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 [...]

TIM SHANNON, ND, DHANP  I began my naturopathic studies at NUNM (then called “NCNM”) in 1996. Several years prior to starting my naturopathic education, I became intrigued with [...]

Student Scholarship – Honorable Mention Case Study Ashley Segal Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms experienced by women during menopause. However, hot flashes [...]

A study on red clover recently showed that using fermented red clover extract may decrease both the number and severity of hot flashes experienced by post-menopausal women.1 Red clover has been a [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Memoirs of a Perimenopausal Woman I’m lying in my bed at night, sound asleep, deep in a dream. From somewhere comes a feeling in my dantian—a clicking sensation, [...]

Kristen Haabala, ND Mark Kaye, DC Menopause is the clinical term used after menstruation has ceased for 1 year, after which women are considered postmenopausal.1 In the last 1 to 2 years before [...]

Katy Nelson, ND The buzz of “bioidentical hormone replacement therapy” (BHRT) is all around us. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT—“hostage rescue team,” in Federal Bureau of Investigation [...]

Joseph Kellerstein, ND As you may remember, several months ago I treated a longtime patient for an unusual presentation of vaginitis. For this article, we will call her Susan. She responded very [...]

Joseph Kellerstein, ND Homeopathy has been regarded in some naturopathic circles as being “too esoteric.” That is another name for airy-fairy or not good enough for us hard-headed scientists who [...]

Aminah A. Keats, ND, FABNO Ever since oophorectomy was first shown to cause regression of advanced breast cancer more than a century ago, deprivation of estrogenic signaling has been the mainstay [...]