Node Smith, ND During the last week of May, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially acknowledged the pathological state of workplace burnout and issued a detailed info sheet outlining how workplace burnout effects mental health and physical health, as well as...
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New Understanding of Schizophrenia
Node Smith, ND Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and memory or cognition problems inter alia. This psychiatric illness affects 0.5% of the general population, and it may be related to genetic abnormalities of chromosome 22, known as 22q11 deletion syndrome. However,...
Coronary Artery Calcium Levels Linked to Future Heart Problems in Middle-age
Node Smith, ND Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age were associated with structural heart abnormalities linked to future heart failure, particularly among blacks, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart...
Rebel Herbs to Attend the Primary Care for Women Conference Award winning company to attend healthcare event in Portland Oregon
Bloomington, IN: (July 10, 2019) Rebel Herbs will be participating in the Primary Care for Women Conference, which is the third symposium in 2019 put on by the Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine. It is to be held from the 26th to 28th of July, and...
Dietary Supplements and Increased Risk of Severe Medical Events in Young Adults
Node Smith, ND Consumption of dietary supplements sold for weight loss, muscle building, and energy was associated with increased risk for severe medical events in children and young adults compared to consumption of vitamins, according to new research led by Harvard...
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Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s: Implications for Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Sonja M. Halsey Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a multisystem disorder involving dopaminergic, noradrenergic, serotoninergic and cholinergic systems, and characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms. It is the second most common...
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Keeping Calm and Carrying On: Will the Walls of Medical Education Come Tumbling Down?
DAVID J. SCHLEICH, PHD There are many aspects of naturopathic medical education which are being reviewed, repurposed, and reorganized right now. In the flurry of change and activity, thought leaders from outside our own community can...
Charles: A Case Study
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Charles, a man in his mid-50s, presented to my office in early 2018. He was tall, lean, and appeared to be in good physical condition. “My wife has noticed a substantial curvature of my erect penis,”...
Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry
JACOB SCHOR, ND, FABNO The Textbook of Naturopathic Oncology: A Desktop Guide of Integrative Cancer Care Books, in my mind, are divided into a number of categories: home books vs office books, for example. John LeCarre is a...
A Diabetic Breakthrough: A Son’s Gift of Health to His Father
DECKER WEISS, NMD, FASA There is a thought process that great entrepreneurs use when solving problems, which is called “researching your butt off!” This is the story of Ron Elul, an Israeli businessman who had successfully built and...
Role of Walnuts in Brain Health
The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging out of Boston conducted research to see what role walnuts play in the cognitive function as we age. According to the researchers. English walnuts are rich in numerous phytochemicals, including high amounts of...
Fine Motor Skills and Cognitive Therapies Improve Alzheimer’s
In a study out of Korea, researchers went to look at combined fine motor skill and cognitive therapies on cognition, depression, and activities of daily living in elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They took 26 elderly patients living with Alzheimer’s and...
Racial and Ethnic Differences in ADHD
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, researchers looked at the ethnic and racial diversity of patients with ADHD, as reported by parents of children over an eight-year period. Data came from the National Survey of Children’s Health that took a look...
Skin Infections in Premature Infants
When a baby is born not everything is all fully developed and will still take some time to reach levels that are resilient. This is true of the skin, especially in babies that are prematurely born. A study out of Italy went to dig into what happens to the skin at and...
Vital Nutrients Supports Naturopathic Colleges and their Surrounding Communities
(December 12, 2015) - Vital Nutrients is proud to declare its support for the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and the community it serves. A recent donation will help expand the reach of no less than 9 Community Clinics run by the faculty and staff of SCNM....
The Effects of Smoking Legislation on Stillbirths
Smoking isn’t good for the human body and legislation has continued curbing smoking in public places for many years. Second-hand smoke is a serious problem affecting many people. According to the researchers in a joint study between the Netherlands and Boston, USA,...
Antidepressants in Pregnancy Tied to Autism Risk
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND The Study A recent Canadian study sought to examine if there was an associated risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy.1-3 The researchers identified 145,456 singleton full-term...
Childhood Temperament and Substance Abuse
In a study conducted by Translational Psychology, researchers went out to study a link between childhood temperament and substance abuse later in life. In the study, young children were studied, then as adolescents went through more tests and their brains were...
Autism Linked to Maternal Antidepressant Use
A cohort study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that antidepressants taken during pregnancy led to an 87 percent increased risk of autism. The study included 145,456 children born in Quebec to measure whether exposure to antidepressants in utero affected the risk of...
A Natural Remedy Leads To Potentially Lethal Cardiovascular Event
A recent report published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology highlighted a rare side effect of a botanical medicine. A 45-year-old woman was recently diagnosed with a severe heart-rhythm disorder known as bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT). This rare heart...
The Effects of Smoking Legislation on Stillbirths
Smoking isn’t good for the human body and legislation has continued curbing smoking in public places for many years. Second-hand smoke is a serious problem affecting many people. According to the researchers in a joint study between the Netherlands and Boston, USA,...
Antidepressants in Pregnancy Tied to Autism Risk
By Sarah A LoBisco, ND The Study A recent Canadian study sought to examine if there was an associated risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy.1-3 The researchers identified 145,456 singleton full-term...
Childhood Temperament and Substance Abuse
In a study conducted by Translational Psychology, researchers went out to study a link between childhood temperament and substance abuse later in life. In the study, young children were studied, then as adolescents went through more tests and their brains were...
Autism Linked to Maternal Antidepressant Use
A cohort study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that antidepressants taken during pregnancy led to an 87 percent increased risk of autism. The study included 145,456 children born in Quebec to measure whether exposure to antidepressants in utero affected the risk of...
A Natural Remedy Leads To Potentially Lethal Cardiovascular Event
A recent report published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology highlighted a rare side effect of a botanical medicine. A 45-year-old woman was recently diagnosed with a severe heart-rhythm disorder known as bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT). This rare heart...
Exercise May Energize Brain Function
Researchers from the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program and the John Hopkins University School of Medicine looked at neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and if exercise can help our brains not lose energy as we age. An enzyme called SIRT3...
Gut Bacteria Tell Us When We Are Full
New research is showing that specific gut microbes signal use to stop eating following a meal. A recent release in Cell Metabolism journal shows that certain proteins are produced 20 minutes following a meal to suppress appetite and further food intake. When these...
Low Vitamin D Linked To Lupus
New research is now linking low vitamin D status to increased risk of Systemic Lupu Erythematosus and higher disease activity. Lupus is an autoimmune disease causing widespread inflammation that affects many of the body’s systems. A previous study published in 2012 in...
Gut bacteria make pomegranate metabolites that may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
In a quest to stay healthy, many people are seeking natural ways to prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies show that pomegranate extract, which is a rich source of disease-fighting polyphenols, can help protect against the development of Alzheimer's...
Stored Fat Preventing Weight Loss
A new study published in the journal Natural Communication is proposing that the more fat we have, the harder it is to lose weight. As we gain fat mass the body produces a protein that actually inhibits the body’s ability to burn fat. This protein is called sLR11....
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Risk of Pandemics Could Be Correlated to Our Treatment of the Planet
Node Smith, ND The study, by the University of the West of England and the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter, presents the hypothesis that disease risks are "ultimately interlinked" with biodiversity and natural processes such as the water...
The Oxygen – Neuron Relationship
Node Smith, ND The brain has a high energy demand and reacts very sensitively to oxygen deficiency. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich neurobiologists have now succeeded for the first time in directly correlating oxygen consumption with the activity of...











