STEPHEN W. PARCELL, ND Too often, patients seeking age-management medicine tend to be most interested in their appearance. Because of this demand, medical professionals tend to also focus on...
CATHERINE CLINTON, ND As the novel SARS-CoV-2 continues to make its way across the globe, naturopathic medicine becomes more and more important. This coronavirus is new, so there is still a lot we don't know about it. We have no research to show that any of the...
Node Smith, ND Globalization has revolutionized food production and consumption in recent decades and cultivation has become more efficient. As a result, diets have diversified and food availability has increased in various parts of the globe. However, it has also led...
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...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae MELISSA ANZELONE, ND ALEKSANDER RICHARDS GIORGIO DELL'ACQUA, PHD It is estimated that 35-million men and 21-million women suffer from some degree of hair loss in the United States.1 By 35 years of age, 40% of men experience hair...
Shannon Estrada, ND Ibuprofen drugs and aspirin all belong to a class of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, or NSAIDs. As most know, these drugs are regularly used to reduce pain. In fact, according to a 2002 survey, 34% of the US population reported using...
Larry Chan, DC, ND, R.Ac A familiar life story: man retires at age 60 or 65 but begins to experience a lack of drive and interest in life’s activities. He exhibits grumpy behavior and withdraws into himself; he may even become depressed and display erratic moods....
M. Marlene Briggs, NMD It has been interesting to experience the evolution of medicine in the past 30 years. Probably the wide interest in, and knowledge of, hormones has been a prime example of this evolution. It may have been a resistant evolution to many of us as...
David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN This is the third in a series of Clinical Rounds, which will be appearing as a part of ND News & Review. In these Clinical Rounds real case studies from my practice will be presented. It is my aim to present interesting cases,...
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) Most naturopathic physicians are of course familiar with the use of Serenoa repens (saw palmetto) and a handful of other herbs (Prunus africanum [pygeum] and Urtica dioica [nettles] root) in men’s health. Because few naturopathic physicians...
Thomas Ballard RN, ND As consumers, doctors and politicians heatedly debate the cost of prescription drugs, the central focus is almost always on, Who will pay? But this is the wrong question. Disturbing evidence suggests that drugs are not always the best use of our...
Shaida Sina, ND Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot) is a fungal infection which primarily affects the foot. It can spread and create infection in the toenail (onychomycosis), the body (Tinea corporis) and/or groin area (Tinea cruris). Technically, Tinea is classified as a...
When Drugs Meet Nutraceuticals: Cytochrome P450 Interactions.............................>>cover Tina Kaczor, ND Abnormal Cell Growth in Light of Naturopathic Philosophy................................>> bottom of cover Arlan Cage, ND, MSOM, MS Vulvar...
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) These three medicinal trees all contain significant quantities of salicylates, on the order of 3%-10% by dry weight in bark and leaves. Many ancient texts, including the Ebers papyrus (approximately 5,100 years old), recommend these and...
NODE SMITH, ND When fat cells in the body are stuffed with excess fat, the surrounding tissue becomes inflamed. That chronic, low-level inflammation is one of the driving factors behind many of the diseases associated with obesity. Now, UT Southwestern scientists have...
NODE SMITH, ND Scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated mitochondria and their associated mitochondrial DNA into mammalian cells. This approach enables researchers to tailor...
NODE SMITH, ND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and...
NODE SMITH, ND Obesity has been linked to increased risk for over a dozen different types of cancer, as well as worse prognosis and survival. Over the years, scientists have identified obesity-related processes that drive tumor growth, such as metabolic changes and...
Tom Ballard, ND Practice Building Medicine has entered the “genome era.”1 Genetic reports are already helping practitioners and patients identify and treat chronic health conditions.2,3 “Recent developments in genomic sequencing technologies offer the potential to...
A recent article was published on a study on the positive benefits of using Nigella sativa in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, along with synthetic thyroid to enhance benefits of treatment.1 Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition in which the thyroid is destroyed, this leads...
A recent article authored by an ND, addressing the ability to heal autoimmune conditions with “functional medicine,” raises the question of whether it is clear to our profession the difference between “functional medicine” and “naturopathy.” Thomas Kruzel, ND writes a...
Lithium has recently made resurgence in popularity within the natural health community, with claims to help with Alzheimer’s, mood stabilization, alcoholism,1 neuro-regeneration and other conditions. This is not the same “lithium” as conventionally used since the...
Naltrexone and Naloxone: Current Marketed Opioid Antagonists The other day a conversation in a community clinic centered around the use of opioid antagonists in both acute overdose, and also treatment management. Currently, there are 2 primary opioid antagonistic...
Several Potential Dangers Associated with NSAIDS This last week, the NUNM grand rounds speaker, Catherine Clinton, ND, addressed the potential dangers in utilizing aspirin and NSAIDs as anti-inflammatory agents, especially in children. Aspirins and NSAIDS are...
Non-invasive Technique for Diagnosing 17 Distinct Disease Conditions A recent study gives a glimpse at a non-invasive technique for diagnosing 17 distinct disease conditions (of cancerous, inflammatory, and neurological type) using a breath analyzer.1 Volatile...
Mysterious Ways of The World Can't Always Be Easily Explained As naturopathy becomes more and more accepted by the conventional medical community, the push to search for more and more conventional modes of validation equally as widespread. And this makes sense. We are...
Using Antibiotics Early In Life Has Stressful Repercussions New research has suggested that using antibiotics early in life - in young children, and even in utero - results in a significant stress response and corresponding increases in endogenous corticosteroids that...
New Options for STI Testing: SelfCollect There is a new patient option for STI testing, which allows for testing of many common sexually transmitted infections from the comfort of the patient’s home. Recent corporate sponsor of the American Association of Naturopathic...
Several Potential Dangers Associated with NSAIDS This last week, the NUNM grand rounds speaker, Catherine Clinton, ND, addressed the potential dangers in utilizing aspirin and NSAIDs as anti-inflammatory agents, especially in children. Aspirins and NSAIDS are...
Non-invasive Technique for Diagnosing 17 Distinct Disease Conditions A recent study gives a glimpse at a non-invasive technique for diagnosing 17 distinct disease conditions (of cancerous, inflammatory, and neurological type) using a breath analyzer.1 Volatile...
Mysterious Ways of The World Can't Always Be Easily Explained As naturopathy becomes more and more accepted by the conventional medical community, the push to search for more and more conventional modes of validation equally as widespread. And this makes sense. We are...
Using Antibiotics Early In Life Has Stressful Repercussions New research has suggested that using antibiotics early in life - in young children, and even in utero - results in a significant stress response and corresponding increases in endogenous corticosteroids that...
New Options for STI Testing: SelfCollect There is a new patient option for STI testing, which allows for testing of many common sexually transmitted infections from the comfort of the patient’s home. Recent corporate sponsor of the American Association of Naturopathic...
Mark Swanson, ND Practice Building/The Expert Report Practice Made Perfect Direct Care is transforming private medical practices across the country. Think of it as healthcare revisited, a refresh button on the doctor-patient relationship and the way healthcare is...
Kimberly M. Sanders, ND Tolle Causam Exploring Multiple Triggers According to a current theory, autoimmunity may occur when an organism’s immune system is “overstimulated by external disturbance.”1 While there are certainly genetic influences that drive autoimmune...
Mona Morstein, ND Association Spotlight The Low Carb Diabetes Association (LCDA) The Low Carb Diabetes Association (LCDA) is a non-profit organization committed to educating diabetic patients, caregivers, medical practitioners, businesses and the worldwide community...
Mona Morstein, ND Tolle Totum Etiological Factors The worldwide statistics regarding diabetes are frightening. In 2011, 366 million people around the world were diagnosed with diabetes, and it is projected that, by 2030, up to 552 million people will have it—nearly...
Keri Layton, ND Docere Implications for Maternal Health There is a great scene in the now retired hit TV show, The Office, in which Pam, the lead female character, laments the impact motherhood has had on her sense of humor. “I used to watch Pulp Fiction and laugh,...
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NODE SMITH, ND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and...
NODE SMITH, ND Obesity has been linked to increased risk for over a dozen different types of cancer, as well as worse prognosis and survival. Over the years, scientists have identified obesity-related processes that drive tumor growth, such as metabolic changes and...
