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Addressing a Deeper Etiology: A Follow-up on ACEs
Paul Epstein, ND Sonia Malani Tolle Causam Practical Integration of the Mind, Body, and Spirit Students come to naturopathic medical school with an empty toolkit and a vast amount of curiosity. As students, we aspire to obtain a spectrum of healing principles to take...
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March 2014 | Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia
Volume 10 Issue 3 The Antidepressant Myth: The Neurotransmitter--- Mental Illness Disconnect..................................>> cover Daniel Heller, ND Common Supplements for Anxiety........................................................>> bottom of...
Cold Feet and Water-Treading
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE If the feet are neglected, the whole body suffers. Father Sebastian Kneipp, 1901, p.178 Nothing else can be more recommended to young and old than walking bare-footed in snow. Father Sebastian Kneipp, 1904, p.38 It may appear a simple matter...
Connecting the Cell & the Self: A Mind-Body Approach to Anxiety & Depression
Paul Epstein, ND Nicola St. Mary, ND There are many naturopathic approaches to anxiety and depression. This article will focus on mind-body therapeutic interventions, including mindfulness and mind-body counseling. These modalities have been shown to enhance cellular,...
Mood and Leaky Gut: From Science Fiction to Scientific Fact
Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Anxiety disorders are the most common of the psychiatric illnesses in the United States, with approximately 30% of Americans experiencing anxiety-related symptoms during their lifetime,1 and 18% having an anxiety disorder.2 According to the...
Uprooting Anxiety
Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common illness that can disrupt quality of life and impact overall sustainable wellness. Anxiety in patients presents as a mood disorder or can present with physical symptoms only. Because of its...
Beware of Recreating Your Past
This is the “New Normal” Jon Bohm Be careful of going back to what you once were instead of moving forward to what you have yet to become. “To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.” Kahlil...
Balancing a Symphony of Hormones
One Woman’s Journey Rian Shah, ND Carla came to see me one bright morning as a new patient. Her main complaints were night sweats, hot flashes so bad as to “make me want to strip down naked in the grocery store,” depression, worsening joint pain and osteopenia, weight...
Passionflower and Lemon Balm
Their Roles in Sleep Mandana Edalati, ND Most people are familiar with the occasional tossing and turning in bed, but when this occurs on a chronic basis, it becomes more than just a nuisance. Sleep affects every cell, organ, and system in the body. It affects...
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Differentiating Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Non-Classical Adrenal Hyperplasia
A closer look at distinguishing PCOS from NCCAH in reproductive-age women, including diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches. By Kelly Simms ND, CNS, FABNE This article explores the clinical overlap between Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and Non-Classical...
Medicinal Orchid Demonstrates Tissue Healing for Cancer Patients
Iron-Clad Orchid (Dendrobium officinale, Tiepi Shihu) Improves Salivary Gland Function and Oral Microbiota in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Dendrobium officinale, also known as Tiepi Shihu or iron-clad orchid, has been integral to traditional...
Wild Poinsettia Extract Restores Testicular Health in Diabetes
Research shows Euphorbia heterophylla (wild poinsettia) protects testicular tissue in diabetic models by decreasing inflammation, reducing oxidative stress by up to 70%, and restoring testosterone levels by 55%. Emerging research demonstrates that Euphorbia...
Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Its Impact on Male Fertility
Discover the importance of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) testing, how it impacts ART outcomes, and ways naturopathic doctors can integrate this essential tool into fertility care. By Dr. Rosia Parrish, ND At the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2024 (ASRM)...
Ouroboros: The Cycle of Renewal in Medical Education
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Life is full of cycles of birth, growth, senescence, and death, only to start anew. As we study biology in medical school, we learn about cell cycles, biochemical cycles, and feedback loops that grow, self-extinguish, and then start up...
Notes from the Field: March, 2021
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...
Relationship Problems Tend to Not Resolve Without Assistance
NODE SMITH, ND Does relationship quality continue to worsen, stabilize, or improve for distressed, help-seeking couples before they receive assistance? A team of researchers sought to answer that question in a new study examining what happens to couples who seek...
Small Amounts of Alcohol Increases Risk of A Fib
NODE SMITH, ND A single glass of wine can quickly -- significantly -- raise the drinker's risk for atrial fibrillation, according to new research by UC San Francisco. The study provides the first evidence that alcohol consumption substantially increases the chance of...
Urinary Incontinence: A Common Problem for Elderly Women
THOMAS A. KRUZEL, ND Urinary incontinence affects 23-31% of the female elderly population1 and is estimated to affect 50-65% of both sexes in hospitals and nursing homes.2 Generally, older women experience more...
Nutraceuticals for Knee OA: Naturopathic Evidence-Based Strategies
DYLAN W. KRUEGER, NMD Americans work tremendously hard for the vast majority of their lives, often with the idyllic dream of an active and exciting retirement. Unfortunately, many folks reach retirement battered, beaten, and struggling with chronic diseases and...
Dementia: Depression as a Risk Factor
ROMI FUNG, ND, MSC The “Baby Boomer” generation, defined as people born between 1946 and 1964, is a demographic cohort consisting of 76 million people around the globe born during post-World War II (WWII).1 A baby boom...
Plant Based Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease in Women
NODE SMITH, ND Eating more nutritious, plant-based foods is heart-healthy at any age, according to two research studies published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. In two separate studies...
How You Think Your Metabolism Changes with Age May Be Incorrect
NODE SMITH, ND Most of us remember a time when we could eat anything we wanted and not gain weight. But a new study suggests your metabolism, the rate at which you burn calories, actually peaks much earlier and starts its inevitable decline later than you might think....
Wildfire Smoke Making COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Worse
NODE SMITH, ND Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by...
Nutraceuticals for Knee OA: Naturopathic Evidence-Based Strategies
DYLAN W. KRUEGER, NMD Americans work tremendously hard for the vast majority of their lives, often with the idyllic dream of an active and exciting retirement. Unfortunately, many folks reach retirement battered, beaten, and struggling with chronic diseases and...
Dementia: Depression as a Risk Factor
ROMI FUNG, ND, MSC The “Baby Boomer” generation, defined as people born between 1946 and 1964, is a demographic cohort consisting of 76 million people around the globe born during post-World War II (WWII).1 A baby boom...
Plant Based Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease in Women
NODE SMITH, ND Eating more nutritious, plant-based foods is heart-healthy at any age, according to two research studies published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. In two separate studies...
How You Think Your Metabolism Changes with Age May Be Incorrect
NODE SMITH, ND Most of us remember a time when we could eat anything we wanted and not gain weight. But a new study suggests your metabolism, the rate at which you burn calories, actually peaks much earlier and starts its inevitable decline later than you might think....
Wildfire Smoke Making COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Worse
NODE SMITH, ND Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by...
Cholesterol in Brain Regulates Alzheimer’s Plaquing
NODE SMITH, ND A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has used advanced imaging methods to reveal how the production of the Alzheimer's-associated protein amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol. Appearing in the Proceedings of the...
“Outgrowing ADD/HD” Maybe? – But Only 10%
NODE SMITH, ND Most children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) don't outgrow the disorder, as widely thought. It manifests itself in adulthood in different ways and waxes and wanes over a lifetime, according to a study published in the...
Where does the Sensation of Motivation Come From?
NODE SMITH, ND Our motivation to put effort for achieving a goal is controlled by a reward system wired in the brain. However, many neuropathological conditions impair the reward system, diminishing the will to work. Recently, scientists in Japan experimentally...
Light Therapy for Improved Burn Healing
NODE SMITH, ND Light therapy may accelerate the healing of burns, according to a University at Buffalo-led study. The research, published in Scientific Reports, found that photobiomodulation therapy -- a form of low-dose light therapy capable of relieving pain and...
A Cytokine Signal to Increase “Beige Fat”
NODE SMITH, ND An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning "beige fat," according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Zhonghan Yang of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, and colleagues. The finding may lead to new...
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Gut Health Signals Could Transform Arthritis Treatment
Early changes in the gut microbiome may offer a window for preventive treatments in rheumatoid arthritis. New research reveals that shifts in gut bacteria months before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis could enable preventative interventions. Changes in the gut...
Unveiling the Legacy of Naturopathic Medicine: Nature’s Medicine Through Time Launches
The Nature’s Medicine Through Time website was greeted with excitement during its public debut at the recent Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians Annual Conference. This large and growing guide to the history of medicine focuses on the naturopathic...
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