Node Smith, ND For centuries, historians and scientists mostly agreed that when early human groups sought food, men hunted and women gathered. However, a 9,000-year-old female hunter burial in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a different story, according...
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Notes From The Field-July, 2020
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...
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The Role of Emotions in Health: Part 2
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Advanced Testing for Cardiovascular Disease: Examining Lipoproteins
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Support Groups for Fibromyalgia Patients
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Notes from the Field: January, 2021
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...
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Sponsored by SCNM Student Government Association & Arizona Naturopathic Medical AssociationFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 20186:00pm - 8:00pm Presentations5:00pm - 5:30pm ReceptionSCNM Rooms 150 & 160 / Community Commons BuildingAttendance is free of charge. CME credits...
Metagenics Joins the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation as an Industry Sponsor
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Goodbye Pricks: Wearable Biosensor for Real-time Glucose Tracking
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Obesity Study: Aged Garlic to Lower Inflammation and Cholesterol Levels
Node Smith, ND Aged Garlic Extract to Decrease Painful Inflammation and Lower Cholesterol Levels A recent study looked at the ability of aged garlic extract to decrease painful inflammation as well as lower cholesterol levels in obese individuals.1 Obesity has become...
Software That Can Predict Psychosis From Speech Patterns
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An Elemental Primer: Use of Elemental Diets in IBD and IBS – Part 2
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Goodbye Pricks: Wearable Biosensor for Real-time Glucose Tracking
Node Smith, ND Impractical Tracking of Glucose Levels Wearin Your Fingers Thin? Constantly tracking a person’s glucose level can be incredibly cumbersome, and impractical. There are mechanisms for measuring blood glucose in real time, but mostly involve a small needle...
Caffeine for Maximum Potential: Drink it Less Often
Node Smith, ND Caffeine: America's Drug of Choice, Anytime, Everywhere Caffeine is certainly America’s favorite drug. And we certainly use it to its maximum potential, pushing ourselves to stay up later, get up earlier, work and play more, and do everything FASTER,...
Obesity Study: Aged Garlic to Lower Inflammation and Cholesterol Levels
Node Smith, ND Aged Garlic Extract to Decrease Painful Inflammation and Lower Cholesterol Levels A recent study looked at the ability of aged garlic extract to decrease painful inflammation as well as lower cholesterol levels in obese individuals.1 Obesity has become...
Software That Can Predict Psychosis From Speech Patterns
Node Smith, ND The Sound of Psychosis A recent report by researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital confirms that a computer-based analysis of speech patterns of teens at risk of psychosis was able to predict which individuals would go on to develop symptoms within 2 years.1...
An Elemental Primer: Use of Elemental Diets in IBD and IBS – Part 2
Gary Weiner, ND, LAc Naturopathic Perspective In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the history, indications, and mechanisms of action of an elemental diet (ED). Part 2 offers prescribing recommendations, tips, and 3 cases demonstrating practical use. Prescribing the...
When Testosterone Drops: Anti-Aging for Male Baby Boomers
Janice Seibert, ND Naturopathic Perspective The testes, unlike the ovaries, are capable of making testosterone well past the age of 70. Compared to women, men do not experience an abrupt reduction in endogenous sex hormone production.1 Rather, testosterone decline in...
Soul Mates: Naturopathic Medicine & Spirituality
David J. Schleich, PhD Education We are spiritual beings having a physical experience. (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin) Seasoned naturopathic doctors know that the spiritual history of a patient in a medical intake, while...
Glyphosate: Effects on Health
Humaira Quraishi, ND, MS Docere Who would ever think we'd be consuming herbicide/pesticides in foods other than fruits, vegetables, and grains? Well, think again. Glyphosate, an herbicide contained in the popular product Roundup, and used to eradicate unwanted...
Antioxidants for Female Infertility: A Review of the Literature
Erica Nikiforuk, BSc, ND, RAc Tolle Causam Infertility, defined as trying to conceive for over 1 year with no success,1 affects as many as 16% of Canadian couples.2 While the cause of infertility is not always identified, it is important to assess for both female and...
The Lymphatic System: A Critical Factor in Female Hormonal Balance
Ginger Nash, ND Tolle Totum I’ve been treating women with hormone imbalances for 20 years, but it’s only within the last 7 or so years that I’ve become mildly obsessed with the lymphatic system. This began when I starting using whole-body regulation thermography and...
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NODE SMITH, ND People with high levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to be susceptible to 'fake news', according to research at the University of Strathclyde. The study invited participants to read a series of news items on social media and to ascertain...
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