Node Smith, ND In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans experienced opioid addiction. Even as [...]

Node Smith, ND Researchers at McMaster University have identified several chemical signatures, detectable in blood and urine, that can accurately measure dietary intake, potentially offering a [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent Rutgers study, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, comments on a new trend that is complicating the current opiate epidemic: overdoses of loperamide, an [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent article validates the increase in patient outcomes with longer visits that concentrate on educating patients about their conditions.1 Forty-five (45) minute office visits [...]

Tolle Totum Rhonda Steinke, ND Rachel Hickey Spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is clinically recognized as pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of gestation.1 Roughly 15% of recognized pregnancies [...]

Naturopathic Perspective Alexia Georgousis, ND Burnout is becoming more and more prevalent in our community and the healthcare profession at large. According to the Ottawa Citizen, “In Canada, [...]

Too Much Time Charting Leaves Not Enough Time for Chatting with Patients No one likes it, and most of us complain about it, but just how much time are we spending doing it? Charting? The answer [...]