Tolle Causam April Blake, ND, LM Last fall I received a patient referral from a local acupuncturist – a 45-year-old woman named Jennifer who was suffering from episodes of severe […]

Vis Medicatrix Naturae Donald Brown, ND Over the past several years, there have been large projects collecting data to examine the role that the human microbiota plays in health and […]

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Francine is a tall and slender chiropractor. She has always been very athletic and a devotee of the outdoors. I have treated her over the last […]

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Vanessa is a pleasant easygoing 33-year-old secretary. She first presented early in 2000 complaining of a very severe irritable bowel syndrome. It had been ongoing for [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) Found in the Verbenaceae family, Vitex agnus-castus, chaste tree berry, is an herb in our materia medica that can profoundly influence the endocrine system and [...]

Kristina Conner, ND As naturopathic physicians, we usually find ourselves counseling patients about the determinants of health, which are disordered even in relatively healthy patients. One of [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) The moon, representing fertility, controls the waxing and waning of a woman’s cycles during her reproductive years. Moon energy represents a deep moistening and [...]

Pamela Frank, BSc (Hons), ND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a collection of symptoms caused by hyperandrogenism that affects 5%-10% of all women and often goes undiagnosed. 1 The [...]

Joe Kellerstein, DC, ND Jane was brought into the teaching clinic by her mom, who was a veteran of that same clinic. Once every 3 weeks I see patients there, […]

Kristina Conner, ND I’ve reached an interesting point in my career, becoming no longer enamored of diagnosing. Perhaps I have done it enough to realize the shortcomings of our diagnosis […]