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Dr. Oz Nominated to Head CMS

Appointment Ushers In Potential Health Insurance Reform  As President-Elect Donald Trump prepares for the White House, his list of nominees for various government positions grows more controversial. Earlier this week, Trump nominated Mehmet Oz, MD to head the Centers...

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Nature’s Healing Power Gains Scientific Backing

Study shows that children cope better with mental stress when exposed to nature In a study by McGill University and Université de Montréal's Observatoire, more than 500 children with mental health issues, aged 10-12, were monitored in Quebec to determine how spending...

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New Biological Research Sheds Light on Epilepsy Treatment

Epileptic seizures could become a thing of the past. New research from UCSC, Berkeley, and UCSF combined gene therapy with optogenetics to halt seizure-like activity in neurons with positive results. During the study, which took several weeks, scientists created an...

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Tides Turn for American Health

Robert F Kennedy Jr. named U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Last week, Donald J. Trump announced the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Kennedy is known for openly discussing alternative...

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The Low Carb Diabetes Association

The Low Carb Diabetes Association

Mona Morstein, ND Association Spotlight The Low Carb Diabetes Association (LCDA) The Low Carb Diabetes Association (LCDA) is a non-profit organization committed to educating diabetic patients, caregivers, medical practitioners, businesses and the worldwide community...

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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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Adjunctive Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Adjunctive Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Botanical and Nutrient Therapies By Alexandra Mele, ND This article explores the case of a 76-year-old patient with treatment-resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It highlights how botanical medicines and nutrient therapies complement conventional care, including...

Microplastics May Be Making Our Food More Toxic, Study Warns

New research shows that tiny plastic particles in soil and water can increase the amount of toxic chemicals plants and human cells absorb, raising fresh concerns about food safety. Two studies from Rutgers Health found that lettuce exposed to both micro- and...

Friends Decrease Cortisol Levels

NODE SMITH, ND Directing a meeting, dialing up an old acquaintance, dictating the perfect tuna salad sandwich across a drive-through window. For business and for pleasure, human beings are in constant communication. Our proclivity for socialization is lifelong,...

Breathing Exercises Lower Blood Pressure as Good as Meds

NODE SMITH, ND Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as "strength training for your breathing muscles" lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication, new CU...

New Class of Memory Cells for Remembering Faces

NODE SMITH, ND Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we see a very familiar face, like that of our grandmothers. But the proposed "grandmother neuron" -- a single cell at...

Getting Closer to a Targeted Treatment for Alzheimer’s

NODE SMITH, ND A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found women on hormone therapy were up to 58% less likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, and reduction of risk varied by type and route of hormone therapy and...

Environmental Factors of Keeping Brain Young

NODE SMITH, ND A stimulating environment keeps the "hippocampus" -- which is the brain's memory control center -- young, so to speak. Causes of this are molecular mechanisms that affect gene regulation. These current findings from studies in mice provide clues as to...

RNA Can be Written into DNA

NODE SMITH, ND Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build RNA messages, which are like notes copied from the central DNA repository of recipes, so they can...

Maternal Omega-3 Levels May Prevent Breast Cancer in Offspring

NODE SMITH, ND According to researchers at Marshall University, a maternal diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids protects from breast cancer development in offspring. In a new study recently published by Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, researchers noted a...

RNA Can be Written into DNA

NODE SMITH, ND Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build RNA messages, which are like notes copied from the central DNA repository of recipes, so they can...

Maternal Omega-3 Levels May Prevent Breast Cancer in Offspring

NODE SMITH, ND According to researchers at Marshall University, a maternal diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids protects from breast cancer development in offspring. In a new study recently published by Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, researchers noted a...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Microbiome Alterations 

SAMANTHA PRYOR, ND Since this is my first article submission to NDNR, I would like to take a moment to tell you a little about myself. As I write this, I am currently employed as the last resident of the University of Bridgeport School...

Brain Hardwired for Spirituality

NODE SMITH, ND More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of spirituality and religiosity has been sparse. Previous studies have used functional neuroimaging, in which an...

Memory Helps Us Make ‘In the Moment’ Decisions

NODE SMITH, ND Scientists have long known the brain's hippocampus is crucial for long-term memory. Now a new Northwestern Medicine study has found the hippocampus also plays a role in short-term memory and helps guide decision-making. The findings shed light on how...

Giving C-Section Babies Healthy Bacteria

NODE SMITH, ND Babies born by cesarean section don't have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for the first time finds that these natural bacteria can be restored. The study appears in the journal Med. The human microbiota...

Roberts’ Formula: A Natural Remedy for IBD & Gastric Ulcers

COLEEN MURPHY, ND, LAC  Roberts’ Formula is a traditional naturopathic remedy with a long history of use for common digestive disorders. This abstract examines the origins of Roberts’ Formula, and how naturopathic luminaries like Dr Bastyr used and adapted...

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