NODE SMITH, ND You might remember you ate cereal for breakfast but forget the color of the bowl. Or recall watching your partner put the milk away but can't remember on which shelf. A new Northwestern Medicine study improved memory of complex, realistic events similar...
NODE SMITH, ND Teenagers with happy childhood memories are likely to drink less, take fewer drugs and enjoy learning, according to research published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction Research & Theory. The findings, based on data from nearly 2,000 US high...
NODE SMITH, ND Depression, especially in urban areas, is on the rise, now more than ever. Mental health outcomes are influenced by, among other things, the type of environment where one lives. Former studies show that urban greenspace has a positive benefit on people...
NODE SMITH, ND Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation. This is the conclusion of a study using mice carried out by researchers at Linköping...
NODE SMITH, ND For many years, clinicians have been hesitant to diagnose adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), believing it was a mental health "death sentence" for a patient because there was no clear treatment. Carla Sharp, professor of psychology...
NODE SMITH, ND A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion -- a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly...
LISA BRENT, ND, LAc Perimenopause is the time period in which women transition from premenopause (the reproductive years) into menopause. Typically, these changes occur between the ages of 40 and 51 and usually last about 4 years. Perimenopause...
SARAH WYLIE, ND and JACLYN CHASSE-SMEATON, ND Once upon a time, I attended the birth of a patient in a teaching hospital in Vermont. The baby was born and crying healthfully at her mother’s breast, and it was time for the mother’s uterus to contract...
NODE SMITH, ND Although the protein ITIH4 is found in large amounts in the blood, its function has so far been unknown. By combining many different techniques, researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that ITIH4 inhibits proteases in the innate immune system...
GUY CITRIN, ND I assume many of my colleagues have patients who present similarly. I myself have found that my non-serious chronically ill patients often present with similar symptoms. Clinical responses to...
Joseph Thomas, MD, MBA, Fellow of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine In collaboration with Oxygen Health Systems Abstract Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has gained traction as an adjunct in sports medicine, particularly in concussion management and musculoskeletal injury....
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JAMES SENSENIG, ND CHARLEY CROPLEY, ND 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 clinical...
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Over the last 2 years, we have experienced the burden of living in the COVID era. There is no psychological preparation for such an event. There is constant uncertainty. There is also fear, sensationalized media, employment changes, and...
NICOLE CAIN, ND, MA MICHELLE MADDUX, ND Anxiety and depression are not new issues for human beings. However, their prevalence has been increasing at shocking rates over the past few years. Preliminary data estimates that depression rates have tripled since...
JOYCE KNIEFF, ND, EAMP, RH(AHG) Sleep problems have long been a common complaint. Global studies estimate that it has historically affected from 10-30% of the general population.1 Recently, global uncertainty has increased and this prevalence is estimated to be...
AMY CHADWICK, ND Adaptability is essential for survival. But responding to stressors, or more importantly, thriving mentally, emotionally, and physically, is not simply a reflexive action of constricted default modes. Adaptability, as we tend to discuss it in clinical...
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX Fans of ASMR videos are more likely to be sensitive to their surroundings and feelings, University of Essex research has revealed. ASMR, which stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, has swept the internet with millions watching viral...
ETH ZURICH A team of ETH researchers led by Athina Anastasaki have succeeded in breaking down plastic into its molecular building blocks and in recovering over 90 percent of them -- a first step towards genuine plastic recycling. The chemical industry has a long...