Education David J. Schleich, PhD Recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the importance of that nifty little town in the naturopathic profession's early history. Regrettably, the only fragments of that special period of Benedict and Louisa...
Education David J. Schleich, PhD A generation ago we were a tiny cohort of naturopathic students learning medicine in a Southeast Portland, OR, storefront. Today, NUNM is living a strategic plan called A Framework for Action, which, now in its third 5-year iteration,...
Student Scholarship – 1st Place Research Review Cecilia L. Stevens, PhD Shabita Teja, BPharm, ND Chronic pain is commonly defined as any pain lasting longer than 12 weeks in duration. This informal definition was developed to describe neuralgia that lingered after...
Naturopathic Perspective Andrea Gruszecki, ND Many aspects of human physiology are influenced by levels of steroid sex hormones, and the immune system is no exception. A thorough evaluation and understanding of an autoimmune patient’s native hormone metabolism may...
Tolle Totum Holly Lucille, ND, RN If you have patients with an autoimmune condition, it’s not surprising. According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a division of the National Institutes of Health, autoimmune diseases affect over 23...
Node Smith, ND When we listen to loud music, or a fire engine drives by we often experience impaired hearing for a short time afterward. Researchers at Linköping University have uncovered the underlying mechanism for why this happens. Underlying mechanism of momentary...
Node Smith, ND A team from the Department of Psychological Medicine and Department of Biochemistry at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has found that seniors who consume more than two standard portions of mushrooms weekly may have 50 per cent reduced odds of...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Tanya Lee, ND Autoimmune diseases are complex, multifactorial conditions that arise from the loss of “self tolerance” and the infiltration of inflammatory cells within the target tissue. The pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases appears to be...
Node Smith, ND A new short-term pilot study in children and teens 6-17 years old with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shown saffron to be as effective at controlling symptoms as methylphenidate, the commonly prescribed drug Ritalin.1 Saffron may be...
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Elena Krasnov, BSc, ND A 55-year-old female patient presented with a sharp pain in the throat area, which began in January 2016 and had lasted over 3 weeks by the time she consulted me. She had originally thought she had a sore throat. Two...
Phranq D. Tamburri, NMD Abstract: A rare Gleason 10 prostate cancer in an 80‑year‑old veteran with a persistently low PSA challenges conventional risk models, highlights the limits of PSA‑based screening, and illustrates how active surveillance, patient personality,...
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NODE SMITH, ND Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in humans, according to new research that explores the genes governing circadian rhythms in plants. The research shows a single letter change in their DNA code can potentially decide whether a...
NODE SMITH, ND Social holidays improve holiday makers' overall satisfaction with life, as well as satisfaction with the quantity and quality of their leisure time, and social life, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The study analyzed the...
NODE SMITH, ND This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make...
NODE SMITH, ND Drinks with sucrose compared to glucose may cause young adults to produce lower levels of appetite-regulating hormones, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Too much sugar...
NODE SMITH, ND The environment is polluted by microplastics worldwide. The tiny particles enter food chains, and thereby the digestive systems of animals and humans; moreover, they can be inhaled. Instead of being excreted, small microplastics can be incorporated into...
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 field. It’s not meant to be...
MICHAEL TRAUB, ND, DHANP, FABNO Medicinal mushrooms play an essential role in the treatment of cancer. In the past decade, the use of mycotherapy has attracted much attention in the efforts to understand various benefits and the possible mechanisms through which...