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Reducing Childhood Asthma Risk
Bianca Garilli, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae Prenatal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation The prevalence of asthma in the United States has increased from 7.3% of the population in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010. In 2010, there were an estimated 7 million children between the ages...
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Depression — Part 2
Part 2 of 2 David Arneson, ND Many vitamins and minerals serve as cofactors and coenzymes for the production of neurotransmitters from amino acids. Our mainstay for treating depression and other mental health issues has always been intravenous (IV) nutrition and...
Research and Naturopathic Academic Medicine Service and Science in Cahoots
David J. Schleich, PhD The recent literature about academic medicine continues to reinforce the primacy of research as a foundational and sustaining activity for the naturopathic medical profession. There are always new voices and new points of view emerging that help...
An Anthroposophic View: Cultivating Our Naturopathic Conferences
Robert Kellum, ND, PhD, MSOM/LAc, LMT Becoming Custodians of Spirit Rudolf Steiner felt that an anthroposophic understanding of “spirit” must not merely be a theoretical view. Rather, it should act as an actual power in life, which, when it truly comes alive within...
Oh No, Not That!
JOSEPH KELLERSTEIN, ND James phoned for a consult the other day. He had just had a vasectomy and was suffering a few postoperative consequences (how clinical of me). Do not get me wrong; I certainly did feel sympathy. In fact, I squirmed a bit with the description. I...
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls: Bleeding, Wounds, and Ulcers
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE By these ulcers nature indicates her desire to excrete impure matter, and she only requires a little help. -Friedrich Bilz, 1898, p. 841 The greatest importance should be paid to keeping the wound perfectly clean. -Benedict Lust,...
Food Sensitivities and Epigenetics
Docere Ginger Nash, ND Determining dietary advice for our patients is notoriously complicated. As NDs, we must wrestle with this on a daily basis. Naturopathic physicians have the best training in nutritional science, and most of us have experience with a plethora of...
Hepatitis C: An Update on Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Protocols
Lyn Patrick, ND In August 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 published final recommendations for hepatitis C screening for the American public, a disease that now affects 5 million people in the United States (1 of every 50 individuals). The Centers...
Enhancing Bioavailability of Quercetin
Praevenire Jeremy Appleton, ND Quercetin is a widely distributed flavonoid in plants. Human beings regularly consume quercetin in a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbal medicines. Well-known dietary sources include onions and apples; the main source of rutin...
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Brake Pad Pollution More Toxic Than Diesel Exhaust, Study Finds
Non-Exhaust Emissions Now Major Source of Vehicle Pollution in the UK New research from the University of Southampton shows that microscopic particles released from certain brake pads can be more harmful to human lung cells than diesel exhaust. The study highlights a...
Menopause: A Clinical Framework for Empowerment
Redefining Hormonal Transition as a Process of Healing, Growth, and Inner Strength By Dr. Melissa Sophia Joy, ND Our patients may not realize that menopause is far more than a biological event—it is a profound initiation, a sacred passage that beckons women into...
Kennedy Takes Helm at HHS, Bringing Chronic Disease Focus to Nation’s Health Department
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in today as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office, with Justice Neil Gorsuch administering the oath. Kennedy now leads the nation's largest health department, overseeing a $2 trillion budget that touches nearly every...
The Importance of Self-Care in Mothers: A Flurry of Controversy
By Lillea Hartwell, ND The Nature vs. Nurture Debate and Its Impact on Mothers The nature vs. nurture debate has existed since the dawn of psychology and even earlier. Philosophers seeking to explain the origins of human personality narrowed it down to environmental...
New Plant Sterol May Lessen Anxiety
NODE SMITH, ND A natural food supplement reduces anxiety in mice, according to a new Weizmann Institute of Science study. The plant-derived substance, beta-sitosterol, was found to produce this effect both on its own and in synergic combination with an antidepressant...
Generic Corona Antibody May Be Important to Broad Spectrum Immunity
NODE SMITH, ND Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, most people in the United States already had been sick with a coronavirus, albeit a far less dangerous one. That's because at least four coronaviruses in the same general family as SARS-CoV-2 cause the benign yet...
Are Parasites Key to Longer Life?
NODE SMITH, ND Ant workers that are infected with a tapeworm live much longer than their uninfected nest-mates. Parasitic infections are usually harmful to their hosts, but there are some exceptions. According to the results of a multi-year scientific study, ants of...
How Does Cooperation Manifest Itself?
NODE SMITH, ND Cooperation as a successful strategy has evolved in both nature and human society, but understanding its emergence can be a difficult task. Researchers have to abstract interactions between individuals into mathematical formulas to be able to create a...
The Importance of Gut Health- Part 3
JAMES SENSENIG, ND 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 application, in your offices...
Uniting the Lower & Higher Self: How Homeopathic Gemstones Can Assist the Process
JARED C. PISTOIA, ND Gemstones are a relatively new addition to the homeopathic repertoire of age-old medicines made from naturally occurring substances. Medicines can be grouped according to the kingdom they are sourced...
Political Opposites May Share Intolerance to Uncertainty
NODE SMITH, ND Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization -- increased numbers of "political partisans" who view the world with an ideological bias -- is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty and a need to hold...
Intangible Assets: Hidden Financial Strengths in Naturopathic Institutions
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND This month’s title may sound like a direct-to-video action film that one might find on the far right of a row in a Netflix scroll. However, intangible assets are an important notation in accounting, and the concept behind it...
A Thriving Mind & Body Ecology: Critical Factors to Consider
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Abstract This article outlines the bidirectional links between brain function and systemic physiology, highlighting how nutrition, hydration, stress load, gut–brain signaling, the endocannabinoid system, and mitochondrial capacity shape...
Into the Frying Pan: Teaching in a Time of COVID
CHRISTOPHER MALONEY, ND In December 2019 I decided to try substitute teaching at our local charter school for the arts. They were hiring a full-time high school science teacher, so I had no pressure and only a few patients I needed to reschedule. When I asked about...
Uniting the Lower & Higher Self: How Homeopathic Gemstones Can Assist the Process
JARED C. PISTOIA, ND Gemstones are a relatively new addition to the homeopathic repertoire of age-old medicines made from naturally occurring substances. Medicines can be grouped according to the kingdom they are sourced...
Political Opposites May Share Intolerance to Uncertainty
NODE SMITH, ND Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization -- increased numbers of "political partisans" who view the world with an ideological bias -- is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty and a need to hold...
Intangible Assets: Hidden Financial Strengths in Naturopathic Institutions
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND This month’s title may sound like a direct-to-video action film that one might find on the far right of a row in a Netflix scroll. However, intangible assets are an important notation in accounting, and the concept behind it...
A Thriving Mind & Body Ecology: Critical Factors to Consider
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Abstract This article outlines the bidirectional links between brain function and systemic physiology, highlighting how nutrition, hydration, stress load, gut–brain signaling, the endocannabinoid system, and mitochondrial capacity shape...
Into the Frying Pan: Teaching in a Time of COVID
CHRISTOPHER MALONEY, ND In December 2019 I decided to try substitute teaching at our local charter school for the arts. They were hiring a full-time high school science teacher, so I had no pressure and only a few patients I needed to reschedule. When I asked about...
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...
Staying Motivated: Achieving Long-Term Success Through Intuition
SERENA GOLDSTEIN, ND We generally tend to seek help when symptoms subjectively affect our daily lives, when self-medicating doesn’t feel like enough, or when we’re considering worst-case scenarios. If our life before this...
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...
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