GUM DISEASE CAN AFFECT FERTILITY: New research has found a strong link, primarily for non-Caucasian women, between periodontal disease and...
Latest News
Sleep loss decreases Testosterone and other health news
SLEEP LOSS DECREASES TESTOSTERONE, INCREASING HEALTH RISKS: A small study has concluded that young men who sleep less than five...
Avoid Fructose Like the Plague…
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
IODINE for Radiation Exposure
Don’t panic please. At this point radiation has only leaked from the Dai-Ichi plant and has not contaminated the air...
Astronomy picture of the day from NASA
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Acupuncture lessens pain perception and more health news
ACUPUNCTURE LESSENS PERCEPTION OF PAIN: Previously, it has been suggested that acupuncture reduces pain, although it has seldom been studied...
Resveratrol reduces cancer risk; physical fitness reduces common colds and more health news
PROBIOTIC FOOD MAY REDUCE SPONTANEOUS PRETERM DELIVERIES: A Norwegian study has found that a higher intake of probiotic dairy products...
Beware Triclosan and other Common Household Toxins
TUES., NOV. 30, 2010: JUST-RELEASED NATURAL HEALTH STUDY BPA AND ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS MAY DISRUPT IMMUNE SYSTEM: Building on previous animal...
Chili peppers reduce blood pressure and high heels accelerate degenerative arthritis
ABNORMAL SLEEP PERIODS INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: A study has shown that, even among healthy people, those who regularly get five...
Fish oil reduces heart attacks and kidney problems linked to low Vitamin C
VITAMIN D MAY BOOST HEART FAILURE SURVIVAL RATES: A study has found that heart failure patients with reduced levels of...
Metformin increases risk of low Vitamin B12
*DID YOU KNOW? Long term use of metformin, the commonly prescribed “cornerstone” type 2 diabetes drug, increases the risk of...
July 2010 Natural Medicine in the News
BRIEF EXERCISE SPURTS OFFSET AGING: Brief spurts of exercise may offset the aging effect associated with stress, according to a...
June 2010 Natural Medicine in the News
CAFFEINE AFFECTS GRANDCHILDREN’S BIRTH WEIGHT: A Dutch study examined the effects of a high intake of caffeine from coffee and...
More Benefits of Vit D
Not only does having adequate blood levels of Vit D3 significantly reduce “flu” rates, it lowers attacks in kids with...
Better Breast Self-Exam
Regular breast self-exam may be safer and more effective than mammograms. Breast awareness is critical to the all-important early detection...
Do I still need a PAP?
Apparently “standards of care” (the medical model’s sacred cow) are shifting. The NY Times recently published a good article about...
Pure Synergy superfood
Wild About ‘Pure Synergy’ I’m really enjoying my latest discovery of a multi vitamin/mineral/superfood. Check out ‘Pure Synergy‘ and read...
Homeopathic Vaccination Schedule
HOMEOPATHIC IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE Disease/Homeopathic Immunizing Nosode
Natural Strategies to Prevent “Swine Flu”
Healthcare providers and concerned citizens worldwide want to prevent H1N1 flu, now considered a pandemic, from infecting their communities, schools,...
Pills That Make Us Fat
published in the March 8, 2008 issue of New Scientist Magazine by Harvard researcher Paula J. Caplan Walk down any...
Splenda Exerts Numerous Adverse Effects
Abstract Splenda is comprised of the high-potency artificial sweetener sucralose (1.1%) and the fillers maltodextrin and glucose.
Are Anti-Oxidants Bad for Your Health?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/health/research/12exer.html?em This link to the May 12 New York Times (which publishes an excellent Health Science section every Tuesday) is...
Managing Diabetes, Treating Kidney Stones, Is SOY OK?
Random clinical pearls from the 2008 Naturopathic Medicine convention in Phoenix, AZ (Aug 13-17, 2008) on DIABETES management, the question...
An Amino Acid to Combat Addiction
Three recent clinical studies, two about cocaine addiction and one about compulsive gambling, examine the role of a simple amino...
New Research Confirms Healing Power of Clay
MRSA is the scourge of hospitals, but now the discovery in France of a volcanic clay with miraculous healing properties...
Industrial Chemicals in our Blood
There’s a new wave in testing people for a so-called “body burden” of industrial chemicals in their blood stream. The...
Flu Shots Don’t Reduce Flu Deaths
A study published in the October 2007 Lancet (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science) by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD,...
Is Ginseng good for my health?
Research on Ginseng: Pharmacogenomics and the Yin/Yang actions of ginseng: anti-tumor, angiomodulating and steroid-like activities of ginsenosides. Chinese Medicine 2007...
Fitness Guidelines for a Healthy Heart
The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association have released new guidelines for physical activity that recommend...
Alaska’s Capital City Nixes Fluoridation
On October 2 the citizens of Juneau, Alaska voted to keep sodium fluoride OUT of our pure, glacial-melt water. It...
Osteoporosis Update
Loss of height of one inch or more may be an indicator of a vertebral fracture.That means one of the...
Stress Reduction Tips
“Stress” produces very real physical, mental and emotional changes, which are cummulative. Severe stress can cause permanent damage. So, it’s...
Bar Soap: Another way to go Green
It is said that Cleopatra bathed in milk, honey, and essential oils followed by gentle abrasion with fine white sand....
Find a Naturopathic Doctor
Q: Can you recommend a Naturopathic Doctor near me?