Node Smith, ND Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study. 'Repetitive negative thinking' (RNT) linked to subsequent cognitive decline In the study of people aged over 55, published in...
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REM Sleep Important in Retaining Memories
Node Smith, ND The presence of dreaming during rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep indicates that memory formation may occur during this sleep stage. But now, researchers from Japan have found that activity in a specific group of neurons is necessary for memory...
Thyroid Infection May Follow COVID-19 in Some Patients
Node Smith, ND COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis, according to a new case study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis Subacute thyroiditis is an inflammatory thyroid...
COVID-19 May Lead to Delirium and PTSD
Node Smith, ND People taken ill by coronavirus infections may experience psychiatric problems while hospitalized and potentially after they recover, suggests an analysis of past research led by the UCL Institute of Mental Health with King's College London...
How the Coronavirus Transferred From Animals to Humans
Node Smith, ND A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shapeshifting as it gained the ability to infect human cells. Virus was...
A Molecule that May Stop Drug Cravings
Node Smith, ND Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampens the physiological rewards of cocaine in mice. It also may represent a new class of drugs that could be more specific with fewer side effects than current...
What Happens in the Brain to ‘Disconnect’ During Sleep?
Node Smith, ND During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active. Now, a series of new studies by researchers at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of...
Physician Heal Thyself: It’s in the Roots of Our Medicine
Aaron Wong, ND, RTC Imagine how we would feel if we went to work feeling passionately inspired to see all of our patients. Challenges would come up, but in those times we would know we could make decisions clearly and ethically and that if we needed help, we could...
Notes from the Field: March, 2020
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls Jared L. Zeff, ND, VNMI, LAc The following is not an article prepared for a medical journal. Not every statement of fact is cited or referenced. This is a commentary on the medicine, a running set of observations about practice in the...
Complex Chronic Illness: Retraining the System with Mind-Body Medicine
Tolle Totum Lauren Tessier, ND Naturopathic physicians are taught to treat the whole person and find the underlying cause of illness. In times of quick appointments, mountains of paperwork, and insurance mandates, we rarely have the time to have more than a “bare...
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Strive Compounding Pharmacy Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk
ARCADIA TALLMAN Strive Compounding Pharmacy has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, alleging a coordinated effort to suppress competition and restrict patient access to lawful compounded GLP-1 medications. The complaint, filed on...
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Epigenetics: Growing Up in a Toxic World – Part 2
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Abstract In Part II of this series on pediatric epigenetics, Dr. Chris Meletis explores how modern environmental exposures—including stress, sedentary lifestyles, EMFs, and widespread toxins—can lead to harmful epigenetic modifications that...
Immune Function & Competence: Gut Microbial Influences
MICHELLE MADDUX, ND Abstract This article reviews the critical role of the gut microbiome in immune system development, barrier integrity, and regulation of inflammatory and autoimmune responses. It highlights mechanisms such as short-chain fatty acid...
Poverty Correlates to Smaller Brain Areas
NODE SMITH, ND Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or documented mental health disparities between...
Tick Tubes: Stopping Lyme in Its Tracks
JACOB SCHOR, ND, FABNO This past winter, my wife and I saved all the cardboard tubes at the core of toilet paper and paper towel rolls. Today (early March), I will use them to make “tick tubes.” Our nearest neighbor, a...
Wired for Self-Healing- Part 2
JAMES SENSENIG, ND LOUISE EDWARDS, ND, LAC 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...
Speeding Up Tendon Healing
NODE SMITH, ND Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, have shown how the simple act of walking can power an implantable stimulator device to speed up treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. The results of have been...
Ouroboros: The Cycle of Renewal in Medical Education
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Life is full of cycles of birth, growth, senescence, and death, only to start anew. As we study biology in medical school, we learn about cell cycles, biochemical cycles, and feedback loops that grow, self-extinguish, and then start up...








