Depressed Fathers Raise Behavioral and Social Risk in School-Aged Children Children whose fathers had depression at age 5 were up to 37% more likely to develop hyperactivity, oppositional behaviors, and ADHD symptoms by age 9, based on teacher reports. These children...
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Therapeutic Order: Navigating an Ever-Increasing Toxic World
Healing Chronic Illness through Environmental Medicine By Kim Furtado, N.D. Exposure to heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and other chemicals is rising, with no clear end in sight. The identification of novel forever chemicals, contamination of everyday...
Allergies, Asthma & Eczema: Pediatric Treatment of the Atopic Triad
Autumn Frandsen, ND Abstract The atopic triad—eczema, asthma, and allergies—frequently presents early in pediatric patients and often shares overlapping immune dysfunction and environmental triggers. In this clinical review, Dr. Autumn Frandsen explores the...
Inflammation During Pregnancy Alters Brain Development: A Groundbreaking Study
Inflammatory Response During Pregnancy Creates Permanent Brain Structure Changes Inflammation during pregnancy reduces vital brain immune cells by 70% in developing babies, creating permanent changes to brain structure visible on MRI scans. This groundbreaking finding...
New Study Links Smartphone Attention to Reduced Body Awareness
Research finds smartphone stimuli trigger heart rate changes and diminish the ability to sense internal bodily signals A recent study published in Communications Psychology has uncovered concerning links between smartphones and our internal bodily awareness. Our...
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A Case of Fright & Eczema
Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Frederik has a pale complexion, red lips, and large eyes. He is 7 years old. Looking at me suspiciously, he does not respond to my greeting but cautiously comes into my consultation room and silently sits, waiting for Mom to...
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Resolving Atopic Eczema
Stopping The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back Chris D. Meletis, ND We have always been told not to judge a book by its cover, yet an adult's life journey is all too often written over his or her 21 square feet of skin. Healthcare providers and even the lay public can...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
A Novel Treatment for the Aging Patient Matthew Cavaiola, NMD, LAc As a large percentage of the American population continues to reach older age, many of these individuals will experience a decline in quality of life and a concomitant progression of chronic illness....
Age-Related Cognitive Decline
Kira Schmid, ND Luke Huber, ND, MBA Blake Gossard Lori Feldman, RD, CCRC The following article is an abridged version of the Age-Related Cognitive Decline chapter that appears in Disease Prevention and Treatment, 5th ed., an integrative health textbook published by...
Inflammatory Acne: Case Studies of Gluten-Induced Dermatoses
Nadia Ciuha, ND Acne is one of the most common chronic skin disorders in Western world. Since it is a particularly visible disorder, acne impacts both physical and emotional well-being, forcing an affected individual to seek medical care. Unfortunately, it is one of...
The “Gate Effect”: Understanding Its Mysteries to Optimize Your Practice
Dr. Moshe Daniel Block, ND, HMC I believe the Gate Effect gives us an insight into The Healing Power of Nature – that force that is ever at play in practice, often in invisible, yet nevertheless observable, ways. Exploring it leads to some pretty interesting...
April 2015 | Autoimmune and Allergy
Volume 11 Issue 4 Allergic Rhinitis: A Review & Naturopathic Treatments.....................>>cover Darin Ingels, ND Autoimmune Disease: Lessons from the Field of Transplantation......................>>bottom of cover Jenna Henderson, ND The 4 Rs of...
Take Down Your List
Meghan Walker, ND I love to eat out. Toronto is a multi-cultural hotspot, and, as a result, we have an abundance of dining options; authentic Thai, incredible sushi, and a variety of other culinary masterpieces litter our urban landscape. Despite the chefs’ likely...
A Day at the Jungborn
Epicenter and Oasis of Naturopathic Innovation Sussanna Czeranko, ND Whoever has not himself tried it and convinced himself of it can have no conception of how refreshing, vitalizing and strengthening the effect of the earth is on the human organism at night during...
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The Link Between Leaky Gut, Food Sensitivities, and Anxiety
Discover how leaky gut and common food sensitivities like gluten and dairy contribute to anxiety by triggering inflammation and disrupting the gut-brain axis. Tiffany Jackson, ND Abstract Leaky gut—characterized by increased intestinal permeability—emerges as a key...
Mental Health’s Flat Earth: Why It’s Time to Abandon the DSM and Face the Illusion of Diagnosis
Steven Rondeau BCN (EEG), qEEG-DL The DSM offers outdated labels based on symptoms, not biology. qEEG and brain mapping provide objective insights that empower more accurate, personalized mental health care. Diagnosing in the Dark: The Problem Psychiatry Refuses...
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: History, Clinical Uses, and Case Example
Conor Watters, ND, MSAS, PATP From battlefield anesthesia to mental health treatment, ketamine has evolved into a powerful therapeutic tool. Explore its origins, modern psychiatric applications, and a detailed case study demonstrating its potential in...
Sleeping Well During Dynamic Societal Change
How to Protect Sleep Health Amid Political, Economic, and Social Upheaval Catherine Darley, ND Periods of major government and societal change often trigger widespread uncertainty, leading to a rise in sleep complaints. Many clinicians are seeing this firsthand among...
Fullscript joins athenahealth Marketplace Program to further healthcare accessibility for practitioners
New platform integration designed to maximize clinical efficiency and improve patient outcomes PHOENIX – July 26, 2022 - Today, Fullscript, the leading care delivery platform for integrative medicine, announced it has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the...
Why I Became a Naturopathic Doctor
Allison Apfelbaum, ND, LMP The Naturopathic medical profession is one of a kind. I grew up on the east coast, and when I was determining as an undergraduate what I wanted to do with my Bachelor of...
PERQUE LLC introduces PERQUE DigestivAide™ Herbal Bitters.
ASHBURN, VA – PERQUE LLC announces the launch of PERQUE DigestivAide Herbal Bitters, a novel combination of angelica, burdock, dandelion, fennel, ginger, and yellow dock bitters to be taken before meals to stimulate appetite and promote healthy digestion. The...
Leaders Who are “Engaging” May Help Team Effectiveness
From PLOS A new analysis suggests that a particular leadership style dubbed "engaging leadership" can boost employees' engagement and enhance team effectiveness within the workplace. Greta Mazzetti of the University of Bologna, Italy, and Wilmar Schaufeli of Utrecht...
Cannabis Addiction More Likely in Adolescents, but Not Mental Health Issues
From University College London Adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be at increased risk of other mental health problems related to the drug, finds a new study led by UCL and King's College London...
Perhaps Only 20% Have Good Heart Health
From American Heart Association About 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association's new Life's Essential 8™ checklist according to a new study published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship,...
Genetic Connections to Childhood Fatty Liver Disease
From University of California - San Diego In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have deepened investigations into the genetic origins of nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Arsenic in Well Water Could Contribute to Low Birth Weight
From University of Illinois Chicago In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and collaborating institutions estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and...
Relationship Between “Grittiness” and Cognitive Performance
From PLOS A new analysis of the personality trait of grit found that people who showed higher levels of grit also had different patterns of cognitive performance -- but not necessarily enhanced cognitive performance. Nuria Aguerre of the University of Granada, Spain,...
How Does Mindfulness Meditation Help Pain?
From University of California - San Diego For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works. In the latest of these efforts, researchers at...
Perhaps Only 20% Have Good Heart Health
From American Heart Association About 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association's new Life's Essential 8™ checklist according to a new study published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship,...
Genetic Connections to Childhood Fatty Liver Disease
From University of California - San Diego In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have deepened investigations into the genetic origins of nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Arsenic in Well Water Could Contribute to Low Birth Weight
From University of Illinois Chicago In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and collaborating institutions estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and...
Relationship Between “Grittiness” and Cognitive Performance
From PLOS A new analysis of the personality trait of grit found that people who showed higher levels of grit also had different patterns of cognitive performance -- but not necessarily enhanced cognitive performance. Nuria Aguerre of the University of Granada, Spain,...
How Does Mindfulness Meditation Help Pain?
From University of California - San Diego For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works. In the latest of these efforts, researchers at...
Study Says Your Friends Like it When You Reach Out to Them
From American Psychological Association People consistently underestimate how much others in their social circle might appreciate an unexpected phone call, text or email just to say hello, and the more surprising the connection, the greater the appreciation, according...
Eyesight May Worsen Dementia Risk
From Taylor & Francis Group Older adults with untreated sight conditions may be at increased risk of dementia, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 studies involving 76,373 participants. The results of the study, published in the...
Wearable Sensor Using Gold Technology
From University of Tokyo Researchers created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort. The sensor can measure different biomarkers or substances to perform on-body chemical analysis. It...
A Gene that Explains Why Women’s Heart Attacks are Often Missed
From University of Florida When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes. According to University of Florida College of Nursing associate professor...
NEW “Essential 8” Heart Metric Includes Sleep
From American Heart Association Sleep duration is now considered an essential component for ideal heart and brain health. Life's Essential 8™ cardiovascular health score replaces Life's Simple 7™, according to a new Presidential Advisory, Life's Essential 8 --...
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