Dr Allison Siebecker ND LAc   The NCNM Clinic 3025 SW Corbett Ave Portland Or, 97201 Phone: (503) 552-1551 Fax:  (503) 226-8133 www.siboinfo.com         Articles: Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth     Naturopathic Doctor News and...

The Calcium Controversy: A Cardiovascular Risk?

Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Abstract Two recent studies have shown that calcium supplementation (as monotherapy) was associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Magnesium and potassium may be the missing minerals needed for the prevention of disease. Calcium A recent...

Oncology “Field Trip”

Gurdev Parmar, ND, FABNO I took my third trip to Germany in spring 2009 to visit some cancer “kliniks” there. There were 4 reasons that prompted that trip. First, my associate, Dr. Johan Ghazali and I had talked about visiting German cancer kliniks and Mexican clinics...

5 Keys to a Profitable Practice: 4-DVD set of the Conference

The 5 Keys to a Profitable Practice conference in April was a huge success! If you were there, you undoubtedly took home more information and management strategies than you ever expected! NDNR is offering a 4-DVD set of the conference. Now you can experience it in the...

September 2010 | Pediatrics

Sleeping Like a Baby Catherine Darley, ND Infant sleep and the mother-infant dynamic. Food Introduction Controversies Michelle Gerber, ND, CPM Naturopathic Dosing Guidelines for the Pediatric Population Tamara Cullen, ND Includes liquids, powders, chewables,...

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Botanicals for Graves’ Disease 

Botanicals for Graves’ Disease  An Herbal Case Study  BRIAN KEENAN, ND, LAC  During my early years as a clinical intern I was tasked with seeing a new patient who was considered difficult. She was irritable, untrusting, and many in the clinic had...

Melatonin & Glucose Homeostasis

A Complex Relationship GINA BROWN  RICK BHIM, ND, CCNM  Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a global health concern, affecting over 462 million individuals worldwide.1 It is a widely common condition in clinical practice and is a significant burden on the healthcare...

Linking Heart Disease in People with Diabetes Using Gene Mapping

From American Heart Association A risk score based on a gene map predicted the likelihood of high blood pressure leading to heart problems or stroke in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published today in the American Heart Association's peer-reviewed...

Exploring Electrical Synapses in the Brain

From Max-Planck-Gesellschaft They are part of the brain of almost every animal species, yet they remain usually invisible even under the electron microscope. "Electrical synapses are like the dark matter of the brain," says Alexander Borst, director at the MPI for...

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...

Postmenopausal Hot Flashes: Natural Treatments

Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Ashley Segal Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms experienced by women during menopause. However, hot flashes may occur during the premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal...

Naturopathic Approach to Dementia

Tolle Totum Sara Thyr, ND Most people have been affected by someone with dementia, either a family member or a close friend, or possibly a patient. There are few illnesses that create such exquisite hardship with family and friends. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the...

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...

Postmenopausal Hot Flashes: Natural Treatments

Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Ashley Segal Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms experienced by women during menopause. However, hot flashes may occur during the premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal...

Naturopathic Approach to Dementia

Tolle Totum Sara Thyr, ND Most people have been affected by someone with dementia, either a family member or a close friend, or possibly a patient. There are few illnesses that create such exquisite hardship with family and friends. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the...

Human Papillomavirus: A Brief Review Beyond Cervical Cancer

Tolle Causam Jessica Moore, ND, FABNO Over 15% of human cancers can be attributed to infectious agents, and current research suggests that 1/3 to 1/2 of these cases may be due to infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs). This group is composed of over 150 related...

Walk a Mile

Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Today I want to present a simple example of a case helped by homeopathy. This case is typical of a day’s work, and as a naturopathic doctor I could not do without it. The Patient June is an active lady in her early 70s. After...

Brain Exam that Trump ‘Aced’ is Being Questioned

Node Smith, ND Last year, Dr. Ronny Jackson, then the White House physician, gave Donald Trump a standard test to detect early signs of dementia — and said the president had scored a perfect 30. “There is no indication whatsoever that he has any cognitive issues,”...

Age & Food Reactivity: Examining the Correlations

Tolle Causam Chad Larson, NMD, DC, CCN, CSCS Over the years, we’ve learned more about the ways our bodies react to specific foods, and even the ways in which specific foods are prepared. We’ve successfully spotlighted common foods and environmental triggers of...

Study Looks at Antipsychotic Use in Kids with ADHD

Node Smith, ND Although fewer young people with ADHD are treated with antipsychotic drugs than suspected, many prescriptions for the drugs do not appear to be clinically warranted, according to a new study from psychiatry researchers at Columbia University Vagelos...

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Remembering Stressful Situations is Easier

Remembering Stressful Situations is Easier

NODE SMITH, ND Stressful experiences are usually remembered more easily than neutral experiences. Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have analyzed the reasons why this is the case. They put people in stressful situations during simulated job interviews and...

New App Rates Healthy Food from 1 – 100

New App Rates Healthy Food from 1 – 100

NODE SMITH, ND A scientific team at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts has developed a new tool to help consumers, food companies, restaurants, and cafeterias choose and produce healthier foods and officials to make sound public nutrition...