Node Smith, ND In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public. Because N95 and surgical masks are scarce and should be reserved for health care workers, many people are making their...
Node Smith, ND In an unprecedented effort, hundreds of thousands of researchers and clinicians worldwide are locked in a race against time to develop cures, vaccines, and better diagnostic tests for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. Locked in a...
Node Smith, ND Most newly discharged patients who recently recovered from COVID-19 produce virus-specific antibodies and T cells, suggests a study published on May 3rd in the journal Immunity, but the responses of different patients are not all the same. While the 14...
Node Smith, ND A study reported in the journal Cell Metabolism on April 30 adds to the evidence that people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at greater risk of a poor outcome should they become infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. But there is some encouraging...
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls 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...
Gary Weiner, ND, LAc In the January 2014 issue of NDNR, I argued that naturopathic primary care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was where “the rubber meets the road” in our medicine.1 I made a plea for our treatment strategy to have enough...
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NODE SMITH, ND A study of nearly 108,000 people has found that people who regularly drink a modest amount of alcohol are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition where the heart beats in an abnormal rhythm. The study, published in the European Heart...
NODE SMITH, ND To date, paralysis resulting from spinal cord damage has been irreparable. With a new therapeutic approach, scientists have succeeded for the first time in getting paralyzed mice to walk again. The keys to this are the protein hyper-interleukin-6, which...
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Modern couples face many obstacles to becoming pregnant or giving birth to a healthy baby, and the distribution of contributing factors appears to be nearly equal between male and female. According to the Centers for Disease...
JAMES SENSENIG, ND RICK KIRSCHNER, ND, VNMI This article joins a series of articles in NDNR that are based on transcripts of the Naturopathic Medicine Institute (NMI)’s Wednesday morning call-in program, The Vital Conversation. The program is hosted by...
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,...
Mark Iwanicki, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Spagyric Remedies Spagyric remedies are a “new” class of medicine that is gaining popularity in the holistic and natural health communities in the United States. Although the modality was first coined by Paracelsus, the famous...
Bianca Garilli, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Prenatal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation The prevalence of asthma in the United States has increased from 7.3% of the population in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010. In 2010, there were an estimated 7 million children between the ages...
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Rehmannia glutinosa Botanical Insights The world is moving fast. Many people have daily lives that demand too much in too little time. Technology and social media have people plugged in day and night. Speed limits on highways are faster,...
Carrie Decker, ND Tolle Causam Sniffling, Sneezing, Red Eyes, Itchy Skin, Oh My! Probably more times than any physician can count, a patient comes in amidst a seasonal allergic crisis with the full-blown syndrome – runny nose, itchy red eyes, sneezing, coughing, and a...
Carrie Decker, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Active Hexose Correlated Compound Although the naming of the phenomenon of autoimmune disease is simple and reflects a self-triggered immune response, factors leading to the development of this state are complex and many. The...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls There Is Nothing Like A Fast The value of fasting as a curative agent is mainly two-fold: first it purifies the system by increasing the activity of all the eliminating organs, and secondly, it gives a complete...
A new homeopathic research study showed the ability of Belladonna and a MRSA nosode to be effective at inhibiting growth of MRSA in vitro.1 MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - is a growing global concern, and the ability to treat effectively with...
In many states, naturopathic physicians are permitted to prescribe from an extensive formulary. This often includes antibiotics. Though not a traditional approach, sometimes naturopaths feels that prescribing an antibiotic may be appropriate in certain situations....
That’s right! A team of researchers developed a smartphone compatible device and app that allows men to determine the motility and concentration of their sperm - fertility.1 Male fertility is a grossly under-appreciated concern, which often is overlooked when a couple...
Carrie Decker, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Active Hexose Correlated Compound Although the naming of the phenomenon of autoimmune disease is simple and reflects a self-triggered immune response, factors leading to the development of this state are complex and many. The...
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls There Is Nothing Like A Fast The value of fasting as a curative agent is mainly two-fold: first it purifies the system by increasing the activity of all the eliminating organs, and secondly, it gives a complete...
A new homeopathic research study showed the ability of Belladonna and a MRSA nosode to be effective at inhibiting growth of MRSA in vitro.1 MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - is a growing global concern, and the ability to treat effectively with...
In many states, naturopathic physicians are permitted to prescribe from an extensive formulary. This often includes antibiotics. Though not a traditional approach, sometimes naturopaths feels that prescribing an antibiotic may be appropriate in certain situations....
That’s right! A team of researchers developed a smartphone compatible device and app that allows men to determine the motility and concentration of their sperm - fertility.1 Male fertility is a grossly under-appreciated concern, which often is overlooked when a couple...
It’s not every day that foundational physiological understandings of an organ system are reconsidered, overturned, or even added to in a significant way. Yet, when it does happen, it questions how we could have ever assumed that there wasn’t “more going on.” This week...
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco recently discovered that the lungs play a key role in blood production.1 This runs contrary to a century-old assumption that the bone marrow produces all of our blood components. Megakaryocytes have long...
A recent study reminds us, once again, of the importance in taking care of ourselves during times of crisis. From Greece, a research team has conducted a favorable study using progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) combined with guided imagery (GI) to reduce anxiety and...
A team of researchers from the Joslin Diabetes Center have uncovered a key biological pathway preventing pancreatic beta islet cells from dividing successfully in type 2 diabetes. The beta islet cells, located in the islets of Langerhans within the pancreas, are...
A study was recently published looking at the long term cardiorenal complications associated with increases in the creatinine concentration upon initiation of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blocker ACEI/ARB treatment.1 It is generally...
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NODE SMITH, ND The environment is polluted by microplastics worldwide. The tiny particles enter food chains, and thereby the digestive systems of animals and humans; moreover, they can be inhaled. Instead of being excreted, small microplastics can be incorporated into...
NODE SMITH, ND A non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, with potential for treating addiction, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis. A paper describing the work is...
