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...
Student Scholarship – 3rd Place Case Study Lana FerrisJennifer Brusewitz, ND As naturopathic physicians, we understand that quality sleep is foundational to our patients’ well-being. Many patients suffer from comorbid conditions that interfere with...
Docere David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, FACN There is a lot of conversation and controversy surrounding the issue of laboratory testing as it pertains to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. This has generated an unfortunate amount of media misreporting...
Node Smith, ND Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D consensus paper warns against high doses of...
Node Smith, ND Nearly half of parents of children under age 18 say their stress levels related to the coronavirus pandemic are high, with managing their kids' online learning a significant source of stress for many, according to a new survey by the American...
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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...
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...
Mitch Kennedy, ND Species of molds that grow in ventilation systems, water damaged areas of buildings, or areas exposed to flood waters will discharge volatile compounds during their lifecycle. Researchers at the University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden studied the...
Satya Ambrose, L. AC, ND I have so many extraordinary stories that have come out of working with cancer patients. Most of them have survived. A few have not, but each of their lives touched me greatly. Each has been my teacher, showing me the preciousness of our time...
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...
Margaret Beeson, ND “In May of 1998 I was diagnosed with blood poisoning in my left breast. A red painful line was emanating from the lower left side of my breast and moving toward my underarm area. I was given a treatment of antibiotics and thought that was the end...
Dr. Ancharski Many experts predict that viral disease will be the key focus in medicine in the decades ahead. Much of the population is unaware of the influenza pandemics that devastated this country and others in the first half of the last century. With the advances...
Viral Disease and Naturopathic Medicine.........................>> cover Michael Ancharski, ND Treating HIV+ patients.........................>> bottom of cover Jessica Leonard, ND Influenza treatment using intravenous micronutrient...
Mitch Kennedy, ND The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a non-profit food research group, has released a study on the use of arsenic in the poultry industry. The researchers sampled 150 packaged chicken products in supermarkets, including big names such as...
NODE SMITH, ND Depression, especially in urban areas, is on the rise, now more than ever. Mental health outcomes are influenced by, among other things, the type of environment where one lives. Former studies show that urban greenspace has a positive benefit on people...
NODE SMITH, ND Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation. This is the conclusion of a study using mice carried out by researchers at Linköping...
NODE SMITH, ND For many years, clinicians have been hesitant to diagnose adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), believing it was a mental health "death sentence" for a patient because there was no clear treatment. Carla Sharp, professor of psychology...
NODE SMITH, ND A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion -- a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly...
Maybe Right Around the Corner A researcher from The University of Texas Health Science Center, Bruno Doiron, Ph.D, has been working on developing a new treatment that could potentially cure type 1 diabetes and change the treatment of type 2 diabetes dramatically. The...
“There’s an App for That” And now there’s one you can use as a contraceptive method. The new, researched supported, Natural Cycles smartphone app takes readings of your basal body temperature to determine whether you’re fertile on a given day or not. The app gives its...
WOODSTOCK, IL – The Lifestyle Matrix Resource Center announces the launch of the ARK Stress Recovery Program In-Practice Guide, a new resource to help clinicians better assess and treat patients with HPA axis dysfunction. The 70-page guide is one-of-a-kind in the...
More and More Mumps Mumps is a condition caused by a viral infection, and not commonly seen in the United States due to vaccination. However, there are more cases of the mumps being reported, and recently there have been numerous articles commenting on outbreaks in...
A new type of wearable sensor may be replacing current methods for diagnosing cystic fibrosis, and also providing real-time monitoring for other disease states. New research on a wearable sweat sensor is a major breakthrough in analyzing sweat to determine metabolic...
Rosenberg, Texas – May 3, 2017 – The FDA recently conducted an investigation of numerous websites searching for dietary supplement companies that are making cancer claims. The investigation resulted in the issuance of 14 Warning Letters. Following the Warning Letters,...
A recent study has shown an online resource as being particularly effective at preventing relapse in bipolar disorder patients. The online resource has been adapted from a previously developed manualized intervention tool used for point of contact care staff, called...
A very interesting research study showed that stevia whole leaf extract out performed antibiotic preparations in the treatment of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete responsible for Lyme disease.1 The most interesting aspect of this study was that stevia was able to...
Michael Traub, ND, DHANP, FABNO Tolle Causam The comorbidity of skin disease and gastrointestinal (GI) disorders has long been recognized. In recent years, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been identified as an underlying problem in the majority of...
Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights The word keloid derives from “cheloid,” meaning claw-like. Keloids and other forms of extensive scarring occur due to excessive deposition of collagen and fibrin in the skin. Animal research suggests that keloid lesions are...
Rosenberg, Texas – May 3, 2017 – The FDA recently conducted an investigation of numerous websites searching for dietary supplement companies that are making cancer claims. The investigation resulted in the issuance of 14 Warning Letters. Following the Warning Letters,...
A recent study has shown an online resource as being particularly effective at preventing relapse in bipolar disorder patients. The online resource has been adapted from a previously developed manualized intervention tool used for point of contact care staff, called...
A very interesting research study showed that stevia whole leaf extract out performed antibiotic preparations in the treatment of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete responsible for Lyme disease.1 The most interesting aspect of this study was that stevia was able to...
Michael Traub, ND, DHANP, FABNO Tolle Causam The comorbidity of skin disease and gastrointestinal (GI) disorders has long been recognized. In recent years, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been identified as an underlying problem in the majority of...
Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights The word keloid derives from “cheloid,” meaning claw-like. Keloids and other forms of extensive scarring occur due to excessive deposition of collagen and fibrin in the skin. Animal research suggests that keloid lesions are...
David Schleich, ND Conceptual Competencies: Part 1 Education Naturopathic Deans make or break naturopathic medical education. This group of about two dozen NDs around North America have been described more than once as the profession’s most enduring visionaries. Over...
Tyna Moore, ND, DC Tolle Causam Harnessing, supporting, and increasing a patient’s vitality is always the main goal as a naturopathic physician. Increasing their vitality by honing the Vis Medicatrix Naturae is the most potent medicine. When one thinks of “Anti-Aging...
Steve Rissman, ND Tolle Totum Over the past few years, there has been a renewed focus on the health and wellness of men. After many years of simple resignation to the fact that men die 5-7 years earlier than women, and that men and boys suffer from nearly all 15...
Kara Fitzgerald, ND Tolle Totum Up until now, we’ve been putting a heavy emphasis on supplementation with B vitamins, betaine, choline and other substrates and cofactors for methylation support. However, there are a number of other and perhaps unexpected ways in which...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls It was often said that Kneipp’s applications and his whole mode of treatment were too short to be beneficial. This at first seems true. ~ Alfred Baumgarten, 1903, pp.184-185 Cold water applications always...
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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...
NODE SMITH, ND In low-income families, fathers who are engaged in their children's lives can help to improve their mental health and behavior, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study published in the journal Social Service Review. The researchers found...
