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TB Not a Life-long Concern in Most People

Node Smith, ND A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis (TB). Based on a review of clinical studies, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at...

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Déjà Vu All Over Again: An Identity for the Profession

Education David J. Schleich, PhD  Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radioDid you try to read the writing on the wallDid that voice inside you say I've heard it all beforeIt's like Deja Vu all over again(John Fogerty) At a naturopathic conference in England this...

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Notes from the Field: October, 2019

Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Jared L. Zeff, ND, VNMI, LAc The following is a 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...

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Mycotoxicosis: A Complex Case Following Acute Mold Exposure

Tolle Causam Lauren Tessier, ND Mold illness comes in many different forms, with the most widely acknowledged forms being allergic and infectious, and the more controversial form being mycotoxicosis and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). Molds and their...

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New Findings Contradict 50 Years of Neuroscience Opinion

New Findings Contradict 50 Years of Neuroscience Opinion

Node Smith, ND Neuroscience experts from the University of Leicester have released research that breaks with the past fifty years of neuroscientific opinion, arguing that the way we store memories is key to making human intelligence superior to that of animals. It has...

Create a Program-Based Practice

Create a Program-Based Practice

MICHAEL SMITH, ND  If you have been practicing for any period of time, you have no doubt had the following experience: A patient consults you for their chronic condition, implements some of your recommendations, and...

Naturopathic Disaster Medicine

Naturopathic Disaster Medicine

JEN RIEGLE, ND  In 2017, my life was changed by a series of events that eventually led to the birth of a non-profit called Integrative Healers Action Network. After finishing medical school in 2016, I had just moved to Northern California and was settling into my...

A Holographic View

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND George is a very pleasant, soft-spoken gentleman. He is 75 years old and presents as being just that – a gentleman. He chooses his words carefully and exactly as befits someone who was an engineer of distinction in his home country. George...

Music as Medicine: A Case Study in Autism

Janis Gruska, ND Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.   (Johnny Depp) Since time immemorial, music as a meaningful vibration has been infused into human culture to express feelings and evoke emotional release.1 The concept of “sacred sounds” has been...

Teen Sleep: Getting It Right

Catherine Darley, ND Remember being a teenager, staying up late, and sleeping till noon on the weekends? Most likely you have teen patients in your clinic who are experiencing the same sleep pattern. Unfortunately, because school hours are not aligned with teen...

The Herbal Medicated Bath

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Even three days after using the [pine needle] bandage, one can smell the rosin which is most agreeable. It is a theory of mine that when the system needs certain things, it can absorb them through the pores....

Wrestling with Slander

  Jeff Clark, ND You may have noticed in 1 or more recent online articles that an effort seems to be in play to categorically discredit licensed naturopathic doctors. The public detractors are a tiny group of zealots who promote “science-based medicine” with a...

Breastfeeding Helps Protect Mother Against Diabetes

According to a study out of the German Research Center for Environmental Health and published in Diabetologia, after studying the metabolism of women with gestational diabetes after giving birth, mothers were seen to have long-term metabolic changes due to...

Detecting Alzheimer’s in Young Adults 

According to a study out of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and published in the online journal Neurology, researchers have now developed a genetic risk score system that can help identify those at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms...

Benefits of Exercise for Pre-term Babies

A study out of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and published in the journal Calcified Tissue International and Musculoskeletal Research, conducted research to determine if an increase in physical activity could increase the bone strength of very low birth...

In Depression, Brain Altered When Dealing with Negative Events 

According to a study out of the University College of London and published in Molecular Psychiatry, a region of the brain that responds to bad experiences has the opposite reaction to expectations of aversive events in people with depression compared to healthy...

Wrestling with Slander

  Jeff Clark, ND You may have noticed in 1 or more recent online articles that an effort seems to be in play to categorically discredit licensed naturopathic doctors. The public detractors are a tiny group of zealots who promote “science-based medicine” with a...

Breastfeeding Helps Protect Mother Against Diabetes

According to a study out of the German Research Center for Environmental Health and published in Diabetologia, after studying the metabolism of women with gestational diabetes after giving birth, mothers were seen to have long-term metabolic changes due to...

Detecting Alzheimer’s in Young Adults 

According to a study out of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and published in the online journal Neurology, researchers have now developed a genetic risk score system that can help identify those at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms...

Benefits of Exercise for Pre-term Babies

A study out of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and published in the journal Calcified Tissue International and Musculoskeletal Research, conducted research to determine if an increase in physical activity could increase the bone strength of very low birth...

In Depression, Brain Altered When Dealing with Negative Events 

According to a study out of the University College of London and published in Molecular Psychiatry, a region of the brain that responds to bad experiences has the opposite reaction to expectations of aversive events in people with depression compared to healthy...

New Insight into Causes of Migraines

A study out of the University of Helsinki in Finland and published in Nature Genetics, identified almost 30 new genetic risk factors for the common migraine. Many of these risk variants localize inside or close to genes that regulate the vascular system. The results...

Narrow Wavelength of UV Light Safely Kills Drug-resistant Bacteria

According to a study out of the Columbia University Medical Center and published in PLOS ONE, a narrow wavelength of ultraviolet light safely killed drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in mice, suggesting its potential to reduce surgical site infections. Infections are a...

Diagnostic Test With 100% Accuracy For Alzheimer’s

A new diagnostic screening tool for Alzheimer’s has been discovered at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, in New Jersey. Alzheimer’s is a progressively worsening disease where early detection of symptoms is key, in order to commence treatment. Early...

Varied Brain Connections Found In Individuals With Anger Disorders

New research, conducted at the University of Chicago Medical Center, has shown that individuals with various anger disorders demonstrate weakened connections in various regions of the brain. Researchers used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which is a type of magnetic...

Medical Marijuana Help To Reduce Use Of Prescription Drugs

  New research, out of the University of Georgia, has discovered that prescription drug use has decreased since the legalization of medical marijuana. Medical marijuana has several prescribed uses such as: chronic pain conditions, anxiety, sleep disorders,...

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Shortest Time Measured: Zeptoseconds

Shortest Time Measured: Zeptoseconds

Node Smith, ND In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt have now taken the lead: together with colleagues at the accelerator facility DESY in Hamburg and the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, they have measured...