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Node Smith, ND A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed tiny sensors that measure oxygen transport in bovine lung tissue. The study -- which establishes a new framework for observing the elusive connection...
Node Smith, ND Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered the basic science of how sweet taste perception is fine-tuned in response to different diets. While it has long been known that food can taste differently based on previous experience, until now we...
Node Smith, ND The antimicrobial properties of silver have been known for centuries. While it is still a mystery as to exactly how silver kills bacteria, University of Arkansas researchers have taken a step toward better understanding the process by looking at...
Node Smith, ND One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur in severe cases. This burst of immune overreaction, also called a cytokine storm, damages the lungs and can be fatal. Specialized proteins developed for soaking up...
Node Smith, ND Think about traffic flow in a city -- there are stop signs, one-way streets, and traffic lights to organize movement across a widespread network. Now, imagine what would happen if you removed some of the traffic signals. When the brain's inhibitory...
Anne Williams, ND, LAc Though mechanisms have been provided for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), a clear pathoetiology has evaded this diagnosis. Excess mast-cell activation, presence of antiproliferative factor (APF),1 and glycosaminoglycan...
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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...
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Working in integrative practice settings is an increasingly relevant possibility for naturopathic graduates. Last month we discussed the phenomenon of allopathic practitioners adopting therapeutic modalities that have been...
Hauppauge, NY – ECS Therapeutics™, the leading provider of a healthcare practitioner-exclusive line of CBD products, is committed to the continuing education of healthcare professionals. Offering a free CE credit (approved for General, Pharmacy, or Pain), ECS...
NODE SMITH, ND In three recent publications in Molecular Psychiatry, Brain and JAMA Neurology researchers from the University of Gothenburg provide convincing evidence that an in-house developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease can detect the disease early and track...
A recent longitudinal study confirms a causal link between SSRIs and congenital heart defects(1). This is not altogether new data, however, does emphasize the importance of education and screening of pregnant women for depression, and antidepressant use. Current...
It has been long known that plants have a complex and dynamic method of protecting themselves from predators and the climate of their environment. These dynamic methods are so complex that they have alluded scientists from being able to explain exactly how they work....
A recent research study has shown cognitive therapy (CT) to be more effective than medication therapy or combination therapy (drug/CT) in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). This research contradicts the predominant thought that using a combination of...
Two psychologists from Kingston University in London, Gaelle Vallee-tourangeau, and Frederic Vallee-Tourangeau are questioning the long standing assumption that thinking takes place exclusively in the head. In a recent study, they demonstrated a profound increase in...
A recent report has found a significant correlation between body image misperceptions and adolescent alcohol use in girls. Alcohol is the most commonly used, and misused drug amongst adolescents in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and...
Jennifer Brusewitz, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae There are many ways humans are affected by both emotional and physical stress. The body's digestive physiology, governed by the enteric nervous system, can be acutely influenced by stress in a number of ways. Regulation of...
Association Spotlight Lyn Patrick, ND The mission of the Naturopathic Academy of Environmental Medicine (NAEM) is to advance the knowledge, science, application and availability of effective environmental medicine for all healthcare providers and the public alike. The...
Tolle Totum Sharum Sharif, ND We naturopaths help numerous patients with various digestive disorders and complaints every day by prescribing necessary dietary modifications, specific tailored nutritional and/or herbal supplement regimens, and sometimes bodywork. Even...
Education David J. Schleich, Ph.D. How Palimpsests Explain Content Drift in Naturopathic Medical Curriculum Naturopathic academicians have pretty consistent views on what the four-year ND curriculum is trying to do. Even though they often don’t couch their views in...
Tolle Totum Tiffany Bloomingdale, ND There are a variety of ways that our elegant naturopathic modality, homeopathy, is practiced. The general framework of remedy selection typically includes case taking, analysis with repertorization and consulting a materia medica...
Jennifer Brusewitz, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae There are many ways humans are affected by both emotional and physical stress. The body's digestive physiology, governed by the enteric nervous system, can be acutely influenced by stress in a number of ways. Regulation of...
Association Spotlight Lyn Patrick, ND The mission of the Naturopathic Academy of Environmental Medicine (NAEM) is to advance the knowledge, science, application and availability of effective environmental medicine for all healthcare providers and the public alike. The...
Tolle Totum Sharum Sharif, ND We naturopaths help numerous patients with various digestive disorders and complaints every day by prescribing necessary dietary modifications, specific tailored nutritional and/or herbal supplement regimens, and sometimes bodywork. Even...
Education David J. Schleich, Ph.D. How Palimpsests Explain Content Drift in Naturopathic Medical Curriculum Naturopathic academicians have pretty consistent views on what the four-year ND curriculum is trying to do. Even though they often don’t couch their views in...
Tolle Totum Tiffany Bloomingdale, ND There are a variety of ways that our elegant naturopathic modality, homeopathy, is practiced. The general framework of remedy selection typically includes case taking, analysis with repertorization and consulting a materia medica...
Oxytocin is a naturally occurring hormone that has been shown to promote social interaction, such as cooperation and affiliation. It is the hormone that is responsible for the sense of connection that is felt between mother and child, and during intimate physical or...
Two new research studies serve as reminders of the power of balneotherapy techniques to ease pain and inflammation. Balneology is the art and science of bathing in and use of mineral waters for healing purposes. Mineral springs, including hot springs, contain...
Sometimes dairy gets a bad wrap, being one of the top 8 common food allergens. There has been research and debate as to the health benefits of consuming raw milk dairy products many naturopaths and health enthusiasts swear by non pasteurized, cultured milk products....
Dr. Kazue Yamagishi, of the FAP Dental Institute, Tokyo, Japan, has developed a brilliant new oral compound for the treatment and prevention of dental caries. The preliminary claims of her new toothpaste are so breathtaking that it’s hard to imaging this product ever...
The popularity of marijuana as a medicinal agent, and also as a recreational substance has increased dramatically within the last decade. Over half of the United States has legalized marijuana either for medicinal use or both medicinal and recreational use, and the...
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Node Smith, ND The replacement of lost neurons is a holy grail for neuroscience. A new promising approach is the conversion of glial cells into new neurons. Improving the efficiency of this conversion or reprogramming after brain injury is an important step towards...
Node Smith, ND Although profoundly different in terms of physiology, habitat and nutritional needs, plants and animals are confronted with one shared existential problem: how to keep themselves safe in the face of constant exposure to harmful microorganisms. Mounting...
