You are welcome to join a community spring cleanse based on the book, “The Fasting Diet” by Dr. Steven Bailey, naturopathic doctor and internationally reknown “Detox Doc.”  The 14 day cleanse will begin Friday May 16. [Read more →]

Naturopathic doctors in Alaska are pressing through legislation to expand our scope of practice in Alaska (House bill 363 and Senate bill 107).  If you have a moment to support the cause, this is the time.   Thanks!  Check the blogspot for details:  www.AKANP.blogspot.com

If you live in a hot climate, or are planning a winter vacation in the sun, think twice before stocking up on flip-flops at Walmart.

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Three recent clinical studies, two about cocaine addiction and one about compulsive gambling, examine the role of a simple amino acid in normalizing brain chemistry of those with addiction.

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MRSA is the scourge of hospitals, but now the discovery in France of a volcanic clay with miraculous healing properties raises the prospect of a cure for it, and to other dangerous superbugs

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There’s a new wave in testing people for a so-called “body burden” of industrial chemicals in their blood stream.  The results are shocking.  A family with two young children in Oakland, CA

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A new study published in the October 2007 Lancet (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science) by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, concludes that influenza vaccinations in the US have prevented fewer deaths

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New Research on Ginseng: Pharmacogenomics and the Yin/Yang actions of ginseng: anti-tumor, angiomodulating and steroid-like activities of ginsenosides.  Chinese Medicine 2007

Long known as a whole-body tonic (the root plant, precious for centuries in Asian countries, is shaped like a person)

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The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association have released new guidelines for physical activity that recommend that healthy adults ages 18 to 65 exercise a minimum of five days per week in order to promote health and prevent disease.

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Abnormal lipids (fats) in the blood are considered one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of premature death.  Conventional wisdom has been to evaluate blood lipids after abstaining from food for 12 hours. 

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