Karen L. Glick, RN, BSN, CPYT As the practice of yoga in the United States continues to grow in popularity, we learn more about its many benefits. Most of us begin our interest in yoga as yet another approach to physical fitness. However, as we continue we experience...
Women’s Health
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Update on Endometriosis: The Need for a Comprehensive Approach
Amy Day, ND On October 7-8, 2005 a group of more than 700 practitioners, patients and endo activists converged in Milwaukee, WI to share and learn all the latest about endometriosis (endo) at the Endometriosis Association’s 25th anniversary conference. This is a...
Naturopathic Physicians—Comprehensive and Effective Providers for Women
Carrie Louise Daenell, ND By the age of 65, 80% of all women will report arthritic problems. According to the Surgeon General, 50% of American women are currently overweight or considered obese. Moreover, female obesity rates have risen to 36%1, surpassing those of...
Hyperestrogenism
Michael Ancharski, ND Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects between 30% and 40% of all U.S. women of reproductive age. Fifteen million women (predominantly in their 30s and 40s) are found to have symptoms severe enough to markedly disrupt their lives in the luteal...
Scalp Rejuvenation
By Suneil Jain, NMD A 52-year-old female presented with alopecia and pruritic scalp. With a diagnosis of vitiligo and lichen planopilaris, the patient has been treated for the past seven years at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. She has cycled between various...
Bulimia
Eugene Quan, ND, RPh The door was opened a crack and I peered in. Bending over the toilet, I saw Mac, vomiting. I open the door completely and Mac glared up at me. “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you call?” she demanded. I just stood there and stared at her. I...
Aromatic Therapies in the Treatment of Infertility
Shaida Sina, ND One of the issues of infertility in women is not getting pregnant but staying pregnant. Conception and fetal growth is a delicate balance of hormones, environment, and nutrition; therefore, anything affecting this delicate balance can be problematic. I...
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...