Docere Heather Herington, BSc, NMD, DHANP There’s nothing like having your own “incurable” disease to sense the impact of naturopathic medicine, especially when you – a naturopathic doctor – have been taught to not treat it. You figure there has to be more to that...
Naturopathic News CARLO CALABRESE, ND, MPH Human health cannot be understood or optimized without considering the foundational roles that brain and mind play in our embodiment. Health, from the individual to our planetary context, depends on biological,...
Naturopathic Perspective Greg Eckel, ND, LAc In 1817, James Parkinson published an essay on The Shaking Palsy. In 1911, levodopa was first synthesized by Casimir Funk, though it didn’t enter into clinical practice until 1967. The first large study on its positive...
Node Smith, ND Like to unwind with a glass of red wine after a stressful day? Don't give alcohol all the credit. New research has revealed that the plant compound resveratrol, which is found in red wine, displays anti-stress effects by blocking the expression of an...
Node Smith, ND Nearly half of American women having a baby in the last decade received a prescription for a powerful opioid painkiller as part of their birth experience, a new study shows. And one or two in every hundred were still filling opioid prescriptions a year...
Phoebe Yin, ND Healthy aging is a hot topic for the growing elderly population across the globe. The current generation of older people is increasingly interested in promoting healthy aging, whether this has to do with managing chronic disease, preventing cancer,...
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Node Smith, ND After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York City, Aakriti Gupta, MD, realized that this was much more than a respiratory disease. "On the front lines right from the beginning..." "I was on...
Node Smith, ND We humans may not always see eye to eye on politics, religion, sports and other matters of debate. But at least we can agree on the location and size of objects in our physical surroundings. Or can we? Can we really see eye-to-eye? Not according to new...
Tolle Causam Lauren Tessier, ND Abstract This comprehensive clinical review by Dr. Lauren Tessier examines the far-reaching health impacts of mold and mycotoxin exposure in pediatric populations, challenging the under-recognition of mold as a significant...
Naturopathic News TIA TRIVISONNO, ND, LAC When the wind of change blows, some people build walls and others build windmills. (Chinese Proverb) The New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians (NYANP) is...
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Preeclampsia affects roughly 40% of pregnant women, and is one of the major reasons for complications in pregnancy. The causes are often multifaceted, and are not fully understood. Preeclampsia can be fatal to both the mother and infant, and thus early diagnosis is...
Speakers Include Author & Nutritionist Sally Fallon & Dr. Kent Thornburg, OHSU PORTLAND, Ore. (Feb. 3, 2016)—The Food as Medicine Institute at the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) will host its third annual Food As Medicine Symposium on Feb.13-14,...
We are continuing to see new results about the wonderful benefits of a healthy version of what is known as the microbiome. A study out of the Forsyth Institute found that a harmless bacterium that lives in the nose and skin negatively impacts the growth of a pathogen...
A report, coming out in the journal Obesity, details the coming transformation of weight loss that uses a person’s particular genome to tailor the exercise regimens and diet plans to help individuals with a “precision weight loss” plan. The coming innovation will be...
Shawn Peters, Naturopathic Medical Student On Jan 19, 2016 a gender neutral washroom was opened on the second floor of Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. After discussions last year and a survey conducted of the students, Boucher opened the gender neutral...
In an animal study out of the NYU Langone Medical Center, researchers found that there is a link between repeated courses of antibiotics and its impact on a child’s development. Female mice were treated with two types of common childhood antibiotics and two changes...
In a study out of Penn State, researchers have discovered a new drug that can help those individuals that suffer from severe autism. The drug targeted at Rhett Syndrome, a severe form of autism, rescues the functional deficits in human nerve cells. Gong Chen the lead...
Researchers out of Cleveland, Ohio, published "The Microbiome and Childhood Diseases," a special issue of the Birth Defects Research Part C EmbryoToday scientific journal. They underscore the importance of the microbiome in the womb and how when the environment is...
According to a study conducted by the American Academy of Neurology, those individuals suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can take vitamin D that may help regulate the hyperactive immune response. This was a pilot study and much more research needs to be conducted...
Shawn Peters, Naturopathic Medical Student On Jan 19, 2016 a gender neutral washroom was opened on the second floor of Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. After discussions last year and a survey conducted of the students, Boucher opened the gender neutral...
In an animal study out of the NYU Langone Medical Center, researchers found that there is a link between repeated courses of antibiotics and its impact on a child’s development. Female mice were treated with two types of common childhood antibiotics and two changes...
In a study out of Penn State, researchers have discovered a new drug that can help those individuals that suffer from severe autism. The drug targeted at Rhett Syndrome, a severe form of autism, rescues the functional deficits in human nerve cells. Gong Chen the lead...
Researchers out of Cleveland, Ohio, published "The Microbiome and Childhood Diseases," a special issue of the Birth Defects Research Part C EmbryoToday scientific journal. They underscore the importance of the microbiome in the womb and how when the environment is...
According to a study conducted by the American Academy of Neurology, those individuals suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can take vitamin D that may help regulate the hyperactive immune response. This was a pilot study and much more research needs to be conducted...
In a study published in Biological Psychiatry, inflammation can be relieved for people over the age of 55 either through cognitive behavioral therapy or movement meditation Tai Chi. "Behavioral interventions that target sleep reduce inflammation and represent a third...
A study by Penn State researchers looked at zinc levels in breast milk as an indicator or breast health during lactation. In previous studies, they found that the protein ZnT2 is critical for secreting zinc into breast milk, and women who have mutations in the gene...
Cayla M. Bronicheski, M.Sc., CCNM Student The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) located in Toronto, Ontario, is home to the largest naturopathic medical school and teaching clinic in Canada – the Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic (RSNC). With a populous...
According to a study published in Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, hypnosis may be a legitimate sedation technique for “awake surgeries” that are required for specific types of brain cancers. The study was conducted between...
Mayo Clinic researchers published a study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology built on previous research linking childhood asthma to an increased risk of shingles. According to the researchers, asthma is one of the most burdensome chronic diseases that...
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Node Smith, ND A research collaboration involving Monash University has made an exciting discovery that may eventually lead to targeted treatments to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, one of the greatest threats to global health. An exciting discovery that...
Node Smith, ND Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs -- such as dyes and preservatives -- may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UC San Francisco...
