NODE SMITH, ND Errors in the metabolic processes of mitochondria are responsible for a variety of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Scientists needed to find out just how the necessary building blocks are imported into the complex biochemical apparatus of...
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Childhood Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Approach Holds Promise
JENNA HENDERSON, ND Abstract Nephrotic syndrome is a challenging and often relapsing kidney condition in children, with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome (MCNS) being the most common form. While conventional steroid therapy remains the standard of care, many cases...
Eating Disorders: Recognizing the Signs in Preteens & Teens
LISA GHENT, ND A lot has changed since I was a kid. The rapid development of technology has introduced smart phones, gaming systems, and tablets, all of which seem to be ubiquitous, and kids are getting hooked on electronics younger and younger. With smart...
The ECS in Childhood Diseases
JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP Mention of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) often brings to mind cannabis and its major constituent, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which binds the cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. These receptors...
How Our Brains Remodel Neural Networks
NODE SMITH, ND At this very moment, the billions of neurons in your brain are using their trillions of connections to enable you to read and comprehend this sentence. Now, by studying the neurons involved in the sense of smell, researchers from Kyushu University's...
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A Nightmare of a Case: Homeopathic Approaches to Sleep Issues in Children
Anke Zimmermann, BSc, ND, FCAH Sleep issues, including nightmares and sleep-walking, are a common problem in children. Sleep and dream symptoms are generally a clear expression of the vital force and can often lead to wonderfully accurate prescriptions that can...
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Urinary Pain and a Peculiar Symptom Can a Definite Result in an Acute Case Confirm the Similitude of a Chronic Case?
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND I first made the acquaintance of Chelsea about 2 years ago. We worked through a homeopathic initial exam during a college clinic I was doing for the graduating class. Chelsea is about 25 years old, tall and lean, and unconventional. Her...
Chronic Low Back Pain
Nooshin Darvish, ND and Nancy Tung, RN Chronic low back pain (LBP) is the most common cause of inactivity in adults under the age of 45. Chronic LBP is defined as pain persisting longer than 12 weeks and involves a complex causal milieu. Up to 27% of the US population...
Pain Disrupts Sleep… The Sleep that Eases Pain
Catherine Darley, ND How many of your chronic pain patients have difficulty sleeping? Does this sleep disturbance contribute to their pain? In a word, yes. It has been found that sleep loss itself is hyperalgesic, and that when chronic pain patients sleep better their...
When it’s Not Prostate Cancer
Clinical rule out strategies for an elevated tPSA Phranq D. Tamburri, NMD Your 60-year-old male patient presents to you with an ‘elevated’ total prostate specific antigen (tPSA) of 3.5 ng/ml. Although his digital rectal exam (DRE) was negative, his primary care...
Pediatric Naturopathic Organization Formed
Pediatric Naturopathic Organization Formed This August, the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians (PedANP) will be presenting its bylaws to the AANP House of Delegates with hopes of becoming the next affiliate of the AANP. The intent of the organization is...
Non-Invasive Technique Blocks a Conditioned Fear in Humans
Non-Invasive Technique Blocks a Conditioned Fear in Humans A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation....
FNM Project Update
FNM Project Update The Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine (FNM) textbook unveiled a color timeline illustrating the history of the naturopathic medicine profession and its formation at the May Northwest Naturopathic Physicians Convention (NWNPC) in Portland. The...
New Associate Authors Join the FNM Project
New Associate Authors Join the FNM Project … An international team of associate editors recently joined FNM, bringing diverse expertise to finalizing the textbook. Jon Wardle, ND, PhD (cand) from Australia enriches international perspectives in policy, public health,...
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Accreditation Nation
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Naturopathic medical education is a recognized higher-education enterprise that meets the same standards as first-professional doctorate (MD, DO, DC, OD, etc) training. This is true of naturopathic training in both the United States and...
Hydrotherapy- Part 3
JAMES SENSENIG, ND LETITIA DICK-KRONENBERG, ND, VNMI 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...
The Gut-Kidney Axis: A Missing Link in the Treatment of the Kidney Patient
QUINN RIVET, ND Dedicated to my father – Hugh Edmond Rivet Evolving data over the last 40 years confirm that uremic metabolites generated by a dysbiotic microbiome impair kidney function and establish a bidirectional relationship between the gut and...
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...
Police investigating fatal shooting in southeast
Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a...
Prince Harry drops royal surname after moving
Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a...
Police investigating fatal shooting in southeast
Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a...
Diabetes Complications in Young Adults Differ from US and Canada
Node Smith, ND Hospitalizations for a feared complication of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), rise sharply as adolescents transition to adulthood in the U.S, but not in Canada, according to a new study published May 8 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine....
Legislative Update from the Oregon Association
Node Smith, ND As of this writing, SB 734 still sits on the desk of the Ways and Means Committee, and we are waiting for it to move to the Sub-Committee on Human Services. This subcommittee is co-chaired by Senator Beyer and Representative Nosse, both are bill...
Coronavirus: France deaths at city 14,400 ahead Macron lockdown
Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a...
What Happens to Info on Facebook when Someone Dies?
Node Smith, ND New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend that will have grave implications for how we treat our digital heritage in the future. Analysis...
Emotional Issues and Obesity Grow Hand-in-Hand From Early Childhood, Study Says
Node Smith, ND Obesity and emotional problems, such as feelings of low mood and anxiety, tend to develop hand-in-hand from as young as 7 years, according to new research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May)....
New Research on Anti-Cancer Botanicals
Node Smith, ND A team of NUS researchers has recently discovered that the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and Simpleleaf Chastetree (Vitex trifolia), which are favorite nectaring plants of butterflies, do more than attract...
Graphene Flakes Show Promising Effects on Neurons
Node Smith, ND Like in a science fiction novel, miniscule spacecrafts able to reach a specific site of the brain and influence the operation of specific types of neurons or drug delivery: graphene flakes, the subject matter of the new study of the group of SISSA...
Coronavirus: France deaths at city 14,400 ahead Macron lockdown
Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a...
What Happens to Info on Facebook when Someone Dies?
Node Smith, ND New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend that will have grave implications for how we treat our digital heritage in the future. Analysis...
Emotional Issues and Obesity Grow Hand-in-Hand From Early Childhood, Study Says
Node Smith, ND Obesity and emotional problems, such as feelings of low mood and anxiety, tend to develop hand-in-hand from as young as 7 years, according to new research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May)....
New Research on Anti-Cancer Botanicals
Node Smith, ND A team of NUS researchers has recently discovered that the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and Simpleleaf Chastetree (Vitex trifolia), which are favorite nectaring plants of butterflies, do more than attract...
Graphene Flakes Show Promising Effects on Neurons
Node Smith, ND Like in a science fiction novel, miniscule spacecrafts able to reach a specific site of the brain and influence the operation of specific types of neurons or drug delivery: graphene flakes, the subject matter of the new study of the group of SISSA...
Link Between Mitochondrial Damage and Osteoporosis
Node Smith, ND New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine provides a possible mechanism by which alcohol, cigarette smoke, and exposure to certain medications and toxins can weaken bone. Researchers haven’t gained a firm picture of how exposures are linked...
40% of Antibiotic Prescriptions May be Inappropriately Prescribed
Node Smith, ND Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs healthcare system, a higher figure than in previous studies examining outpatient antibiotic use, according to a new study...
Study Looks at Differences in Measles Transmission Risks
Node Smith, ND Research that may come to affect contact tracing and infection control measures in future measles outbreaks has now been presented. A study of an outbreak of measles in Gothenburg, Sweden, a year ago shows large differences in the risk of transmission...
Sexuality Not as Static as Previously Thought, Changes Well into Adulthood
Node Smith, ND A new study shows that traditional labels of ‘gay’, ‘bisexual’ and ‘straight’ do not capture the full range of human sexuality, and whether a person is attracted to the same, or opposite sex can change over time. The Fluidity of Human Sexuality The...
The Damage Done by Snoring
Node Smith, ND The recurrent vibrations caused by snoring can lead to injuries in the upper airways of people who snore heavily. This in turn, can cause swallowing dysfunction and render individuals more vulnerable for developing the severe condition obstructive sleep...
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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...




