Node Smith, ND A team from the Department of Psychological Medicine and Department of Biochemistry at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has found that seniors who consume more than two standard portions of mushrooms weekly may have 50 per cent reduced odds of...
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Feeling Better than Ever, L.L.C. offers marketing solutions for wellness practitioners. Our offerings include marketing brochures for Naturopathic Doctors, an easy to read Eating for Optimal Health brochure and a beautiful collection of healing and holistic wellness...
Herbs & Autoimmunity: Using Botanicals to Balance T-Cell Activity
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Tanya Lee, ND Autoimmune diseases are complex, multifactorial conditions that arise from the loss of “self tolerance” and the infiltration of inflammatory cells within the target tissue. The pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases appears to be...
Saffron as Effective as Ritalin in Treating ADHD
Node Smith, ND A new short-term pilot study in children and teens 6-17 years old with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shown saffron to be as effective at controlling symptoms as methylphenidate, the commonly prescribed drug Ritalin.1 Saffron may be...
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: 3-Year Case Study
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Elena Krasnov, BSc, ND A 55-year-old female patient presented with a sharp pain in the throat area, which began in January 2016 and had lasted over 3 weeks by the time she consulted me. She had originally thought she had a sore throat. Two...
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The Energetics of Self-Care: Developing a Relationship with the Vis Medicatrix Naturae
Elizabeth Sutherland, ND It can be a challenge to be consistently empathetic and deeply caring as we juggle the various pressures of life and practice. Physician burnout is an increasingly visible problem in the allopathic world.1,2 Among naturopathic doctors I have...
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Notes from the Field: January, 2020
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls 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...
Microbiome’s Connection to HPV-related Cervical Cancer
Node Smith, ND Gardnerella bacteria in the cervicovaginal microbiome may serve as a biomarker to identify women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) who are at risk for progression to precancer, according to a study published March 26 in the open-access journal...
Homeopathy, Part 1
The Vital Conversation James Sensenig, NDThomas A. Kruzel, ND This is the first part of a 2-part article based on discussions with Dr Thom Kruzel, of Scottsdale, AZ, and moderated by Dr Jim Sensenig, the founder of the Naturopathic Medicine...
Nitrates, NAC, & Lipoic Acid
Naturopathic Perspective Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO A goal in coronary artery disease is to increase delivery of oxygen to the myocardium, and the way this is often accomplished is to increase blood flow in the coronary vessels by stimulating...
Natren Probiotics Announces New and Improved Gy-NaTren® Homeopathic and Probiotic Preparation for Optimal Feminine Health
Dual action homeopathic formula for Vaginal Health provides a natural, non-prescription alternative to traditional pharmaceutical solutions, combining the best of probiotic and homeopathic health care Westlake Village, CA - 10th February 2015 - Natren, Inc, the leader...
Call to Action- Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association
Legislative Action Update Dear ND Colleagues, Patients and Advocates, I wanted to make sure that everyone that contacts their legislators is asking for the same thing. Raising a bill is no longer the "ASK" of legislators; a bill number is forthcoming. Now and going...
TAP Integrative Launches an Online Educational Community for Integrative Practitioners
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – February 5, 2015 – TAP Integrative announces the launch of an online educational community resource dedicated to furthering the evidence-informed and experience-based knowledge between integrative practitioners. TAPintegrative.org is a...
Root Canals 101: What They Are and How They Can Make You Sick
If you've never had a root canal (and even if you have!) you might not be clear on what, exactly, happens during the procedure—much less why it can be harmful to your health! Here, Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD, and Robert Kulacz, DDS, explain this common dental procedure:...
Vital Nutrients Awarded NDNR’s Physicians Choice Award
Middletown, CT- Vital Nutrients has been awarded NDNR’s Physician’s Choice Award. The Physician’s Choice Award is bestowed upon companies that embrace naturopathic medicine and support naturopathic physicians, their practices and patients. Vital Nutrients was chosen...
First Annual NDNR Physician’s Choice Winners Announced
2015 NDs’ Top Picks The NDNR Physician’s Choice Award is bestowed upon companies that embrace naturopathic medicine and support naturopathic physicians, their practices and patients. Between September 1 and October 31, 2014, naturopathic doctors selected one company...
NMSA: Association Spotlight
The Quest for the Student Voice of the Vis Desta Golden According to folklorists and other narrative scholars, the hero’s journey forms the basic template for all great stories. The hero begins in the ordinary world, and receives a call to enter an unknown world of...
Antibiotics & Endometriosis Clinical Observations and Pearls
Justin Gallant, ND, BKin While taking a thorough health history, I always ask my patients the golden question, “What happened right before this condition came on?” Time and time again, they have responded by saying they were on antibiotics at the time. There seems to...
FNM Project Update
Pamela Snider, ND We continue to move closer to completing the Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine (FNM) manuscript for submission to Elsevier next year. All 160 chapters of the textbook have been drafted and submitted, with some in the "re-work" stage. During...
EndoANP Advancing the Practice of Naturopathic Endocrinology
Alan Christianson, NMD NDNR has become a central voice for our profession. As founding president of the Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (EndoANP), it is my honor to share our story in this issue focused on endocrinology. What is the EndoANP? After...
First Annual NDNR Physician’s Choice Winners Announced
2015 NDs’ Top Picks The NDNR Physician’s Choice Award is bestowed upon companies that embrace naturopathic medicine and support naturopathic physicians, their practices and patients. Between September 1 and October 31, 2014, naturopathic doctors selected one company...
NMSA: Association Spotlight
The Quest for the Student Voice of the Vis Desta Golden According to folklorists and other narrative scholars, the hero’s journey forms the basic template for all great stories. The hero begins in the ordinary world, and receives a call to enter an unknown world of...
Antibiotics & Endometriosis Clinical Observations and Pearls
Justin Gallant, ND, BKin While taking a thorough health history, I always ask my patients the golden question, “What happened right before this condition came on?” Time and time again, they have responded by saying they were on antibiotics at the time. There seems to...
FNM Project Update
Pamela Snider, ND We continue to move closer to completing the Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine (FNM) manuscript for submission to Elsevier next year. All 160 chapters of the textbook have been drafted and submitted, with some in the "re-work" stage. During...
EndoANP Advancing the Practice of Naturopathic Endocrinology
Alan Christianson, NMD NDNR has become a central voice for our profession. As founding president of the Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (EndoANP), it is my honor to share our story in this issue focused on endocrinology. What is the EndoANP? After...
North Dakota’s “Can Do” Spirit The Stuff of Naturopathic Legends
Beth Allen, ND North Dakota’s tourism motto is “North Dakota, Legendary.” It so happens that some of the legendary figures in modern American naturopathic history have roots in North Dakota. Bastyr University’s namesake – Dr John Bastyr – grew up in Fargo, attending...
25 Cubed Or Back to the Future, Again
David J. Schleich, PhD Back in my youth, that clever satirical magazine, Mad, was required reading for many boomers, most particularly among those of us who eschewed barbers. Alfred E. Neuman reassured all and sundry that what we worry unnecessarily about are things...
Fertility and Toxicity: The Powerful Effects of Endocrine Disruptors
Alison Schulz, ND Andrew Litchy, ND Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are chemicals with the potential to alter the production, metabolism, and activity of hormones in humans and animals. These substances display a variety of idiosyncratic biochemical effects,...
PCOS Treating Adrenal Androgen Excess
Fiona McCulloch, BSc, RAc, ND As naturopathic doctors, we all know about the importance of adrenal health in the treatment of any endocrine disorder. When it comes to the most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the...
Orthoendocrinology: An Anti-inflammatory Approach to Dysendocrinism
Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO, FACN Steroidal and peptide hormones have significant immunomodulating properties, and a characteristic pattern of disruption is commonly seen in patients with autoimmunity. Relatively simple natural and/or pharmacologic interventions can be...
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Guidance on Heart Attacks and COVID-19
Node Smith, ND Much remains unknown about COVID-19, but many studies have already indicated that people with cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of COVID-19. There also have been reports of ST-segment elevation (STE), a signal of obstructive coronary artery...
How Oxygen Transfers in Diseased Lung Tissue
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...




