NODE SMITH, ND In a new paper published by Nature Communications, The Lundquist Institute (TLI) Investigator Wei Yan, MD, PhD, and his research colleagues spell out an innovative strategy that has led to the discovery of a natural compound as a safe, effective and...
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THC May Stay in Breast Milk Up to Six Weeks
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Patients May be Receptive to Getting Care from Robots
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Gut Microbiome and Metabolism of Processed Foods
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Green Tea Helps Facial Development in Down Syndrome Individuals
NODE SMITH, ND A new study led by Belgian and Spanish researchers published in Scientific Reports adds evidence about the potential benefits of green tea extracts in Down syndrome. The researchers observed that the intake of green tea extracts can reduce facial...
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The 3 Poisons: Greed, Hatred, and Confusion
Tanya Rampersad, ND Buddhism has a long tradition (approximately 2500 years) of rigorousness of study and dedication of generations of practitioners studying the mind. Abhidhamma is the Buddhist science of the mind1 – a way of seeing and understanding the self,...
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Metal and Mineral Toxicity Presenting as Neurological Complaints
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Toxicity, Deficiency and Lifestyle Changes
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Atropa belladonna: A Useful Medicinal Plant
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Metal and Mineral Toxicity Presenting as Neurological Complaints
Metal and Mineral Toxicity Presenting as Neurological Complaints Dan Carter NDThe connection between toxic metals and neurological symptoms is well established, but it is not as well known that beneficial minerals in too high amounts can also result in toxicity and...
Homeopathic Treatment of Environmental Sensitivities
Today many patients seek help for environmental sensitivities. This is true for adult patients as well as for children. In addition, many consider that toxicity is partly responsible for the increase in childhood developmental and cognitive disorders. This is not just...
Getting Men to Take Care of Their Health
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The Revolution in Prostate Cancer Management
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Epigenetics: Growing Up in a Toxic World – Part 2
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Abstract In Part II of this series on pediatric epigenetics, Dr. Chris Meletis explores how modern environmental exposures—including stress, sedentary lifestyles, EMFs, and widespread toxins—can lead to harmful epigenetic modifications that...
Immune Function & Competence: Gut Microbial Influences
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Poverty Correlates to Smaller Brain Areas
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Tick Tubes: Stopping Lyme in Its Tracks
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ADHD Drug May Have Psychotic Side Effects
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Expectations of Checking Emails at Home Affects Health of Family as well as Workers
Node Smith, ND Technology has created an increasing precedent in many organizations that employees be available to respond to emails, and other communications, even when not actually at work. A recent study has highlighted that this expectation, regardless of any...
Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury Using Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
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New Pain Program Shows Promise in Weaning Patients off Opioids
Reprinted from University Health Network A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely and effectively, while offering alternative ways to cope with their pain and improve how they function. Study following 251 surgical patients at...
Monsanto Loses Big Court Case on Roundup Causing Cancer
Node Smith, ND Monsanto "acted with malice, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct," Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos announced during recent court battle. Agricultural giant, Monsanto, recently lost a historical court battle Agricultural giant,...
Physician Burnout – 3 Factors
Node Smith, ND "It should be a treat to care about another person. Doctors have a wonderful job, yet they are inundated with numerous extraneous burdens that collectively rob them of the joy of medicine." Andrew G. Alexander Recent article cites physician burnout has...
New Tosh and Old Adjectives: When Terminology Obfuscates
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Before the widely touted term, “integrative” (clever label), there was “complementary and alternative [CAM]” (opportunistic tosh). Integrates what with what? Complements what? Alternative to what? Sometimes, though, in that often...
A Woman Champion: Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols, Hydrotherapist
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE I felt then that I would lay myself on the altar, and be burned with fire, if woman could be saved from the darkness of ignorance, and the untold horrors of her diseases. - Mary Nichols, 1851, p.29 The effects...
Cannabis & the ECS: How Cannabinoids are Changing Health Care
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Professional Formulas
For more than 30 years, Professional Formulas has provided high-quality homeopathics and nutritional supplements to help holistic healthcare practitioners achieve their treatment goals. Our hand-succussed remedies, NSF-certified quality, and friendly and knowledgeable...
Physician Burnout – 3 Factors
Node Smith, ND "It should be a treat to care about another person. Doctors have a wonderful job, yet they are inundated with numerous extraneous burdens that collectively rob them of the joy of medicine." Andrew G. Alexander Recent article cites physician burnout has...
New Tosh and Old Adjectives: When Terminology Obfuscates
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Before the widely touted term, “integrative” (clever label), there was “complementary and alternative [CAM]” (opportunistic tosh). Integrates what with what? Complements what? Alternative to what? Sometimes, though, in that often...
A Woman Champion: Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols, Hydrotherapist
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE I felt then that I would lay myself on the altar, and be burned with fire, if woman could be saved from the darkness of ignorance, and the untold horrors of her diseases. - Mary Nichols, 1851, p.29 The effects...
Cannabis & the ECS: How Cannabinoids are Changing Health Care
Student Scholarship Honorable Mention Lee-Anne francois-dornbusch, ND Fraser Smith, matd, ND Pain is a challenging clinical syndrome that naturopathic physicians are well equipped to address. Society is realizing the shortcomings of conventional medicine’s...
Professional Formulas
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Practicing Rational Medicine
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Belly Fat Associated with Cognitive Function in Older Adults
Node Smith, ND A recent study from Ireland has found that belly fat is associated with lower cognitive functioning in older adults (60 years and older).1 The study may have profound implications for a global dementia population that is predicted to increase 3-fold by...
In apoptosis, cell death spreads through perpetuating waves, Stanford study finds
Node Smith, ND Inside a cell, death often occurs like the wave at a baseball game What starts with two hands flung skyward prompts another, and another, until the wave has rippled far and wide across the whole stadium. This kind of a rolling surge, spurred by the...
NUNM President David Schleich Announces Plans to Retire
Retirement will Culminate a 12-Year Tenure of Growth and Transformation PORTLAND, Oregon (Sept. 6, 2018) — National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) President David J. Schleich, PhD, has announced his plans to retire July 1, 2019. During his tenure, NUNM has...
Marijuana Breath-Analyzer
Node Smith, ND With the increase in marijuana legalization, both for medical use as well as recreational use, the question of how to test for intoxication of drivers has been an increasing concern. A company from California, Hound Labs, may have solved the problem by...
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