Tolle Totum Lisa Ghent, ND Atopic diseases are a collection of problems that arise when the immune system has an exaggerated IgE-mediated response to what are normally harmless antigens.1 Atopic [...]

Node Smith, ND Previous research has shown that growing up on a farm with animals may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies by half. The protective effect is attributed to the diverse microbial [...]

Botanical Insights Jillian Stansbury, ND Neopicrorhiza schrophulariiflora and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora have been used traditionally for allergies, asthma, and inflammatory disorders, [...]

Node Smith, ND The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) has published an updated ingredient-specific monograph that summarizes selected scientific and clinical studies of Pycnogenol®, a [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent research study on the use of individualized homeopathic treatment in Asthma was published. The article title is: Efficacy of individualized homeopathy in bronchial asthma [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent article addresses the gastrointestinal issues that many children with autism experience and link it to changes in inflammation mediated by a dysregulation in the immune [...]

Node Smith, ND A study from the New England Journal of Medicine, questions whether increasing inhaled steroids at the first sign of asthma exacerbation is a good idea.1 The doubling, tripling or [...]

Node Smith, ND Sugary Drinks and the Asthma Link The American Thoracic Society recently concluded in a study that children who consume large amounts of sugary beverages in early childhood, or if [...]

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls [Nature’s] ways are so simple and harmonious, that people are confounded by her very simplicity. Besides, her remedies do not cost enough [...]

Montelukast found to Cause higher rates of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) A common pharmaceutical used for asthma, montelukast, was found to cause significantly higher rates of adverse drug [...]