CARRIE DECKER, ND Much to their dismay, as some patients progress through midlife, the troublesome pustules, papules, and facial redness once thought confined to puberty can resurface. Unfortunately, even though these facial changes may appear similar to acne,...
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The Skin-Hormone Connection: Balancing Hormones & Healing the Skin-Together
TREVOR CATES, ND As our body’s largest and most visible organ, skin gives us outer clues about what’s happening inside the body. This includes hormonal imbalances. Acknowledging and working with the skin-hormone connection can not only help alleviate your...
Dysfunctional Breathing Patterns in Athletes
From Ritsumeikan University Breathing patterns are an important indicator of an individual's health. A healthy individual breathes naturally using primary respiratory muscles (e.g., diaphragm muscle) that produce a rhythmic observable movement of the upper rib cage,...
The ‘Journey’ of Microplastics Through the Body
From Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona A UAB research team has managed to track the behaviour of microplastics during their "journey" through the intestinal tract of a living organism and illustrate what happens along the way. The study, carried out on Drosophila...
“Candida” May Serve a Beneficial Purpose
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Academic Medicine: The Triad is Now a Quartet
David Schleich, PhD Education Professional Formation of the Square In the higher education field, which impinges as never before on naturopathic education, there is a persistent debate underway about the changing nature of work in academic medicine. Traditional...
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Part II: What I Learned That Day in Siberia
David J. Schleich, PhD Last month, we considered some of the load-bearing facts of MOOCs, or “massive open online courses,” whose rapidly emerging presence in the higher education landscape is poised to affect naturopathic medical education. Whether we take a closer...
An Interesting Case of a Well-known Remedy
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Andrew was concerned. Despite being someone who sported a broad smile and a warm attitude, he was worried. Was he headed for a stroke? For 1 year, he had been experiencing apparently random episodes of rushes of blood to the head and chest,...
Naturopathic Treatment of Stage 1 Hidradenitis Suppurativa of the Vaginal Introitus
Hanna Ian, MS, NMD I will never forget the first time I observed the excision and drainage of a perianal cyst. The pain, pressure, and putrefactive pus, followed by packing and patch-up, left an indelible mark in my memory. While frequently referenced as an epidermoid...
Preparing Your Practice for a Remarkable 2013
JAMES MASKELL, CEO REVIVE As the last few weeks of 2012 roll around, it is a natural time to start to look at the successes and failures of the year so far and to put plans in place to build on that foundation to improve your practice in 2013. So if you had to write a...
A Craving for Licorice
Tolle Causam Jacob Schor, ND “My knees hurt so bad I feel like I’m 98 years old!” These were the first words from a new patient the other day. Gingerly half stepping and wincing her way to the large Stickley chair occupying the corner of my office, she continued: “I...
Oral Probiotic Combination for the Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
Docere Donald Brown, ND Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal infection causing significant gynecological and obstetric morbidity. Although no single pathogen has been identified as the causative agent of BV, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae are...
Proactive Breast Healthcare in Naturopathic Medicine
Breast Health and Disease Verna Hunt, DC, ND Clinically, naturopathic medicine has much to offer women in proactive care of their breasts in concert with their entire health picture. Naturopathic modalities applied to lifestyle and healthcare choices promote breast...
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‘Happy’ Nostalgia Amongst Teens Linked to Less Substance Use/Abuse
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Closeness to Nature Helps Prevent Depression
NODE SMITH, ND Depression, especially in urban areas, is on the rise, now more than ever. Mental health outcomes are influenced by, among other things, the type of environment where one lives. Former studies show that urban greenspace has a positive benefit on people...
Microglia Behind Depression/Inflammation Link
NODE SMITH, ND Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation. This is the conclusion of a study using mice carried out by researchers at Linköping...
Importance of Diagnosing (And Treating) Borderline Personality Disorder in Teen Years
NODE SMITH, ND For many years, clinicians have been hesitant to diagnose adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), believing it was a mental health "death sentence" for a patient because there was no clear treatment. Carla Sharp, professor of psychology...
Lack of Sleep Can Look a Lot Like Concussion
NODE SMITH, ND A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion -- a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly...
Perimenopause: An Undertreated Phase in Women’s Reproductive Lives
LISA BRENT, ND, LAc Perimenopause is the time period in which women transition from premenopause (the reproductive years) into menopause. Typically, these changes occur between the ages of 40 and 51 and usually last about 4 years. Perimenopause...
The Reproductive Microbiome: Profound Implications of New Research
SARAH WYLIE, ND and JACLYN CHASSE-SMEATON, ND Once upon a time, I attended the birth of a patient in a teaching hospital in Vermont. The baby was born and crying healthfully at her mother’s breast, and it was time for the mother’s uterus to contract...
Microglia Behind Depression/Inflammation Link
NODE SMITH, ND Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation. This is the conclusion of a study using mice carried out by researchers at Linköping...
Importance of Diagnosing (And Treating) Borderline Personality Disorder in Teen Years
NODE SMITH, ND For many years, clinicians have been hesitant to diagnose adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), believing it was a mental health "death sentence" for a patient because there was no clear treatment. Carla Sharp, professor of psychology...
Lack of Sleep Can Look a Lot Like Concussion
NODE SMITH, ND A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion -- a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly...
Perimenopause: An Undertreated Phase in Women’s Reproductive Lives
LISA BRENT, ND, LAc Perimenopause is the time period in which women transition from premenopause (the reproductive years) into menopause. Typically, these changes occur between the ages of 40 and 51 and usually last about 4 years. Perimenopause...
The Reproductive Microbiome: Profound Implications of New Research
SARAH WYLIE, ND and JACLYN CHASSE-SMEATON, ND Once upon a time, I attended the birth of a patient in a teaching hospital in Vermont. The baby was born and crying healthfully at her mother’s breast, and it was time for the mother’s uterus to contract...
Mechanism of Complement System Newly Discovered
NODE SMITH, ND Although the protein ITIH4 is found in large amounts in the blood, its function has so far been unknown. By combining many different techniques, researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that ITIH4 inhibits proteases in the innate immune system...
The Microbial Endocrine System
GUY CITRIN, ND I assume many of my colleagues have patients who present similarly. I myself have found that my non-serious chronically ill patients often present with similar symptoms. Clinical responses to...
Pregnenolone & Its Metabolites
CARRIE DECKER, ND When we speak of hormones, we often think of those that play a role in mediating sexual function: estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone. These hormones come from the common base molecule of cholesterol, and all 3 derive from the mother...
Scientists Reveal Mechanism that Causes Irritable Bowel Syndrome
NODE SMITH, ND KU Leuven researchers have identified the biological mechanism that explains why some people experience abdominal pain when they eat certain foods. The finding paves the way for more efficient treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other food...
The ECS-Adrenal-Stress Axis
JAKE F. FELICE, ND, LMP The endocannabinoid system (ECS) responds not only to cannabis and cannabinoid molecules; it is also positively affected by diet, exercise, acupuncture, probiotics, prebiotics, acupuncture, osteopathic...
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