Node Smith, ND It may be of interest that there was a recent study on the use of aconite for pain. Tincture of aconite has been used traditionally as a pain killer, and only within the last few decades has it fallen out of favor in educational institute. It is an...
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Improving Microbiota Diversity May Drastically Reduce Autism Symptoms by up to 50%
Node Smith, ND A recent research study suggests that changing the gut microbiome in children with autism could reduce the severity of the symptoms they experience.1 This is part of a longer research project, started in 2017. Gut microbiome in children with autism;...
Syphilis Invades Rural America and a Fraying Health Safety Net Fails to Stop it
Node Smith, ND When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the "dominoes gang" in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex with...
Hypnosis a genuine alternative to painkillers?
Node Smith, ND A project led by psychologist Dr Trevor Thompson of the University of Greenwich found that hypnosis is more effective with people who are especially amenable to suggestion. But it also found that those who are moderately suggestible - essentially most...
Proteoglycans: A Turnkey Anti-Aging Solution?
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Carrie Decker, ND As medical research continues to grow, so too does our understanding of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and its dynamic and systemic effects. Once thought to be only a backdrop to the activities of the cells found within it, we...
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Migraines: New Research on an Old Disease
Ashley L. Russell, ND Naturopathic medicine is approaching a pivotal time in our profession. There is a strong push to integrate into the conventional medical system, using section 2706 from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as a political...
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COVID-19: A Naturopathic Approach
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...
Most of the World Can’t ‘Buy Local’ – For Food at Least
Node Smith, ND Globalization has revolutionized food production and consumption in recent decades and cultivation has become more efficient. As a result, diets have diversified and food availability has increased in various parts of the globe. However, it has also led...
Notes from the Field: May, 2020
JARED L. ZEFF, ND, VNMI, LAC The following is 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 field. It’s not meant to be...
Stress-Induced Hair Loss: Benefits from a Standardized Nutraceutical
Vis Medicatrix Naturae MELISSA ANZELONE, ND ALEKSANDER RICHARDS GIORGIO DELL'ACQUA, PHD It is estimated that 35-million men and 21-million women suffer from some degree of hair loss in the United States.1 By 35 years of age, 40% of men experience hair...
Bastyr University Names New President
Charles “Mac” Powell, PhD, becomes the fourth president in the institution’s history. Charles “Mac” Powell, PhD After an extensive nationwide search, Bastyr University selects Charles “Mac” Powell, PhD, as its new president. He will oversee the University’s campuses...
Compassion Meditation Helps Mind-Wandering
STANFORD, Calif. – Meditation helps reduce mind-wandering and encourages caring and benevolent behavior, according to new research from Stanford University. The research was published in the March edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology. The researchers claim...
What Channels Control Blood Flow to the Brain?
CALGARY, Canada -- Contractile activity of smooth muscle cells in the walls of cerebral arteries determines the degree of arterial tone, and thereby controls blood flow. This study, which appears in the May issue of the Journal of General Physiology, was done on...
Non-medical Prescription Pain Killers a Gateway Drug to Heroin Abuse for Whites?
NEW YORK – The risk of heroin-related behaviors is higher among whites who used non-medical prescription opioids such as oxycontin in prior years, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings were race-specific,...
First-Ever Class of International Medical Graduates Receive Naturopathy Degrees in Canada
Toronto, Ontario – May 21, 2015 – Eighteen international medical graduates (IMGs) were recognized as the first-ever foreign-educated doctors to receive a degree in Naturopathy from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) at its 35th convocation on...
Previously Unknown Effect of Vitamin A on Embryonic Blood Development
LUND, Sweden—Signal molecule retinoic acid, a product of vitamin A, influences how different tissues are formed in embryos, according to a study from Lund University. Researchers have shown for the first time how vitamin A affects human embryo blood cell formation by...
Common antibiotic used for UTI less effective than alternatives
LONDON, Canada. -- Older women who are prescribed nitrofurantoin for urinary tract infections are more likely to experience treatment failure that results in a secondary antibiotic prescription or a hospital visit. This discovery was studied to understand if...
Low Levels of key Nutrients Being Blamed for MS
BALTIMORE, Md. -- New indications are that low levels of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients play a major role in the development of multiple sclerosis in women. Those nutrients, food folate, vitamin E, magnesium, lutein-zeaxanthin and quercetin, were the...
Tabatha Parker 2015 Honorary Degree Recipient
Tabatha Parker, President of Naturopathic Doctors International, to be Recognized by the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine as 2015 Honorary Degree Recipient Honorary degree recognizes Dr. Parker’s international leadership in the field of naturopathic medicine...
Douglas Laboratories® Launches New Line of Vision Health Supplements
Three new products formulated to support healthy eye function introduced during May's Vision Health Month PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 12, 2015 – Healthy aging is a hot topic today, particularly as the Baby Boomer generation enters their 50s. While attention is frequently...
Previously Unknown Effect of Vitamin A on Embryonic Blood Development
LUND, Sweden—Signal molecule retinoic acid, a product of vitamin A, influences how different tissues are formed in embryos, according to a study from Lund University. Researchers have shown for the first time how vitamin A affects human embryo blood cell formation by...
Common antibiotic used for UTI less effective than alternatives
LONDON, Canada. -- Older women who are prescribed nitrofurantoin for urinary tract infections are more likely to experience treatment failure that results in a secondary antibiotic prescription or a hospital visit. This discovery was studied to understand if...
Low Levels of key Nutrients Being Blamed for MS
BALTIMORE, Md. -- New indications are that low levels of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients play a major role in the development of multiple sclerosis in women. Those nutrients, food folate, vitamin E, magnesium, lutein-zeaxanthin and quercetin, were the...
Tabatha Parker 2015 Honorary Degree Recipient
Tabatha Parker, President of Naturopathic Doctors International, to be Recognized by the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine as 2015 Honorary Degree Recipient Honorary degree recognizes Dr. Parker’s international leadership in the field of naturopathic medicine...
Douglas Laboratories® Launches New Line of Vision Health Supplements
Three new products formulated to support healthy eye function introduced during May's Vision Health Month PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 12, 2015 – Healthy aging is a hot topic today, particularly as the Baby Boomer generation enters their 50s. While attention is frequently...
Nutra Products to Supply Bronson With its Fast-C®
New Product Available Online, by Phone and Catalogue Orders Today FAIRFIELD, CA. . May 12, 2015. Nutra Products Inc., announced today that it will supply its Fast-C ingredient to Bronson for the production of Bronson FAST-C. Nutra Product’s Fast-C is the only Vitamin...
Acupuncture to Reduce Pain and Inflammation
New Study on Acupuncture to Reduce Pain and Inflammation in Children with Acute Appendicitis New Rochelle, NY, May 12, 2015—Acupuncture was shown to lessen pain and reduce the underlying inflammation in pediatric patients with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis,...
Registration opens for the Integrative Healthcare Symposium focus on: the microbiome
Portland, ME – Registration is now open for the Integrative Healthcare Symposium focus on: the microbiome taking place in Hollywood, Florida October 9-10, 2015 at the Diplomat Resort & Spa. This symposium will explore leading edge research, revealing the role of...
Phylicia Hammonds of NUHS: First ND Student to Receive Schweitzer Fellowship
Chicago - In a milestone for the naturopathic medical profession, National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) student Phylicia Hammonds is the first naturopathic medicine student to be awarded The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Phylicia was one of 220...
New GENESTRA BRANDS™ Cor Defense Helps to Boost Immune Health
Pittsburgh, PA, May 5, 2015 – GENESTRA BRANDS™, a trusted Seroyal brand offering safe, effective, and reliable natural health products backed by clinical and traditional evidence, is proud to introduce its new Cor Defense product, a baker’s yeast formula containing...
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COVID Related Stress is New Normal, According to APA
Node Smith, ND Nearly half of parents of children under age 18 say their stress levels related to the coronavirus pandemic are high, with managing their kids' online learning a significant source of stress for many, according to a new survey by the American...
Low Vit D May Increase Risk of COVID-19 Infection
Node Smith, ND A new study has found an association between averaging low levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries. Average low levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates...




