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Emphasizing Nature in Children’s Play Spaces

Node Smith, ND A world first review of the importance of nature play could transform children's play spaces, supporting investment in city and urban parks, while also delivering important opportunities for children's physical, social and emotional development....

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Preventing and Removing SARS-CoV-19 From Water Supplies

Node Smith, ND Scientists know that coronaviruses, including the SARS-CoV-19 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, can remain infectious for days -- or even longer -- in sewage and drinking water. Scientists know that coronaviruses can remain infectious for...

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Study on Anti-Parasitic Drug as Treatment for COVID-19

Node Smith, ND A collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), a joint venture of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, has shown that an...

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Therapeutic Retention Enemas: An Underutilized Modality for UC

Therapeutic Retention Enemas: An Underutilized Modality for UC

Mark Davis, ND The use of therapeutic enemas has a robust tradition in the history of naturopathic medicine. In addition, my own grandfather, a medical doctor, had a habit of administering a cleansing enema to any of his 8 children who displayed any sign of acute...

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Sucrose Versus Glucose on Hunger Effects

Sucrose Versus Glucose on Hunger Effects

NODE SMITH, ND Drinks with sucrose compared to glucose may cause young adults to produce lower levels of appetite-regulating hormones, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Too much sugar...

Sucrose Versus Glucose on Hunger Effects

Study on the Uptake of Microplastics into Living Cells

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...

Notes from the Field: September, 2020

Notes from the Field: September, 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...

Medicinal Mushrooms: Their Role in GI Cancers

Medicinal Mushrooms: Their Role in GI Cancers

MICHAEL TRAUB, ND, DHANP, FABNO  Medicinal mushrooms play an essential role in the treatment of cancer. In the past decade, the use of mycotherapy has attracted much attention in the efforts to understand various benefits and the possible mechanisms through which...

Thyroid Health in Down Syndrome

Erica Peirson, ND Reverse T3 in Infants with Trisomy 21 Published studies investigating thyroid function in individuals with Down syndrome date back to 1956.1 In 1958 Jerome Lejeune announced the discovery of the extra copy of chromosome 21 as the cause of Down...

Nature Cure Pioneer: Arnold Ehret

Sussanna Czeranko, ND Nature Cure - Clinical Pearls We need only to give a patient of any kind nothing but mucusless food, for instance fruit or even nothing but water or lemonade: we then find that the entire digestive energy, freed for the first time, throws itself...

Preparing for Pregnancy Self Care and Epigenetic Potential

Allison Creech, MEd, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Many women seek naturopathic support for hormone balance as a first step toward a future pregnancy. The desire for pregnancy can motivate a woman to engage in new behaviors, such as seeing a naturopath for the first...

Estrogen Dominance & Excess Estrogen in Naturopathic Practice

Kaitlyn Zorn, HBSc, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae “Estrogen dominance” is a term used in naturopathic medicine to describe a high ratio of estrogen to progesterone. Different factors in our Western lifestyle, such as high stress and synthetic hormone exposure, contribute...

Blueprint for Expansion: The Right Plan at the Right Time

David J. Schleich, PhD Education Building the profession is a many layered enterprise, with education at the core. As the second decade of a new century zooms toward the third, we are increasingly finding our place in the mainstream higher education sector. National...

Similar Thought: My Aching Back

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Frank is a hard working plumber. He was coming up on 3 months of unbearable back pain when I met him. After 6 weeks of chiropractic therapy and steroid medication, he was really no further ahead. His backache is related to a work related...

The Herb of Immortality: Gynostemma pentaphyllum

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH Botanical Insights Growing herbs in Wisconsin was a great joy. There is rich soil, plenty of rain, adequate sun, and long warm summer months. Now that I live in Colorado on a rocky plateau where it rarely rains, and the wind and nibbling...

Missed Menorrhagia: A Bloody Mess

Thara Vayali, ND Tolle Totum Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is 1 of the most common presenting concerns in gynecology.1 Some studies have reported that 30% of menstruating women experience HMB,2,3 but multiple large scale reviews and cohort studies present figures...

Blueprint for Expansion: The Right Plan at the Right Time

David J. Schleich, PhD Education Building the profession is a many layered enterprise, with education at the core. As the second decade of a new century zooms toward the third, we are increasingly finding our place in the mainstream higher education sector. National...

Similar Thought: My Aching Back

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Frank is a hard working plumber. He was coming up on 3 months of unbearable back pain when I met him. After 6 weeks of chiropractic therapy and steroid medication, he was really no further ahead. His backache is related to a work related...

The Herb of Immortality: Gynostemma pentaphyllum

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH Botanical Insights Growing herbs in Wisconsin was a great joy. There is rich soil, plenty of rain, adequate sun, and long warm summer months. Now that I live in Colorado on a rocky plateau where it rarely rains, and the wind and nibbling...

Missed Menorrhagia: A Bloody Mess

Thara Vayali, ND Tolle Totum Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is 1 of the most common presenting concerns in gynecology.1 Some studies have reported that 30% of menstruating women experience HMB,2,3 but multiple large scale reviews and cohort studies present figures...

Case Report: BK Nephropathy Integrative Management

Kulveen Virdee, ND Primum Non Nocere The long-term use of immunosuppressive medications puts transplant recipients at risk of BK nephropathy, a viral complication of organ transplant that can lead to renal dysfunction or failure. Current management strategies include...

NDNR 2017 Physician’s Choice Award: NDs’ Top Picks

The NDNR Physician’s Choice Award is bestowed upon companies that embrace naturopathic medicine and support naturopathic physicians, their practices, and patients. Between September 1 and October 31, 2016, naturopathic doctors selected 1 company for each of the...

He’s Just Humming Along

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Similar Thought Marla is a bright, lively and passionate person, and a very professional teacher. She has come in to discuss her son Richard, who is 12 and has been diagnosed as suffering ADHD. Marla says he is “the most active child I have...

How to Address #MomGuilt

Andrea Maxim, ND Practice Building What is one thing that typically prevents us from enjoying our business? From acknowledging the small and big successes we have in practice? What is something that we all, at least at one point in our lives as parents, worry about...

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