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Loneliness Can Affect Microbiome

NODE SMITH, ND The evolving science of wisdom rests on the idea that wisdom's defined traits correspond to distinct regions of the brain, and that greater wisdom translates into greater happiness and life satisfaction while being less wise results in opposite,...

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Take Something Away as a Solution to a Problem

NODE SMITH, ND If, as the saying goes, less is more, why do we humans overdo so much? In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, University of Virginia researchers explain why people rarely look at a situation, object or idea that needs improving -- in all kinds...

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Sleep Helps Heal Traumatic Brain Injuries

NODE SMITH, ND Sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, a new study of military veterans suggests. The study, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health...

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Less Stress, Better Eating Habits

NODE SMITH, ND Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study -- not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms'...

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High Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Helps Spot ‘Fake News’

NODE SMITH, ND People with high levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to be susceptible to 'fake news', according to research at the University of Strathclyde. The study invited participants to read a series of news items on social media and to ascertain...

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Shifting Through Layers: A 5-Year Case

Shifting Through Layers: A 5-Year Case

Paul Theriault, ND As cases progress over multiple remedies and through multiple years, patients generally advance through the layers of human spiritual development. These layers were described in my previous article (NDNR, June 2016).1 This article here details the...

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A Case of Parasites?

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND RN is a slender woman with dark hair and a pale complexion. On meeting her, the impressions were that she was warm, thoughtful and reserved. She is, as well, an excellent observer as can be seen from the following discussion. This initial...

A Homeopathic Perspective on Fatigue as an Endocrine Issue

Cheryl A. Kasdorf, NMD “Homeostasis is the establishment of a balanced relationship between the dietary, hormonal, and nervous functions (systems) of the body. The purpose, therefore, in Endocrinology is to strive primarily to attain this state of balance and...

Coffee, Glucose and Unnecessary Guilt?

Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH; Bill Walter, LMP, ND (Cand. 2009) Introduction I recall my first year in naturopathic medical school when I slinked into the cafeteria, head hung low, feeling guilty about my nervous anticipation of those first few sips of strong, dark brew...

Are Bioidentical Hormones What Hormone Balancing Is Really About?

David Greenspan, ND It is wonderful to see, as we have seen in so many places in medicine, that principles and practices of naturopathic medicine are becoming recognized as valid and safe when it comes to hormone balancing and hormone replacement therapy. As with many...

July 2009 | Pain Medicine

Vis Medicatrix Naturae Treating Chronic Inflammation From an Ayurvedic perspective Virender Sodhi, ND, MD (Ayurved) Maternal Care: Naturopathic Labor Induction Lisa Doran, ND Use of homeopathy as a tool to initiate labor. A Case of B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With Viscum...

Maternal Care: Naturopathic Labor Induction

The key indication for why a clinician would interfere with the natural process of cervical ripening is when a medical complication would compromise maternal or fetal health. In this circumstance, where cervical ripening must be hastened and the onset of labor...

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Using SNPs to Identify Disease Pathways

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...

Using SNPs to Identify Disease Pathways

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....

Using SNPs to Identify Disease Pathways

IMPORTANT: Limit Screen Time After Concussion

NODE SMITH, ND A clinical trial of 125 young adults shows that those who limited screen time for 48 hours immediately after suffering a concussion had a significantly shorter duration of symptoms than those who were permitted screen time. These findings, published in...

Using SNPs to Identify Disease Pathways

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...

Health Risks of Microplastic Particles

Node Smith, ND The effect of plastics on our environment and physiology is becoming more and more discussed. A recent study conducted by the Austrian Federal Environmental Agency and the Medical University of Vienna has looked at the health risks of microplastic...

EuroMedica

EuroMedica® specializes in bringing proven natural medicines to the United States and in developing unique formulas containing clinically tested, safe and effective ingredients. EuroMedica’s founder and president, Terry Lemerond, has over 45 years of experience in the...

Swiss Biological Medicine Center

Academy programs explain natural medicine methods developed by Dr Thomas Rau MD in his former work as the 27-year Medical Director at the famous Paracelsus Clinic. The decades of difficult disease reputation created the demand for training programs. Dr Rau’s Swiss...

Stress Could Be Affecting Memory and Shrinking the Brain

Node Smith, ND Is it stressful reading about the negative effects of stress?  A recent study has found a strong association with chronic stress and physical damage to the brain.1 Researchers are suggesting that chronic stress may actually cause loss of memory as well...

Applying the 6 Principles to LMICs

Kimani McDonald Safiya McCarter, ND Molly Niedermeyer, ND, LM Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Research Review Naturopathic Medicine & the Global Burden of NCDs As an international student, with living and working experience in Jamaica, Tanzania, Ethiopia,...

Historical Savvy: Its Dearth Hurts

Education David J. Schleich, PhD Quite recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the huge importance of their little town in our history. Painfully, the only fragments of that special period of Jungborn and the early growth of naturopathy in the...

Enviromedica

Enviromedica is an innovative natural health and wellness company, applying science-based evolutionary theory to understand what drives the human body toward or away from optimal health. This research is reflected in a full spectrum offering of foundational support...

The Milk Cure

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE We now come to the question: “Ought milk to be drunk fresh or boiled?” The best and right way is, of course, to drink it as nature provides it, fresh; and experience has shown that fresh milk is more readily...

Applying the 6 Principles to LMICs

Kimani McDonald Safiya McCarter, ND Molly Niedermeyer, ND, LM Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Research Review Naturopathic Medicine & the Global Burden of NCDs As an international student, with living and working experience in Jamaica, Tanzania, Ethiopia,...

Historical Savvy: Its Dearth Hurts

Education David J. Schleich, PhD Quite recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the huge importance of their little town in our history. Painfully, the only fragments of that special period of Jungborn and the early growth of naturopathy in the...

Enviromedica

Enviromedica is an innovative natural health and wellness company, applying science-based evolutionary theory to understand what drives the human body toward or away from optimal health. This research is reflected in a full spectrum offering of foundational support...

The Milk Cure

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE We now come to the question: “Ought milk to be drunk fresh or boiled?” The best and right way is, of course, to drink it as nature provides it, fresh; and experience has shown that fresh milk is more readily...

Cupping Therapy for Cellulite

Student Scholarship Honorable Mention Maryellen Tedeschi, ND, BSc (Hons) Yana Gutmakher Erin Truscott-Brock, ND Cellulite is a normal physiologic change in skin texture, colloquially termed “orange peel” dimpling or “cottage cheese” skin for its topographical...

Miscarriage Prevention: Case Studies of Pranic Healing

Tolle Totum Rhonda Steinke, ND Rachel Hickey Spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is clinically recognized as pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of gestation.1 Roughly 15% of recognized pregnancies end up in miscarriage,2 which leaves a relatively large number of women...

Leafy Green Veggies Could Reduce Risk of Macular Degeneration

Node Smith, ND A recent study found that consuming vegetable nitrates may help to reduce risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).1 Vegetable nitrates are found in high concentration in leafy green vegetables such as spinach and kale, as...

Swiss Biological Medicine Academy 

Swiss Biological Medicine Academy has restored professional education and new public outreach to North America. See our event calendar:  CLICK! The Academy program is a new expansion of team curriculum training that conveys the foundations of difficult disease...

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Memory Effects of Long-Term Cannabis

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...

The Cellular Control of Mitochondria

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...