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Non-GMO “Low-Allergen” Varieties of Common Allergens

Node Smith, ND Food allergies are a big problem. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. suffer from some kind of food allergy. These allergies cost a whopping $25 billion in health care each year. Then there's the time lost at school or work. And there's...

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Why is Prettier Food Thought to be Healthier?

Node Smith, ND A researcher from University of Southern California published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores whether attractive food might seem healthier to consumers. The study forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing is titled "Pretty Healthy...

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“Prescribing” Outdoor Time Could Undermine Benefits

Node Smith, ND Spending time in nature is believed to benefit people's mental health. However, new research suggests that giving people with existing mental health conditions formal 'green prescriptions', may undermine some of the benefits. An international research...

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How do you Rate at Recognizing Faces?

Node Smith, ND While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and thought nothing of it. Ten years later she was having breakfast in Australia's Byron Bay backpackers and...

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A Naturopathic Education Syzygy: It’s Upon Us

A Naturopathic Education Syzygy: It’s Upon Us

David J. Schleich, PhD In astronomy, the term “syzygy” refers to alignments, such as when the sun, the earth, and the moon line up to create conjunctions, oppositions, or occultations (we know them as solar or lunar eclipses). From time to time, but inevitably,...

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PSA: A Failed Screening Test

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protease produced by prostate cells to liquefy the semen. Though it is found in non-prostatic cells in minute amounts, it is largely a product of the prostate and thus fairly specific for problems in that organ. Unfortunately, the...

Rebooting the System

Juice Diet or Fast Brad West, ND Animals, ancient peoples and many brilliant, traditional and elder doctors have used fasting or juice dieting with incredible success. Fasting is only one part of a total health optimizing program and not a panacea, though many...

Book Review: Radical Medicine

Stacie Deyglio, ND Louisa Williams’ book, Radical Medicine, is a profound anthology of valuable knowledge for every naturally oriented patient, physician and practitioner. In her work, Dr. Williams expounds on many of the often overlooked aspects of alternative...

Book Review: Classical Formulas in the Western Herbal Tradition

Stacie Deyglio, ND The study of naturopathic botanical medicine consists of a melting pot of most schools of Western herbal tradition. This tradition encompasses roots of knowledge that span the countries of Europe and the Americas as well as historically from the...

Botanical Medicines for Treatment of Fibromyalgia

Eric Yarnell, ND and Lauren Russel, ND Fibromyalgia is a multifactorial syndrome diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms with no known clinical markers or lab tests pointing to a definitive diagnosis. The most common symptoms are nonrestorative sleep, fatigue,...

Support Groups for Fibromyalgia Patients

Julie Wiener, ND and Mitchell Simon, DC There was a time when fibromyalgia was thought to be psychosomatic. We now understand that fibromyalgia is caused by a process in the central nervous system in which pain sensations are amplified by a complex neuroendocrine...

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Is DNA Repair Ability the Key to Longer Life?

Is DNA Repair Ability the Key to Longer Life?

NODE SMITH, ND Researchers have found that people who live beyond 105 years tend to have a unique genetic background that makes their bodies more efficient at repairing DNA, according to a study published in eLife. This is the first time that people with 'extreme...

The Happiness Rx

The Happiness Rx

JODY STANISLAW, ND, CDCES  With this interesting COVID year that we have all experienced together around the globe, happiness has eluded many of us. Fear of getting sick, loss of loved ones, forced isolation, the closing-down...

Garum Armoricum®: A Nutritional Tool for Chronic Stress

Garum Armoricum®: A Nutritional Tool for Chronic Stress

JILLIAN FINKER, ND Conditions associated with chronic stress have undoubtedly infiltrated the practice of every physician since the pandemic hit the United States in March of 2020. As a physician practicing a short distance from New York City, however, I found my...

Resetting the Clock: The Key to Restoring Healthy Sleep

Jennifer Bahr, ND Tolle Totum When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. (Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club) As a naturopathic doctor who...

Could Sugary Drinks be the Cause of Infertility (Men, too)?

Node Smith, ND We all know that sugar isn’t the best thing in the world for our health. In fact, most people, when asked, will admit to a desire to cut back on their sugar, or acknowledge that sugar consumption is an unhealthy factor in their life. And many of us may...

Neuroscience Researchers Discover “Anxiety Cells” in Brain

Node Smith, ND A team of neuroscience researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, may have discovered a new type of cell within the brain responsible for producing anxiety.1 The cells have been found...

Sleep: The Emerging Science & Its Clinical Implications

Krista Anderson-Ross, ND Tolle Totum Sleep is a criminal waste of time, inherited from our cave days. (Thomas Edison) While it’s easy to believe that sleep deprivation is a manifestation of the modern world and the effects of increasingly occupied opposable thumbs,...

First Artificial Adrenal Gland Development is Underway

Node Smith, ND Researchers Hope to Provide Solution to Adrenal Gland Disorders A group of researchers have managed to take the first step in developing an artificial adrenal gland, using cells from urine.1 The study comes from Cell Reports, and the research is being...

Mental Health Side Effects of Over the Counter Pain Medication

Node Smith, ND A recent research study looks at the negative influence over the counter pain medications may have on information processing and emotional response.1 Painkillers such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen were seen to impact how an individual processes...

Poor Sleep Could Cause Stiffening of Blood Vessels

Node Smith, ND Circadian Clock Fluctuations May Impact Inflammatory Enzymes Research is beginning to show that alterations in circadian clock function may have a direct impact on inflammatory enzymes that contribute to arteriolar thickening.1 The Relationship Between...

New Intelligent Stethoscope

Node Smith, ND Monitor Heart Beat and Respiratory Function from Home A team of researchers from AMU Institute of Acoustics, have developed a new “intelligent” stethoscope.1 The stethoscope is called: StethoMe. The design was made possible after a 1.5-million-dollar...

First Artificial Adrenal Gland Development is Underway

Node Smith, ND Researchers Hope to Provide Solution to Adrenal Gland Disorders A group of researchers have managed to take the first step in developing an artificial adrenal gland, using cells from urine.1 The study comes from Cell Reports, and the research is being...

Mental Health Side Effects of Over the Counter Pain Medication

Node Smith, ND A recent research study looks at the negative influence over the counter pain medications may have on information processing and emotional response.1 Painkillers such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen were seen to impact how an individual processes...

Poor Sleep Could Cause Stiffening of Blood Vessels

Node Smith, ND Circadian Clock Fluctuations May Impact Inflammatory Enzymes Research is beginning to show that alterations in circadian clock function may have a direct impact on inflammatory enzymes that contribute to arteriolar thickening.1 The Relationship Between...

New Intelligent Stethoscope

Node Smith, ND Monitor Heart Beat and Respiratory Function from Home A team of researchers from AMU Institute of Acoustics, have developed a new “intelligent” stethoscope.1 The stethoscope is called: StethoMe. The design was made possible after a 1.5-million-dollar...

Rattlesnake’s Venom to Help Against Hepatitis C

Node Smith, ND New Study Recruits Rattlesnake Compounds to Aid in Treating Hep C A new study from a team of Brazilian researchers shows evidence that certain compounds within a rattlesnake, native to South America, could aid in the treatment of hepatitis C.1 The idea...

Reversing Alcohol Induced Brain Deficits

Node Smith, ND New Drug Claims to Reverse Damage to Brain Caused by Alcohol Consumption A study was recently published in Scientific Reports1, that claims development of a new drug that reverses the damage to the brain caused by heavy alcohol consumption. The research...

Klaire Labs (SFI USA) Announces Availability of Target gb-X™

The first commercially available gut-brain focused probiotic blend for clinically-demonstrated mood support   Reno, NV— Klaire Labs (SFI USA) today announced availability of Target gb-X™ with Ecologic BARRIER, a unique 9-strain blend to support positive mood. This...

Sibling Bullying Could Increase Risks of Psychotic Disorders

Node Smith, ND Bullied Sibs More Likely to Develop a Psychotic Disorder A new study has found that individuals who were bullied by their siblings growing up may be up to 3 times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder in early adulthood.1 The research was...

Message from the President: National University of Natural Medicine

David J. Schleich, PhD Education Now into its seventh decade, National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) has been building its brand, building professions, building natural medicine healthcare, building natural medicine research, and building a permanent campus...

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Loneliness Can Affect Microbiome

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,...