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Node Smith, ND Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, Johns Hopkins researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in response to the applied force....
Tolle Causam Lauren Tessier, ND When the phrase “fungal infections” is uttered, what are the first 3 pathologies that come to mind? Perhaps you think of the deadly, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Or maybe you specialize...
Naturopathic Perspective Katie Strobe, ND The intestinal and stool microbiome has been researched and described for many years, unlike the skin and scalp microbiomes, which have more recently come into the spotlight.1 To better...
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...
Reverend Steven A. Bailey, ND We credit Confucius with saying, “No matter where you go, there you are” – a wise reminder for life journeys and choices, and a good starting point for a discussion about death, dying, and transition. Disagreements and common themes are...
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ANA LARA, NMD Fertility is a topic that many women have strong personal feelings about. I often hear my female patients say, “Having children is the one thing I am designed to do, yet I can’t get pregnant. I feel less of a...
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...
It's a Family Affair A recent study reminds us that many times our patient responsibilities extend into the family of the individual we’re treating, especially when family members are part of their care team. A study at the University of Missouri School of Medicine...
Learn from the Who’s Who of Functional and Lifestyle Medicine: Don’t Miss CASI 2017 Healthcare Conference San Francisco March 17-18th Palm Coast, Florida (February 15, 2017) Be at the forefront of functional medicine by attending the second annual CASI (Clinical and...
Beginning with Blood Biopsies An NPR segment recently addressed the bright future of blood biopsies for tracking cancer and determining treatment, without the use of surgical tissue biopsy. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is one of the world’s leading centers of...
Blinded by the (LED) Light Scientists from the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) have announced that LED light, such as that emitted from digital screens, could be permanently damaging the eyes of users - which is to say: Everyone. Retinal damage and vision loss...
Spreading Technological Advances Far and Wide There is so much cool technology being developed in an attempt to make diagnostic imaging and clinical tests more available to primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas. Since many Naturopaths are interested...
We may soon find ourselves using wearable devices to indicate when an illness is on the horizon A new Stanford study (1) looked at the effectivity of wearable biosensor devices to indicate certain markers of illness. Technology is an integrated part of most people’s...
Angela Carter, ND Primum Non Nocere There are an estimated 1.4 million transgender people in the US.1 Every year on November 11th, this community observes Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual memorial for the transgender people who have been killed or committed...
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...
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...
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...
We may soon find ourselves using wearable devices to indicate when an illness is on the horizon A new Stanford study (1) looked at the effectivity of wearable biosensor devices to indicate certain markers of illness. Technology is an integrated part of most people’s...
Angela Carter, ND Primum Non Nocere There are an estimated 1.4 million transgender people in the US.1 Every year on November 11th, this community observes Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual memorial for the transgender people who have been killed or committed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jaclyn Chasse, ND Docere When it comes to preparing couples for pregnancy and treating couples with infertility, statistics show that there is a gender bias. A survey of 15 000 men and women in Britain found that women are slightly more likely to have and seek...
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...
Dr. Caitlin O’Connor, ND Tolle Causam Part II: In Part 1 of this article, I discussed quantifying normal infant behavior, setting families up for success using the principle of Docere. In this article, I will review interventions to consider when crying and fussing...
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...
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NODE SMITH, ND Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring, many people have only seen their close friends and loved ones during video calls, if at all. A new study from MIT finds that the longings we feel during this kind of social isolation share a neural...
NODE SMITH, ND The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such as HIV, according to a study led by UCL researchers in the i-sense McKendry...
