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Notes from the Field July 2022

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...

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Genetics & Environmental Disease 

Complex Chronic Disease Saved by a Genetic Hormone Profile  WINNIE SIU, ND  As clinicians, we often come across complex and challenging cases. Many of our patients have been diagnosed with complex chronic conditions such as mast cell activation syndrome...

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Botanical Formulations Part II

JAMES SENSENIG, ND  JARED ZEFF, ND, VNMI, LAC  This column is transcribed from a weekly live conversation produced by the Naturopathic Medical Institute (NMI). The goal of NMI is to preserve and promote the principles of naturopathic philosophy through clinical...

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 

Addressing Mitochondrial Alterations in C9orf72-ALS  SAMANTHA PRYOR, ND  Last year my first submission to NDNR was about microbiome alterations found in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). I consider that article is essential reading for any clinician who...

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Neuropathy & Nutrition 

What are the Nerves Trying to Communicate?  CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND  About 7-10% of the population suffers from neuropathic pain and doctors are often unable to effectively and completely treat this condition.1 Often, this is because we try to address the problem after...

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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Case Reports

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Case Reports

Kimberly M. Sanders, ND Tolle Causam Exploring Multiple Triggers According to a current theory, autoimmunity may occur when an organism’s immune system is “overstimulated by external disturbance.”1 While there are certainly genetic influences that drive autoimmune...

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Vivisection: The Claims, The Record, The Reality

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE The vicious idea that the means is sanctified by the end has been the excuse for every atrocity. -J. M. Greene, 1904, p. 124 Neither the lay public nor physicians have any adequate conception of the vast numbers of innocent living creatures...

Removing Obstacles to Cure in Pain Syndromes

Naturopathic Perspective Jeff Harris, ND In his book The Neurobiology of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration,1 Professor Douglas Zochodne states: “Neuropathic pain is a severe and debilitating pain that can render patients unable to walk, work, sleep or enjoy life…[Full]...

The Psychological Aspect of Pain

Tolle Totum Iva Lloyd, BScH, RPE, ND It is common to think of chronic pain from a structural or functional perspective. What is not as common, but is equally important, is the psychological aspect of pain. The psychological aspect refers to how symptoms and...

Caffeine’s Contradictory Role in Headaches

Tolle Causam Marnie Loomis, ND Kayla Preece Ears inevitably perk up when caffeine is mentioned. For many, caffeine plays such an important daily role that people feel a sense of dependence upon it. The World Health Organization estimates that 47% of the public has at...

The “No Flush” Niacin Folly

The Expert Report : Interview with Joseph M. Keenan, MD Mark Swanson, ND Wax-Matrix Extended-Release Niacin vs “No-Flush” Inositol-Hexanicotinate Niacin is one amazing vitamin. It is best known for its powerful non-deficiency use for lipid management. It has also been...

Neurotransmitter Immune Effects: A Whole-Body Approach

Bradley Bush, ND As students of the nervous system, neurologists are master conventional diagnosticians. Some continue training and become neurosurgeons. Major neurological conditions and diseases seen by neurologists include multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy,...

Pain, Scars and Neural Therapy

Tolle Causam Hal Brown, ND, DC, RAc “Maybe I should find another doctor; one who realizes the importance of scars.”  (Rasmenia Massoud, Human Detritus) Over 20 years ago I attended an IV course taught by Dr Garrett Swetlikoff, which concluded with an introduction to...

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Women’s Health – Jan 2025 | Volume 20 | Issue 1

Issue Details Volume 20 | Issue No.01Published: Jan 2025Theme: Women's HealthISSN: 2169-1622 [simplebooklet src="https://simplebooklet.com/embed.php?wpKey=PtTRkamBJ9vG65BNXpPRvJ&source=wordpress" width="986" height="637"]

Clinical Uses for DHEA Supplementation in Male Patients

Clinical Uses for DHEA Supplementation in Male Patients

Optimizing hormonal health and preventing age-related decline By Briana Cain, ND Discover the clinical applications of DHEA supplementation in male patients, focusing on its benefits for cardiovascular health, bone density, cognitive function, and hormonal...

Female Hormone Cycles Drive Alcohol Response

Study Reveals Critical Sex Differences in Brain Chemistry New research reveals fundamental biological differences in how men and women respond to alcohol, with female sex hormones playing a direct role in drinking behavior. The groundbreaking study shows that estrogen...

Time is Warped When Using Virtual Reality

NODE SMITH, ND Psychology researchers at UC Santa Cruz have found that playing games in virtual reality creates an effect called "time compression," where time goes by faster than you think. Grayson Mullen, who was a cognitive science undergraduate at the time, worked...

Is DNA Repair Ability the Key to Longer Life?

NODE SMITH, ND Researchers have found that people who live beyond 105 years tend to have a unique genetic background that makes their bodies more efficient at repairing DNA, according to a study published in eLife. This is the first time that people with 'extreme...

The Happiness Rx

JODY STANISLAW, ND, CDCES  With this interesting COVID year that we have all experienced together around the globe, happiness has eluded many of us. Fear of getting sick, loss of loved ones, forced isolation, the closing-down...

Garum Armoricum®: A Nutritional Tool for Chronic Stress

JILLIAN FINKER, ND Conditions associated with chronic stress have undoubtedly infiltrated the practice of every physician since the pandemic hit the United States in March of 2020. As a physician practicing a short distance from New York City, however, I found my...

Respiratory Parasite Named After Pokemon: ‘Pokemonas’

NODE SMITH, ND 'Pokemonas' live in round amoebae, similar to Pokémon, which are caught inside balls in the popular video game.  A research team at the University of Cologne has discovered previously undescribed bacteria in amoebae that are related to Legionella and...

PTSD & the ECS: Improved Outcomes Using Cannabinoids?

JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops as a cluster of symptoms in response to a traumatic event. The disorder appears to involve abnormal memory processing of the event, as well as impaired...

Respiratory Parasite Named After Pokemon: ‘Pokemonas’

NODE SMITH, ND 'Pokemonas' live in round amoebae, similar to Pokémon, which are caught inside balls in the popular video game.  A research team at the University of Cologne has discovered previously undescribed bacteria in amoebae that are related to Legionella and...

PTSD & the ECS: Improved Outcomes Using Cannabinoids?

JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops as a cluster of symptoms in response to a traumatic event. The disorder appears to involve abnormal memory processing of the event, as well as impaired...

Notes from the Field: January, 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...

Metabolizing Grief: A Physiologic Theory of Emotional Digestion

AMY CHADWICK, ND Every one of us must undertake an apprenticeship with sorrow. We must learn the art and craft of grief, discover the profound way it ripens and deepens us. While grief is an intense emotion, it is also a skill we develop through a prolonged walk with...

Osteoporosis Strongly Associated with Heart Disease in Women

NODE SMITH, ND Thin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women's heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral neck), and hip especially predictive of a heightened heart attack and stroke risk, suggests research in...

Researchers Talking about Indoor Air Ventilation

NODE SMITH, ND QUT air-quality expert Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska is leading an international call for a "paradigm shift" in combating airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, demanding universal recognition that infections can be prevented by improving indoor...

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