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Node Smith, ND More than 8 in 10 Americans (83%) say the future of our nation is a significant source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association's most recent survey report, Stress in America™ 2020: Stress in The Time of COVID-19, Volume Two. The...
Node Smith, ND It may seem like a no-brainer, but to get on the good side of a new boss, colleague, or acquaintance in a business meeting, leave your cell phone stashed in your pocket or purse. Looking at your phone during a meeting is akin to "phubbing," or snubbing...
Node Smith, ND A review of 56 randomized clinical trials finds that psychological and behavioral therapies may be effective non-drug treatments for reducing disease-causing inflammation in the body. CBT found to be superior to other psychotherapies at boosting the...
Node Smith, ND When it fires, a neuron consumes significantly more energy than an equivalent computer operation. And yet, a network of coupled neurons can continuously learn, sense and perform complex tasks at energy levels that are currently unattainable for even...
Node Smith, ND Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to new locations in the body. It has long been suspected that genetic mutations arising inside tumor cells drive this potentially devastating turn of events. Researchers have shown for the...
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Reverend Steven A. Bailey, ND My life has been blessed with many great teachers. I count Nature as a whole university of teachers, with its departments of plants, animals, moon, and stars. Within my world, dogs have counted among the most important teachers and...
Shaida Sina, ND Cancer is a complex disease state that requires a holistic approach to treatment. Aromatic therapies may provide valuable adjunctive treatment options. Some of the areas which are currently being explored in relation to aromatic therapies include tumor...
Tina Kaczor, ND With the current estimates of one in every two men and one in every three women being diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, chances are every naturopathic doctor will see patients with this disease. Many of these patients will be receiving...
Arlan Cage, ND, MSOM, MS Cancer conjures up fearful images for most people: relatives or loved ones wasting away in a slow, painful process of suffering and increasing loss of body functions, finally ending in a death which many will describe as "merciful" since it...
Deanna Berman, ND I have been seeing more and more women with what is generally termed “Vulvar Dystrophies”. These are noncancerous conditions that affect the skin around the outer area of the vagina, the vulva. The vulva consists of the labia majora, labia minora,...
Eric Yarnell, ND, RD(AHG) In 1963 the National Cancer Institute found that extracts of Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) bark were active in vitro against cancer cells. A sample was sent to researcher Monroe Wall, PhD, in North Carolina to follow up. Wall and associates...
Ken Weizer, ND Having been on this journey of cancer since 1989, I have had many wonderful and many terrible experiences. This journey has taken me from being a Hollywood film maker with cancer, to being an Oregon naturopathic physician who treats people with cancer....
Ronald Steriti, NMD, PHD For thousands of years, mushrooms have been used as food and medicine. The Greek physician, Hippocrates (460 BC—377 BC), considered the “Father of Medicine,” mentions fungi in his writings for use when treating chronic kidney disease. Although...
Mitch Kennedy, ND Did you know the government cannot mandate safety studies of cosmetics? Only 11 percent of the 10,500 ingredients FDA has documented in products have been assessed for safety by the cosmetic industry's review panel. The exemplary environmental...
NODE SMITH, ND A research team led by Chunshui Yu and Mulin Jun Li of Tianjin Medical University has discovered two new genes potentially involved in Alzheimer's disease. They identified them by exploring which genes were turned on and off in the hippocampus of people...
NODE SMITH, ND A new study suggests that, while atheists and theists share moral values related to protecting vulnerable individuals, atheists are less likely to endorse values that promote group cohesion and more inclined to judge the morality of actions based on...
NODE SMITH, ND Small changes to people's writing style can reveal which social group they "belong to" at a given moment, new research shows. Groups are central to human identity, and most people are part of multiple groups based on shared interests or characteristics...
NODE SMITH, ND Propranolol, a drug that is efficacious against infantile haemangiomas ("strawberry naevi," resembling birthmarks), can also be used to treat cerebral cavernous malformations, a condition characterized by misshapen blood vessels in the brain and...
A team of researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) identified a neuro-pathway by which the brain regulates hunger, and influences inclination to act on environmental cues to seek out food, and how this changes depending on physiological hunger or...
A recent study shows that older adults with elevated brain plaquing, yet normal cognition, actually do experience faster rates of mental decline as they age, suggestive of Alzheimer’s disease.1 Since Alzheimer’s disease (AD) historically has been only diagnosable upon...
Last week, a study indicated that the activity level of adolescents and children may be even less than previously thought, which was already low.1 The growing trend of inactivity among school aged children has been a concern, especially with the parallel increase in...
Last week, at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017, a group of researchers showed that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) significantly reduced both anxiety and depression among participants suffering from chronic pain.1 ACT is an empirically...
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, based in Austin, TX, will become a distinct entity within Bastyr University: AOMA College of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. This will be the third geographic location of Bastyr University programs in the United States;...
Recently, Amy Goodman with Democracy Now, conducted an interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein regarding a recent lawsuit being filed by multiple states against opioid manufacturers and Dr. Andrew Kolodny, co-director of the opioid policy research at the...
The American Botanical Council (ABC) announced last week a release of a laboratory guidance document1 on grapefruit (citrus paradisi) seed extract (GFSE). This document is one of the many results from ABC’s Botanical Adulterants Program, which aims to inform and...
A study last month supports using mindfulness to reduce the fear surrounding labor, which also decreases the likelihood of developing postpartum depression in new mothers.1 I have a been working with a new mother who has been struggling with postpartum depression, and...
A global study published last month reveals that approximately 75% of pregnant women are experiencing unhealthy weight gain.1 The study, which combines data from Asia, the United States, and Europe shows that half of women gain too much weight during pregnancy and...
A new study shows that red onions grown in Ontario have powerful cancer fighting properties.1 The study reveals that not all onions have the same abilities, and that red onions are best. In the first study to look at Ontario-grown onions, Ruby Ring onion variety came...
Recently, Amy Goodman with Democracy Now, conducted an interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein regarding a recent lawsuit being filed by multiple states against opioid manufacturers and Dr. Andrew Kolodny, co-director of the opioid policy research at the...
The American Botanical Council (ABC) announced last week a release of a laboratory guidance document1 on grapefruit (citrus paradisi) seed extract (GFSE). This document is one of the many results from ABC’s Botanical Adulterants Program, which aims to inform and...
A study last month supports using mindfulness to reduce the fear surrounding labor, which also decreases the likelihood of developing postpartum depression in new mothers.1 I have a been working with a new mother who has been struggling with postpartum depression, and...
A global study published last month reveals that approximately 75% of pregnant women are experiencing unhealthy weight gain.1 The study, which combines data from Asia, the United States, and Europe shows that half of women gain too much weight during pregnancy and...
A new study shows that red onions grown in Ontario have powerful cancer fighting properties.1 The study reveals that not all onions have the same abilities, and that red onions are best. In the first study to look at Ontario-grown onions, Ruby Ring onion variety came...
A recent study from Columbia University provides evidence that recreational marijuana use increases the incidence of gum disease and tooth loss.1 This is important research since marijuana use is becoming more and more popular, and many people consider it to be a...
In a recent article from John Hopkins, psychedelic research was referred to in a very supportive light, and continued research was advocated.1 Clinical studies on the use of psychedelics with psychotherapy for treating anxiety, addiction, depression, and inflammatory...
At doses that are low enough for most people not to experience a “high,” the psychoactive compound in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was shown to cause significant relaxation and anxiolytic effects.1 There is a cultural stigma surrounding marijuana, that the...
The American College of Physicians have recently updated their guidelines on the treatment and management of acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain.1 The recommendations, which are deemed “strong recommendations,” are incredibly favorable to holistic practitioners...
Michael Traub, ND, DHANP, FABNO Tolle Causam In Part 1 of this article (published last month in the May issue of NDNR), I discussed the evidence for therapeutic benefit of treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in rosacea, and the role of the microbiome...
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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...
