Arlene B. Donar, ND Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic, debilitating, multifactorial syndrome characterized by excessive urgency and frequency of urination, suprapubic pain, dyspareunia and pelvic pain along with negative urine cultures. The course of the disease...
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Autoimmunity and the Role of Women’s Hormones
Mary Shackelton, MPH, ND The topic of autoimmunity is vast and complicated. Clinicians working with a female demographic have undoubtedly encountered many conditions related to autoimmunity and have perhaps questioned female-specific variables that affect the...
Biofilms and Urinary Tract Health: Part 2 of 2
Nita Bishop, ND and Rowan Hamilton, MNIMH Have antibiotics been designed around the wrong premise? More than 100 years ago, Robert Koch made an important breakthrough in the history of microbiology by developing methods to create a solid nutrient media to...
February 2009 | Women’s Medicine
Vis Medicatrix Naturae The Sitz Bath in Gynecology Kristina Conner, ND A traditional treatment revisited Surgical Removal of Giant Lipoma Hilary Costello, ND Experiencing the forward progression of naturopathic medicine Homeopathic Opium Case Study Michele Deisering,...
Improving Estrogen Dominance With Food and Herbal Medicine
Jillian Stansbury, ND Estrogen dominance is extremely common in the general U.S. population and is associated with the discomforts of PMS, the pathologies of breast cysts, ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids, as well as contributory to the emergence of hormone-related...
Irregular Menstruation: Overview and Case Studies
Marie Rodriguez, ND Many women report getting periods early, late or even skipping a period altogether during times of greater stress – a move, travel, new job, etc. Irregular periods can affect up to 20% of women, and are often harmless. It is when a woman reports...
Breast Cancer Review: The ASCO Report
Gurdev Parmar, ND, FABNO and Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO Each year the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) holds a meeting that few NDs attend. Article co-author Gurdev Parmar, ND, FABNO went to this year’s meeting and gleaned through the many presentations those...
Breast Thermography and Cancer: A Case Study
Katy Nelson, ND The intention in presenting this case study is to increase the understanding of the use of breast thermography as a breast cancer screening tool and to further discuss its best applications. Case Background Marquette, Mich., in Michigan’s Upper...
The Sitz Bath in Gynecology: A Traditional Treatment Revisited
Kristina Conner, ND Hydrotherapy, a cornerstone of classic naturopathic medicine and once recognized as a powerful healing tool in the days before the dominance of allopathic medicine, saw its heyday in the latter half of the 19th century. By the 1860s, it is...
Surgical Removal of Giant Lipoma
Hilary Costello, ND It was a beautiful spring day in Portland. My day at the office was filled with diverse and unique dermatology cases. One patient, Mrs. A (61 years old), accompanied by her friendly husband, presented with complaints of a lump on her back,...