JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP The endocannabinoid system (ECS) responds not only to cannabis and cannabinoid molecules; it is also positively affected by diet, exercise, acupuncture, probiotics, prebiotics, acupuncture, osteopathic...
ANA LARA, NMD Fertility is a topic that many women have strong personal feelings about. I often hear my female patients say, “Having children is the one thing I am designed to do, yet I can’t get pregnant. I feel less of a...
NODE SMITH, ND A study of nearly 108,000 people has found that people who regularly drink a modest amount of alcohol are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition where the heart beats in an abnormal rhythm. The study, published in the European Heart...
NODE SMITH, ND To date, paralysis resulting from spinal cord damage has been irreparable. With a new therapeutic approach, scientists have succeeded for the first time in getting paralyzed mice to walk again. The keys to this are the protein hyper-interleukin-6, which...
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Modern couples face many obstacles to becoming pregnant or giving birth to a healthy baby, and the distribution of contributing factors appears to be nearly equal between male and female. According to the Centers for Disease...
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) ADC is a 59-year-old woman with a 3x4 cm scaly lesion on her lower right arm that has been there for the past 10 years. A dermatologist diagnosed it as actinic keratosis. More recently, during a visit with a rheumatologist, a biopsy was...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Supporting the Treatment of GI Disease with IV Therapy Dan Carter, ND and Virginia Osborne, ND Turmeric and Alzheimer’s Disease Jacob Schor, ND New research demonstrates that curcumin may play a valuable role in prevention of this disease. Tolle...
Tolle Totem Lyme Disease as the New “Great Imitator:” Neurological and other non-arthritic cases (Shandor Weiss, ND) Tolle Causam Treating MRSA: History and a case study (Jacob Schor, ND) Primum Non Nocere Toxoplasma gondii: A Mind/Body Parasite? (Kurt Beil, ND, LAc):...
Eric Yarnell, ND and Lauren Russel, ND The FDA has recently begun to take action to block the sale of symptom-suppressing cold and flu remedies for children. This is in part because the remedies represent a significant danger if overdosed, and in part because they...
Shandor Weiss, ND, LAc Syphilis used to be called The Great Imitator, because the secondary and tertiary stages of infection led to and mimicked a host of other diseases. Many cases of bone, skin, heart, brain, mental and other illnesses caused by syphilis were missed...
Dicken Weatherby, ND There are many ways to use blood chemistry analysis to screen for and track infection processes in the body. I use blood testing for everything from investigating the presence of a viral infection to finding out how the body is responding to a...
Juliette Soihl, ND Three viral infections of the skin commonly seen in general practice are Human Papillomaviruses (HPV), Human Herpesviruses (HSV) and Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV). While differing in their presentation and etiology, clinically I have found similar...
Jacob Schor, ND This all has to do with a patient named Linda. I’ve known her since 1994; she’s 56 years old now. She is a gifted massage therapist with a following of post-traumatic stress disorder clients. In these intervening years, she returned to school and...
David Schleich, PhD NDs by and large have come to understand the critical role played by governance in our colleges and programs. In the same way that natural medicine was much enhanced by improvements in accreditation, so too a growing sophistication in governance...
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND With the sun shining, the days getting long, and 2021 at its halfway-point at the time of this writing, it seems like a good moment to reflect on June 2020 versus June 2021. It’s been an unprecedented 12 months for...
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...
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...
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...
Node Smith, ND A recent study has dug up the historical practice of carbohydrate restriction in type 1 diabetes management and shown it to be effective at decreasing insulin requirements as well as improving patient satisfaction with the management of their diabetes.1...
Node Smith, ND Two research studies were presented on neurodevelopment of premature babies at the 2018 annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society. One of the links between macronutrient consumption and another on the role of erythropoietin (EPO) in...
Node Smith, ND With the increase in legalization of marijuana many more people may be using the plant recreationally. Though the effects are completely different, marijuana is a mind altering substance, which raises similar questions when choosing to use it, such as...
LifeSeasons® specializes in providing condition-specific supplements in synergistic formulas with scientifically validated ingredients. We are deeply committed to harnessing the time-tested benefits of nature with cutting-edge clinical science to provide authentic,...
Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that people raised in an urban environment without pets around have a less resilient immune system and may be at higher risk for mental illness.1 This research furthers the conversation of the...
LEWISVILLE, TX – Over the past year, LifeSeasons and a team of medical professionals and industry leaders have been collecting clinical research summaries on 200+ ingredients used in their 36 condition-specific formulas. The newly launched Ingredient Science Library...
Since 1965, Carlson has produced award-winning vitamins, minerals, fish oils, and other nutritional supplements. The company began with a single vitamin E product in Founder Susan Carlson’s small Chicago apartment. In the early 1980s, we helped launch the omega-3...
Node Smith, ND A very interesting study on an off-label use of a common diabetes medication for the treatment of cocaine addiction was recently published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.1 The research is specifically addressing the tendency for cocaine addicts...
Node Smith, ND A recent study has found a link between the use of Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pneumonia in the elderly.1 PPIs are a commonly used class of drugs for the treatment of heartburn and stomach ulcers. They are generally viewed as safe by the...
Blood Chemistry Software (soon to be OptimalDX) Analysis Software uses the latest in research and practice to combine your patient’s blood biomarkers with powerful, proprietary algorithms, logic and commentary. Patterns are analyzed, the state of wellness in...
LEWISVILLE, TX – Over the past year, LifeSeasons and a team of medical professionals and industry leaders have been collecting clinical research summaries on 200+ ingredients used in their 36 condition-specific formulas. The newly launched Ingredient Science Library...
Since 1965, Carlson has produced award-winning vitamins, minerals, fish oils, and other nutritional supplements. The company began with a single vitamin E product in Founder Susan Carlson’s small Chicago apartment. In the early 1980s, we helped launch the omega-3...
Node Smith, ND A very interesting study on an off-label use of a common diabetes medication for the treatment of cocaine addiction was recently published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.1 The research is specifically addressing the tendency for cocaine addicts...
Node Smith, ND A recent study has found a link between the use of Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pneumonia in the elderly.1 PPIs are a commonly used class of drugs for the treatment of heartburn and stomach ulcers. They are generally viewed as safe by the...
Blood Chemistry Software (soon to be OptimalDX) Analysis Software uses the latest in research and practice to combine your patient’s blood biomarkers with powerful, proprietary algorithms, logic and commentary. Patterns are analyzed, the state of wellness in...
Node Smith, ND A recent study found that individuals who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to suffer from anxiety disorders, even during difficult and turbulent times of life.1 Feeling in control of one’s life was also a factor that influenced anxiety,...
Node Smith, ND A recent study may be changing the way in which the medical community looks at how strenuous exercise affects the immune system. Researchers from the Department of Health at the University of Bath have reinterpreted scientific literature over the past 4...
Node Smith, ND Though not available to the public, researchers at the University of Washington are fast at work developing a natural product that will use proteins to actually remineralize tooth enamel for treating dental caries.1 Importance of dental hygiene, and...
A recent new study significantly calls into question the current safe limits on alcohol consumption. It shows that the current recommendations on alcohol safety limits may be a bit high, and that consuming as little as 10 drinks per week may reduce life expectancy.1...
Node Smith, ND A recent article addresses the gastrointestinal issues that many children with autism experience and link it to changes in inflammation mediated by a dysregulation in the immune system, also common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).1 The research has...
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NODE SMITH, ND In some men, having traditional masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness was linked to being better fathers to infants, a new study found. But the men in this study -- highly educated and from dual-earner couples -- combined...
NODE SMITH, ND A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control -- leading to binge-eating -- in response to stress. The findings of the Cambridge-led research are published in the...
