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New Research on Daytime Napping
NODE SMITH, ND How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their genes, according to new research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in Nature Communications. In this study, the largest of its kind...
Treating Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Evidence-Informed Naturopathic Treatment Options
SAM N. CLOUTHIER, BHSC, ND Bipolar disorder is a complex illness that affects approximately 2% of the Canadian population and affects males and females in equal numbers.1 Currently, typical treatment protocols for bipolar...
Our Bugs and Our Brains
JESSICA BRANDES, ND Abstract The human microbiome exerts profound influence on neurodevelopment, stress resilience, mood regulation, and cognitive aging. Evidence shows that early-life microbial exposures shape immune and brain maturation, while disruptions—such as...
Sceletium tortuosum: A South African Plant for Mood and Stress
JEREMY APPLETON, ND Sceletium tortuosum (aka Mesembryanthemum tortuosum) is a South African plant medicine with a centuries-long history of use. Not all Sceletium preparations are alike, owing to the presence or absence of standardization,...
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Atopic Dermatitis & Babies: Two Cases Substituting Goat Milk Formula for Cow Milk Formula
Annie Salsberg, ND While anecdotal information on the clinical benefits associated with goat milk is common among naturopathic doctors, systematic documentation of its effects is limited. This report primarily describes the improvement of symptoms associated with...
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Can You Scratch That? Skin Eruption Case Studies
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Case Study 1 David first visited my office in June 1989. The presenting complaint was a severe eczema of the fingers. He had had it “forever.” It was between the digits and on the dorsum. The evolution of each cycle was typical: It began as...
Triggers of Autoimmune Conditions
Nicole Egenberger, ND Autoimmune disease is the clinical manifestation of a dysregulation of the immune system, leading to a loss of tolerance for self. There is general agreement that a degree of natural or benign autoimmunity is needed for the development of...
Book review: The Genotype Diet
Stacie Deyglio, ND Dr. D’Adamo’s new book, The Genotype Diet, concentrates best on the naturopathic principle of Tolle Totem. In his book, D’Adamo speaks to each reader individually, allowing the person to take into account his or her own genetic and environmental...
Book Review: Healthy Revolution
Stacie Deyglio, ND Dr. Brady has crafted a practical compendium for every integrative, holistic and/or natural medical practice with his new book, Healthy Revolution. In this book, Brady – a frequent contributor to NDNR – utilizes his years of clinical experience to...
Greater Risk of Osteoporosis with SSRIs
Shana Spector Deneen, ND Many patients have bouts of sadness throughout their lives, whether it is spurred by grief, a major life change, major depressive disorder or for no apparent reason. For individuals who have frequent or unrelenting sadness or despair, it is...
The Obesity-Sleep Deprivation Connection
Catherine Darley, ND Over the last several decades the incidence of obesity in the U.S., and indeed the world, has increased profoundly. Adult overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) above 25kg/m2, while obesity is defined as BMI ≥ 30kg/m2 (National Heart,...
Naturopathic Management : Atrial Fibrillation
Alena Guggenheim, ND and Martin Milner, ND The management of atrial fibrillation requires a multi-factorial approach. To begin, the patient’s blood must be optimally thinned to avoid significant comorbidities, such as pulmonary embolism, stroke and myocardial infarct....
Updates in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease
Emily A. Kane, ND, LAc Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.5 million people died of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 2005, representing 30% of all global deaths. Of these, 7.6 million were due to...
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Wildfire Smoke Making COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Worse
NODE SMITH, ND Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by...
Cholesterol in Brain Regulates Alzheimer’s Plaquing
NODE SMITH, ND A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has used advanced imaging methods to reveal how the production of the Alzheimer's-associated protein amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol. Appearing in the Proceedings of the...
“Outgrowing ADD/HD” Maybe? – But Only 10%
NODE SMITH, ND Most children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) don't outgrow the disorder, as widely thought. It manifests itself in adulthood in different ways and waxes and wanes over a lifetime, according to a study published in the...
Where does the Sensation of Motivation Come From?
NODE SMITH, ND Our motivation to put effort for achieving a goal is controlled by a reward system wired in the brain. However, many neuropathological conditions impair the reward system, diminishing the will to work. Recently, scientists in Japan experimentally...
Entangling Poetry and Medicine: The Rise of the Medical Humanities
Education David J. Schleich, PhD There are observers who conclude that what is at work these days in medicine, when we see “medical humanities” curriculum popping up as part of allopathic medicine’s recent efforts to be less mechanistic, is a type of disruption. This...
Bowen Therapy: Reset Your Body and Mind
Tolle Causam Sanja Tamburic, ND My first experience with Bowen therapy was when I was a student at Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (BINM) and it was immediately clear to me that this was a powerful tool to add to my naturopathic toolbox. Not only did it...
Surfing The Microbiome: Interview with Richard Sprague
The Expert Report Mark Swanson, ND Let me introduce Richard Sprague to the readers of The Expert Report. He is an amazing citizen scientist. I'll start with one of his quotes regarding our topic, the gut microbiome. Why microbiome testing is important is that unlike...
Clinical Use of Cannabis
Docere Anup Mulakaluri, ND, AWC Cannabis has a documented history of clinical use that spans thousands of years in the traditional medicines of Asia and Europe. As the prevalence of the opioid epidemic has made the medical community desperate for effective...
Welife Naturals
Reinforcing healthy bio-regulation by harmonic resonance with biological vibrational patterns is our first goal. Restoring systemic communication between mental, emotional, biofield and physical levels is our main expertise. Equisalud Laboratories (Spain) has been...
Dextrose Prolotherapy: Naturopathic Regenerative Orthopedics – Part 1
Orthopedics Noel Peterson, ND, DAAPM Samuel G. Oltman, ND We hold this truth to be self-evident: true health is dependent on the Vis Medicatrix Naturae. We embrace the term “regenerative orthopedics” because it specifically describes the mechanism of the care we...
Ascending Progressive Polyneuropathy: Treatment Considerations
Student Scholarship – Case Study Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Kendall Smith, BS Polyneuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, refers to a gradual process affecting the function of many peripheral nerves, especially distal.1 This phenomenon differs from...
Treating Phantom Limb Pain: A Naturopathic Approach
Tolle Totum Lina Mockus, ND In this article, I describe naturopathic approaches in treating a 96-year-old male with phantom limb pain. The patient’s symptoms had been present ever since an above-knee, right-sided amputation in 1982 – a result of an accident followed...
The Endocannabinoid System: Self-Regulating Harm Protection
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Jake F. Felice, ND, LMP The nervous system remains one of the great frontiers in modern science. Meanwhile, diseases of the nervous system create immense suffering, contributing extensively to hospitalization and to the long-term care of...
Posttraumatic Stress: The Return to Wholeness – Part 2
Docere Debra Gibson, ND In Part 1, current diagnostic criteria and symptom pictures of posttraumatic stress syndromes were outlined, with an overview of the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress – the so-called “fear circuitry” – and discussion of traditional treatment...
Dextrose Prolotherapy: Naturopathic Regenerative Orthopedics – Part 1
Orthopedics Noel Peterson, ND, DAAPM Samuel G. Oltman, ND We hold this truth to be self-evident: true health is dependent on the Vis Medicatrix Naturae. We embrace the term “regenerative orthopedics” because it specifically describes the mechanism of the care we...
Ascending Progressive Polyneuropathy: Treatment Considerations
Student Scholarship – Case Study Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Kendall Smith, BS Polyneuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, refers to a gradual process affecting the function of many peripheral nerves, especially distal.1 This phenomenon differs from...
Treating Phantom Limb Pain: A Naturopathic Approach
Tolle Totum Lina Mockus, ND In this article, I describe naturopathic approaches in treating a 96-year-old male with phantom limb pain. The patient’s symptoms had been present ever since an above-knee, right-sided amputation in 1982 – a result of an accident followed...
The Endocannabinoid System: Self-Regulating Harm Protection
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Jake F. Felice, ND, LMP The nervous system remains one of the great frontiers in modern science. Meanwhile, diseases of the nervous system create immense suffering, contributing extensively to hospitalization and to the long-term care of...
Posttraumatic Stress: The Return to Wholeness – Part 2
Docere Debra Gibson, ND In Part 1, current diagnostic criteria and symptom pictures of posttraumatic stress syndromes were outlined, with an overview of the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress – the so-called “fear circuitry” – and discussion of traditional treatment...
Calling All NDs: Summit on the Future of Naturopathic Medicine
Node Smith, ND The entire profession of naturopathic doctors is being called upon for their opinions and insights on the future of naturopathic medicine. It is generally felt that naturopathic medicine is in an epoch of change. Throughout the profession, many...
Pregnancy, Childbirth & Hydrotherapy
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE There is no period of life at which it is of so much consequence to observe moderation and simplicity of diet, and avoid the use of heating food and stimulants, as during pregnancy. Hester...
Relational Medicine Perception, Epigenetics, & the Vis – Part 2
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Allison Creech, MED, ND Part 1 of this article introduced relational medicine and discussed how both perception and attachment are powerful determinants of biopsychosocial wellness. In Part 2, we now examine the effects of our early-life...
Mistletoe: A Holistic, Patient-Centered Adjunctive Therapy
Student Scholarship – Research Review Sukriti Bhardwaj, BHSc Monique Aucoin, BMSc, ND In 2017, approximately 206 200 new cancer cases and 80 000 cancer deaths occurred in Canada.1 Of these new cases, 50% will be prostate, breast, lung, or colorectal cancer....
Hormone Disrupting Chemicals May Be Adding to Obesity Risk
Node Smith, ND At this year’s annual meeting of the European Society of Endocrinology, researchers presented on chemicals in everyday products that may be adding to the obesity epidemic by interfering with hormones that regulate fat production and metabolism.1...
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Cancer Research Breakthrough
NODE SMITH, ND A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer....
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