LESLIE SOLOMONIAN, BSC, ND, MPH The health of individuals is tremendously influenced by the health of their environment. This is especially true in childhood, and the effects last a lifetime. If we aim to fulfill the principles of naturopathic medicine (bolded...
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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...
The Cellular Control of Mitochondria
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...
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...
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What’s All The Fuss About? A Naturopathic Approach to the Fussy Baby – Part 1
Caitlin O’Connor, ND The transition to parenthood can be a wonderful time. However, a “fussy” baby can turn this joyful time into one of great stress. Early and appropriate intervention is necessary to help the new family thrive. One in 5 parents reports having a...
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April 2010 | Autoimmune/ Allergy Medicine
Sociological Effectson Autoimmune Disease: An anthropological perspective Emily Chan, ND Describes how musical, physical and emotional factors play a key role in encouraging a proactive treatment regimen for patients. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Sarah A. Lobisco, ND...
The Food for Mood Diet: A Literature Review, Highlight of Principles, and Initial Study Design
Millie Lytle, ND, MPH As an ND subscribing to the great capacity of preventive medicine, I believe innately that food consumption and mood have a connection. Until a few years ago, possible biological mechanisms were not obvious in the literature. During these years,...
March 2010 | Sleep & Anxiety Medicine
The Pathological Sequelae of Shift Work Catherine Darley, ND Describes common performance, safety and health consequences of shift workers, and offers strategies to help those patients work during the night successfully. Homeopathic Treatment of Insomnia Judyth...
Herbal Treatment Approaches to Insomnia
Jillian Stansbury, ND Sleep, and probably even dreaming, is essential to good health. Over the years I have seen enough people with sleep disorders to group them into several general categories: basic stress and nervous disorders, blood sugar and cortisol...
Research in ND Land Myths and Possibilities in a Brave new World (Part 1 of 2)
David Schleich, PHD The inclination to support more long-term research activity in naturopathic medicine is driven in part by a perceived need to validate and defend its principles and practice. This has been occurring for a very long time, but is especially vexing at...
Sweet Dreams
Joe Kellerstein, DC, ND Stephen seemed quiet. A bit too quiet for an 11-year-old boy. Clearly he was uncomfortable being in the office. Not in an antagonistic way. No, it was more of an underlying fear. A glance at the intake form confirmed my impressions. In order,...
Cancer and Anxiety
Lena Suhaila, ND Cancer is characterized by a loss of cellular control on the physical level; it follows that it is natural to experience a loss of control on the psychological level resulting in anxiety. Receiving a cancer diagnosis and needing to undergo cancer...
How to Get Your Patients to Refer in Droves
How to Get Your Patients to Refer in Droves The cost is low, and the Return on Investment is high … once you begin. By Stewart Gandolf, MBA and Lonnie Hirsch Here are three remarkably easy and highly effective ways to encourage patients to refer family, friends and...
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Increasing Choline During Pregnancy Increases Attention of Child
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Cornell University- Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed twice the recommended amount of choline during their pregnancy, a new Cornell study has found. The...
Genetic Link to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Baylor College of Medicine- The brain has a natural protective mechanism against Alzheimer's disease, and researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions have discovered that gene...
Graphene Becomes Superconductor at Specific Angle and Temperature
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Brown University- When two sheets of the carbon nanomaterial graphene are stacked together at a particular angle with respect to each other, it gives rise to some fascinating physics. For instance, when this so-called "magic-angle...
Ketamine for Alcoholism
Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From The University of Exeter- People with severe alcohol disorder were able to stay off alcohol for longer when they were treated with low doses of ketamine combined with psychological therapy in a clinical trial. The Ketamine for reduction...
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...
Homeopathic Dermatology
Tolle Causam Sharum Sharif, ND In my general, primary care practice, 1 out of every 4 patients has a skin disorder/condition. As many of you know, treating skin conditions/disorders can be challenging, to say the least. I believe they are even significantly...
Imbue Botanicals, LLC Introduces k9comfort-plus Tincture
Imbue Botanicals, LLC has expanded its current CBD pet product line with the introduction of its k9comfort-plus tincture of hemp. PALM SPRINGS, CA, UNITED STATES, May 9, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Imbue Botanicals, LLC a Wyoming based company, is pleased to introduce...
Gemmotherapy: A Powerful Modality for Treating Allergies
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law...
Once in a Lifetime Experience for Healthcare Practitioners: ParticipAid’s 2019 Nepal Global Health Experience
(PORTLAND, OR.) May 25, 2019—ParticipAid is excited to announce their annual flagship program – the 2019 Nepal Global Health Experience – and invite candidates to sign up now for early access to the application process. Program participants will visit heritage sites...
How Well are You Aging? BDNF, TREM2 & Telomere Length as Biomarkers of Aging
Docere Angela Knapp, ND Since the inception of the human genome project in the 1990s, we humans have been looking to our DNA for the promotion of health and longevity.1 For the past 2 decades, the research, knowledge, and understanding of the field of genetics have...
Natural Partners Fullscript announces $25M Series B Funding led by Kayne Partners
Leading Health Technology Company specializing in practitioner in-office and patient direct dispensing software to leverage funds to set a new standard of care for nutraceutical prescribing May 21, 2019 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – Natural Partners Fullscript, the leading...
Body Adaptations from Short-term Overeating
Node Smith, ND Overeating has been found to impair blood sugar (glucose) control and insulin levels. A new study suggests that the duration of a bout of overeating can affect how the body adapts glucose and insulin processing when calorie intake increases. The article...
The New Taste of “Reduced” Salt
Node Smith, ND Washington State University researchers have found a way to make food taste salty but with less of the sodium chloride tied to poor health. “It’s a stealth approach, not like buying the ‘reduced salt’ option, which people generally don’t like,” said...
Once in a Lifetime Experience for Healthcare Practitioners: ParticipAid’s 2019 Nepal Global Health Experience
(PORTLAND, OR.) May 25, 2019—ParticipAid is excited to announce their annual flagship program – the 2019 Nepal Global Health Experience – and invite candidates to sign up now for early access to the application process. Program participants will visit heritage sites...
How Well are You Aging? BDNF, TREM2 & Telomere Length as Biomarkers of Aging
Docere Angela Knapp, ND Since the inception of the human genome project in the 1990s, we humans have been looking to our DNA for the promotion of health and longevity.1 For the past 2 decades, the research, knowledge, and understanding of the field of genetics have...
Natural Partners Fullscript announces $25M Series B Funding led by Kayne Partners
Leading Health Technology Company specializing in practitioner in-office and patient direct dispensing software to leverage funds to set a new standard of care for nutraceutical prescribing May 21, 2019 (Scottsdale, Arizona) – Natural Partners Fullscript, the leading...
Body Adaptations from Short-term Overeating
Node Smith, ND Overeating has been found to impair blood sugar (glucose) control and insulin levels. A new study suggests that the duration of a bout of overeating can affect how the body adapts glucose and insulin processing when calorie intake increases. The article...
The New Taste of “Reduced” Salt
Node Smith, ND Washington State University researchers have found a way to make food taste salty but with less of the sodium chloride tied to poor health. “It’s a stealth approach, not like buying the ‘reduced salt’ option, which people generally don’t like,” said...
The Use of Aconite Root for Neuropathic Pain
Node Smith, ND It may be of interest that there was a recent study on the use of aconite for pain. Tincture of aconite has been used traditionally as a pain killer, and only within the last few decades has it fallen out of favor in educational institute. It is an...
Improving Microbiota Diversity May Drastically Reduce Autism Symptoms by up to 50%
Node Smith, ND A recent research study suggests that changing the gut microbiome in children with autism could reduce the severity of the symptoms they experience.1 This is part of a longer research project, started in 2017. Gut microbiome in children with autism;...
Syphilis Invades Rural America and a Fraying Health Safety Net Fails to Stop it
Node Smith, ND When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the "dominoes gang" in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex with...
Hypnosis a genuine alternative to painkillers?
Node Smith, ND A project led by psychologist Dr Trevor Thompson of the University of Greenwich found that hypnosis is more effective with people who are especially amenable to suggestion. But it also found that those who are moderately suggestible - essentially most...
Proteoglycans: A Turnkey Anti-Aging Solution?
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Carrie Decker, ND As medical research continues to grow, so too does our understanding of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and its dynamic and systemic effects. Once thought to be only a backdrop to the activities of the cells found within it, we...
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The Future of Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease – 99% Accuracy
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers from Kaunas universities, Lithuania developed a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer's disease from brain images with an accuracy of over 99 per cent. The method was developed while analyzing functional...
Internal Brain/Organ Connections Could Determine Self Image
NODE SMITH, ND New research has discovered that the strength of the connection between our brain and internal organs is linked to how we feel about our appearance. Published in the journal Cortex, the study is the first to investigate, and first to identify, the...




