NODE SMITH, ND As smart watches are increasingly able to monitor the vital signs of health, including what's going on when we sleep, a problem has emerged: those wearable, wireless devices are often disconnected from our body overnight, being charged at the bedside....
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Friends Decrease Cortisol Levels
NODE SMITH, ND Directing a meeting, dialing up an old acquaintance, dictating the perfect tuna salad sandwich across a drive-through window. For business and for pleasure, human beings are in constant communication. Our proclivity for socialization is lifelong,...
Breathing Exercises Lower Blood Pressure as Good as Meds
NODE SMITH, ND Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as "strength training for your breathing muscles" lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication, new CU...
New Class of Memory Cells for Remembering Faces
NODE SMITH, ND Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we see a very familiar face, like that of our grandmothers. But the proposed "grandmother neuron" -- a single cell at...
Getting Closer to a Targeted Treatment for Alzheimer’s
NODE SMITH, ND A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found women on hormone therapy were up to 58% less likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, and reduction of risk varied by type and route of hormone therapy and...
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Childhood Infections & Injuries: Topical Herbal Formulas
Jillian Stansbury, ND No one escapes childhood without some scrapes, burns, bruises, and infections. Every herbalist and family physician needs a supply of gentle but effective topical applications for lice, burns, and other common issues. Most readers will be...
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Naturopathic Seeds Sprout in Fertile African Soil
Pauline Crouch (Baumann), ND This month’s Education column features guest columnist Pauline Crouch (Baumann), ND, president of Natural Doctors International. Dr. Schleich’s column will return in the August issue. I recently returned from a trip to Zambia where, as...
Missed Appointments- More Than A Minor Nuisance
Judy Capko Missed appointments are frustrating for any practice and you pay a big price for the no show patient or the 11th-hour cancellation. For naturopathic physicians who can dedicate an hour or more for many appointments, the costs can be staggering. It begins...
Electroencephalogram Use in Autistic Disorder Assessment
Steven Rondeau, NMD, BCIA-EEG The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a leading tool in the evaluation of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD).1 The EEG is most commonly thought of in the conventional medical community to be utilized with seizure disorders, which coincidently,...
Ayurveda and Mind/Body Medicine
Virender Sodhi, MD (Ayurved), ND Ayurveda is one of the most ancient systems of medicine known today. The origins of this science of life (Ayu - life, and Veda - knowledge) have been placed by scholars of ancient Indian Ayurvedic literature at somewhere around 6000...
Housing Naturopathic Education: Choosing a Higher Education Home for Naturopathic Medical Education isn’t What it Used to Be
David Schleich, PhD There is an exquisite medley of scholarship about the “idea of a university” (Newman, 1976; Flexner, 1968; Jasper, 1960; Frye, 1971; Jones, 1997b; Clark, 1983; Scott, 1984; Williams, 1992; Tierney, 1993). Some of its main ideas and developments...
Creating a Healing Space in Our Everyday Practice
Lena Kian, ND Just listening to people generously strengthens them, because they can become more fully present. They are not trying to keep parts of themselves out of the room. They can be there in one piece. As you listen to someone, they stop fixing themselves in...
Treatment of Autistic Siblings
Joseph Kellerstein, ND, DC Natasha first presented to the student clinic in January of this year. She is tall and slender with a very friendly demeanor. Behind that pleasing smile was a very observant mother. Natasha was duly trailed by 6-year-old Billy and 4-year-old...
Tree Medicine: Connecting Heaven and Earth
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) A pure and simple tree… Its connection with the earth and movement toward heaven are witness to the bodymindspirit, that is, a composite of the forces of heaven and earth within the human being. Dianne Connelly1 When exploring the...
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Notes from the Field: July, 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...
High-Quality Water: Revitalizing the Source
CHERYL KASDORF, ND The human body requires water to function properly. However, not all water is equivalent. Having high-quality water is essential to human health. But how do we define quality? Water sources in Nature vary...
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: How Naturopathic Physicians Can Help
ANDREA GRUSZECKI, ND Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs) are a relatively recently described cluster of conditions that can often go overlooked. EGIDs are likely underdiagnosed and rarely recognized,...
More to Drug Relapse than Just the Drug
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Elsevier- Why are some individuals able to use recreational drugs in a controlled way, whereas others switch to the compulsive, relapsing drug-seeking and -taking habits that characterize substance use disorder (SUD)? Despite more than...
Friedrich Eduard Bilz (1842-1922)
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE It is Nature that cures, not we. ~ Friedrich E. Bilz, 1898, p.6 Our only task then is to aid this vital power, and the subject of this present work is to thoroughly teach how it may be done. ~ Friedrich E. Bilz,...
UBCNM Program Closure: A Canary in a Coal Mine?
Open Letter to the Profession David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, FACN By now many of you are undoubtedly aware of the decision by the University of Bridgeport (UB) to cease further enrollment and complete a “teach-out” in its 20-year old naturopathic medical...
Tell Me Your Story: Narrative Medicine in the Therapeutic Relationship
Tolle Totum Lauren (McKinney) Mandych Paul Epstein, ND Before every session, I take a moment to remember my humanity. There is no experience that this man has that I cannot share with him, no fear that I cannot understand, no suffering that I cannot care about,...
Taming the Reptilian Brain
Naturopathic Perspective Jim Massey, ND, HANP We find ourselves living in a most tumultuous time of our human civilization. We face a fork in the road, where we can either move forward and work together or we can further separate ourselves from one another and risk...
CBD Cases & Clinical Pearls: Anxiety & Depression
Integrative Cannabis Aimée Gould Shunney, ND Despite lightning-fast expansion of clinical use of hemp CBD (cannabidiol) in recent years, there is still a dearth of information available for healthcare practitioners (HCPs) that details the intricacies and pitfalls of...
Pleasure as Medicine: A Case Study
Tolle Causam Nicola Dehlinger, ND Jane is a 48-year-old woman who presented to clinic with anxiety. She had experienced anxiety since childhood, but it went undiagnosed until 2008, when she had her first full-blown panic attack. She also had severe endometriosis and...
The AANMC at 20: Crossing to the Next Decade
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Since 2001 the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) has been promoting the naturopathic profession in North America from its educational perch. One top-of-mind focus all this time has been recruitment of new...
Holistic Use of CBD for Acne
Integrative Cannabis Rob Streisfeld, NMD Don’t judge a book by its cover. I am sure you’ve heard this phrase many times, but if the cover being referred to is the health of a person’s skin, you might actually understand that what’s inside has a direct relationship to...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Node Smith, ND Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder affecting 10 - 20 per cent of people. Abdominal pain, bloating and altered bowel habit significantly affect patients' quality of life and can force them to take days off work....
Chronic Major Depression: Rapid Improvement Using Naturopathic Therapies
Student Scholarship – Second Place Case Study Courtney K. Pickworth, BA Lai Chim Chan, ND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant public health concern associated with increased functional disability and mortality.1 Patients with depression have at least a...
Pleasure as Medicine: A Case Study
Tolle Causam Nicola Dehlinger, ND Jane is a 48-year-old woman who presented to clinic with anxiety. She had experienced anxiety since childhood, but it went undiagnosed until 2008, when she had her first full-blown panic attack. She also had severe endometriosis and...
The AANMC at 20: Crossing to the Next Decade
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Since 2001 the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) has been promoting the naturopathic profession in North America from its educational perch. One top-of-mind focus all this time has been recruitment of new...
Holistic Use of CBD for Acne
Integrative Cannabis Rob Streisfeld, NMD Don’t judge a book by its cover. I am sure you’ve heard this phrase many times, but if the cover being referred to is the health of a person’s skin, you might actually understand that what’s inside has a direct relationship to...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Node Smith, ND Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder affecting 10 - 20 per cent of people. Abdominal pain, bloating and altered bowel habit significantly affect patients' quality of life and can force them to take days off work....
Chronic Major Depression: Rapid Improvement Using Naturopathic Therapies
Student Scholarship – Second Place Case Study Courtney K. Pickworth, BA Lai Chim Chan, ND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant public health concern associated with increased functional disability and mortality.1 Patients with depression have at least a...
Hope for Healing: Case Studies of Patients with Mental/Emotional Concerns
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Shawna Eischens, ND The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle, and permanent restoration of health, or removal and annihilation of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable, and most harmless way, on easily comprehensible...
Peppermint for Dysphagia
Node Smith, ND Imagine that while eating a delicious meal at your favorite restaurant, your joy is cut short because of difficulty swallowing your food, followed by chest pain. Peppermint can help with difficulty swallowing and non-cardiac chest pain; 63 percent...
Robot Helps Kill Germs in Hospital Rooms
Node Smith, ND Germ-zapping robot called LightStrike from Xenex is used at CPMC A germ-zapping robot called LightStrike from Xenex is used at California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) hospitals to help curb the spread of infectious diseases. This mobile robotic device...
Imbue Botanicals, LLC re-introduces transcend All Natural Vaporizer Cartridges
Imbue Botanicals, LLC has reintroduced its transcend all natural vaporizer cartridges. PALM SPRINGS, CA, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Imbue Botanicals, LLC, a Wyoming based company, is pleased to re-introduce its transcend line of all natural...
Picrorhiza & Neopicrorhiza: Applications in Allergic & Inflammatory Lung Disorders
Botanical Insights Jillian Stansbury, ND Neopicrorhiza schrophulariiflora and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora have been used traditionally for allergies, asthma, and inflammatory disorders, including liver disease. Neopicrorhiza grows in high-altitude locales of the...
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Seven Walking Strategies for People with Parkinson’s
NODE SMITH, ND Various strategies can help people with Parkinson's who have difficulty walking, but a new study finds that many people have never heard of or tried these strategies. The research is published in the online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of...
Many Top Medical Journals Call World Leaders to Emergency Action. . . For Climate
NODE SMITH, ND Over 200 health journals across the world have come together to simultaneously publish an editorial calling on world leaders to take emergency action to limit global temperature increases, halt the destruction of nature, and protect health. While recent...



