CARRIE JONES, ND, FABNE, MPH Do medications affect hormones? Absolutely! Considering the escalating number of drugs prescribed in the United States, this relationship is a significant cause for concern. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey...
ALAN CHRISTIANSON, NMD Women in their late 30s to early 60s make up most naturopathic patients. This article will give naturopathic physicians insights on iodine that may help them assist their patients even more. In this paper, I will show that...
STEFANIE BENNINGFIELD KATIE DINELLO PAULA MADER POORNA MENON KRIS SOMOL, ND Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder among individuals with ovaries.1 Its effects are extensive, causing androgen excess,...
JENNY BENNETT, ND It is no secret that autoimmune diseases are more common in women than they are in men. While statistics are continuously evolving as we learn more about autoimmune diseases, it is estimated that approximately 8% of the US population suffers from an...
NODE SMITH, ND Unplanned purchases are an important profit source for retailers. Because looking at products is always the first step in making a purchase decision, retailers apply various strategies in order to bring shoppers in juxtaposition with the store...
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, MSW The first and foremost homeopath to introduce and document bird remedies is Jonathan Shore, MD, of California. However, we have found in the Reference Works computer program information on various other bird remedies that we have...
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 earned a degree in...
Shandor Weiss, ND 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 or...
Lyme Disease as the New “Great Imitator”: Neurological and other non-arthritic cases............................cover Shandor Weiss, ND Treating MRSA History and a case study...............................>> bottom of cover Jacob Schor, ND Toxoplasma gondii: A...
Dicken Weatherby, ND I believe that Type II diabetes and other serious health conditions can be prevented if physicians know what to watch for long before the full-blown disease state manifests. A term we hear often these days is metabolic syndrome, which used to be...
Jacob Schor, ND The real reason to eat organic fruits and vegetables is not that they are less toxic, but that in an odd way, they are actually more toxic. Bear with me as I explain this apparent paradox. Defense Mechanisms of Plants Why do plants produce all the...
David Schleich, PhD All naturopathic graduates from CNME-accredited schools in the U.S. and Canada are able to put the letters “ND” behind their names. However, the Canadian ND is a diploma, rather than a degree. The credential is different because the higher...
Mona Morstein, ND Although allopathic physicians recently have been debating whether metabolic syndrome is actually a syndrome, the rest of the world seems solidly ensconced in the belief that it is. The World Health Organization (WHO) was first to come out with...
Rick Liva, RPh, ND Why write about quality assurance of natural products? My intent for these quality assurance articles is simple: I will do my best to educate healthcare practitioners about the quality assurance and quality control procedures necessary to make the...
NODE SMITH, ND People living with obesity who attended a non-judgmental and personalized lifestyle modification program improved their cardiovascular and mental health during just 10 weeks, according to a study presented today at EuroHeartCare -- ACNAP Congress 2021,...
NODE SMITH, ND Alzheimer's disease is predominant in elderly people, but the way age-related changes to lipid composition affect the regulation of biological processes is still not well understood. Links between lipid imbalance and disease have been established, in...
NODE SMITH, ND A comprehensive analysis of 437 studies from around the world provides the best evidence to date that narcissism is an important risk factor for both aggression and violence, researchers said. The link between narcissism and aggression was found for all...
NODE SMITH, ND A study examining Japanese schools' hands-off approach when children fight showed it could create opportunities for autonomy and encourage ownership of solutions, suggesting a new strategy in handling kids squabbles in other countries. Called mimamoru,...
Node Smith, ND A recent study found that middle aged women who are engaged in a high level of physical fitness are 90 percent less likely to develop dementia later in life.1 This is a great finding because many people are under the impression that there is little that...
Node Smith, ND We all know that lead exposure during childhood causes developmental delays and neurological damage, as well as inflammation, kidney damage, and even cancer. The effects of even low levels of lead in children are relatively well known, but this heavy...
Node Smith, ND A recent article in the AACC’s Clinical Chemistry Journal, showcases a new fingerprint test that can tell if someone has used cocaine or heroin.1 The test can accurately differentiate between the drug residue when someone has used these substances and...
David J. Schleich, PhD Education Like all professional education preparatory programs, medical education has 3 tiers, elucidated well by Donald Schon in his seminal 1986 book, Educating the Reflective Practitioner. The tiers include the basic sciences, applied...
Node Smith, ND A recent study on antibiotic prescribing patterns has estimated that approximately a third of all antibiotics prescribed for children, globally, are meant to prevent potential infection rather than treat a current infection or disease.1 The published...
Justin Wise, CA, BComm Peter K. Raisanen, NMD, BSc Student Scholarship – Second Place Case Study Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in bowel habit.1 IBS is categorized...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls The very old and the very young showed themselves, on the whole, less susceptible. - Dr Bernard Fantus, 1918, p.635 None are so blind as those who cannot see that the average mortality of influenza patients...
Jon Wardle, ND, PhD, MPH, LLM Naturopathic News While the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains a truly global focus, much of its practical work is conducted in its regional offices. One of those offices is the Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), headquartered...
Cora Stover, ND Diana Zitserman, ND Radley M. Ramdhan Naturopathic Perspective Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, has been noted in history, literature, and medical societies for quite some time. Boericke noted it in one of his “Never well since…” rubrics, along with...
Keegan Sheridan, ND Tolle Causam According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 23.5 million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease. Epidemiological data provide evidence that this number is also steadily rising throughout Westernized societies.1 More than 80...
Justin Wise, CA, BComm Peter K. Raisanen, NMD, BSc Student Scholarship – Second Place Case Study Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in bowel habit.1 IBS is categorized...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls The very old and the very young showed themselves, on the whole, less susceptible. - Dr Bernard Fantus, 1918, p.635 None are so blind as those who cannot see that the average mortality of influenza patients...
Jon Wardle, ND, PhD, MPH, LLM Naturopathic News While the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains a truly global focus, much of its practical work is conducted in its regional offices. One of those offices is the Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), headquartered...
Cora Stover, ND Diana Zitserman, ND Radley M. Ramdhan Naturopathic Perspective Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, has been noted in history, literature, and medical societies for quite some time. Boericke noted it in one of his “Never well since…” rubrics, along with...
Keegan Sheridan, ND Tolle Causam According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 23.5 million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease. Epidemiological data provide evidence that this number is also steadily rising throughout Westernized societies.1 More than 80...
Node Smith, ND A recent study has shown that an hour of bright light inhibits melatonin production in preschoolers for up to 50 minutes after the lights are turned off.1 Melatonin is known as the principle sleep-regulating hormone and is largely responsible for the...
Node Smith, ND Two papers presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society question the benignity of replacement thyroid therapy, especially in subclinical cases.1 One study looked at the increase in comorbidities and lower quality of life in individuals...
David Nortman, ND Docere Part 1 of this article covered the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of obstructive sleep-apnea syndrome (OSAS). Below, we continue with a description of the sleep study and an overview of treatment methods. Laboratory Diagnosis The...
Mona Morstein, ND, DHANP Vis Medicatrix Naturae Diverticular disease is the fifth most important gastrointestinal condition in Western countries.1 Diverticulosis is a condition featuring small herniated pouches, generally around 5-10 mm, in the colonic mucosal layer....
Darin Ingels, ND, FAAEM Tolle Totum Lyme disease has become the fastest-growing insect-borne infectious disease in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 2018, we are already hearing about the rising tick population and the expectation that Lyme disease will only...
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NODE SMITH, ND A new source of energy expending brown fat cells has been uncovered by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center, which they say points towards potential new therapeutic options for obesity. According to the new report, published in Nature Metabolism,...
NODE SMITH, ND Fish oil supplements are a billion-dollar industry built on a foundation of purported, but not proven, health benefits. Now, new research from a team led by a University of Georgia scientist indicates that taking fish oil only provides health benefits...
