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The ‘Heart’ of Natural Medicine: A Case Study
Dicken Weatherby, ND Studies suggest that men have around a 50% lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease after the age of 40. I’d like to share a relevant case study (abbreviated due to space limitations) that illustrates how natural, or alternative,...
Treating Prehypertension and Hypertension
Stephen Parcell, ND Being male puts a patient at increased risk of getting cardiovascular disease (CVD) mostly because men get CVD approximately 10 years earlier than women. Increased risk begins at age 55 for men and 65 for women. Hormonal factors are hypothesized to...
Advanced Testing for Cardiovascular Disease: Examining Lipoproteins
Dicken Weatherby, ND Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of men and women in the U.S. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2005, 25.6 million “non-institutionalized” adults were diagnosed with heart disease in the U.S. (Pleis and...
The Psychoenergetic Background of Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized nations of the West. The official cause is usually infarction, stroke or heart failure, but of course the underlying vascular damage begins much earlier. We know that in most cases, high blood...
Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes: Carotid IMT Scanning
Last year, 64% of women and 50% of men who died suddenly of a heart attack had no prior knowledge of their heart disease. Forty to fifty percent of all heart attack patients have a “normal” cholesterol profile. As NDs, we recognize that cholesterol – even abnormally...
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Study Connects Common Weed Killer to Long-Term Brain Changes
Even after six months without exposure, glyphosate's harmful effects persist in brain tissue Groundbreaking research reveals that exposure to glyphosate, America's most widely used herbicide, leads to lasting brain inflammation and accelerates Alzheimer's-like...
Visceral Fat Affects Alzheimer’s, Before Disease Onset
Researchers at the Radiological Society of North America report a connection between visceral fat that surrounds the organs and Alzheimer's. Study findings predict the disease 20 years before any symptoms show. During research, the relationship between specific...
Air Pollution Tied to Pregnancy Risk
When it comes to increasing inflammation during pregnancy, fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is to blame, a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study finds. While it was previously known that poor air quality is harmful, this study highlights the importance...
Potential Federal Health Reform Takes Shape as Trump Picks New NIH Director
What started as speculation about evolving health policy in the U.S., with Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination as the secretary of health and human services, continues to look like change is coming. Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump nominated...
Cannabis Use Linked to Psychosis in Some Young Adults
Proponents of cannabis say that there is no harm in smoking a joint, but a new study by McGill University finds otherwise. The research indicates young adults at high risk for psychosis can aggravate their symptoms by using cannabis. While it has been known in the...
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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...
Are You the Block in Your Patient Compliance?
Practice Building James Maskell is CEO of Revive NYC Without patient compliance, a Naturopathic physician, no matter how honed their clinical skills, has virtually no chance of helping a patient get well. Whether it be drinking more water, remembering to take their...
Five Things Naturopaths Can Learn from the Olympic Games
Revive NYC James Maskell, CEO My wife and I just returned from a couple of weeks in England at the London Olympics. The experience was fantastic, with a unique atmosphere in London and without even a sniff of the typical British pessimism. As a Brit and ex-London...