Many parents of children with ADHD swear that certain foods set their kids off. Doctors and researchers have been less sure. A recent study vindicates Mom & Dad…at least partially.
Exercise reduces risk for most chronic diseases, improves health in those with longstanding conditions, and when done properly, has no adverse effects. It’s powerful medicine. So why aren’t more doctors “prescribing” it? “Doctors give general recommendations—walk, stretch, take a yoga class, things like that. But they typically don’t make specific referrals. People are left on […]
“The Run” is in full-swing! On July 17, Dr. Dennis Godby, his sons Isaiah and Jeremiah, and his nephew, Jonas, left San Francisco to the cheers & encouragement of many in the holistic & natural medicine community. Their goal? Run across the continental United States and raise awareness about the role naturopathic/holistic medicine can play […]
The naturopathic community lost one of its leading lights earlier this week, with the passing of Dr. Konrad Kail on Monday morning, July 18, at his home near Phoenix, AZ. Widely loved for his clinical acumen, wry wit, and can-do spirit, Dr. Kail was among the pioneers of modern naturopathic medicine, helping to formalize, codify, […]
Google, GroupOn and Yelp are coming up with more and more ways to make it easy for patients
to find your practice. Now is the time to get your practice in a position to be dynamically relevant in the new era.
People who eat the most fish and have the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids and other polyunsaturated fats in their diets have the lowest risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other late-in-life dementias, according to a recently published systematic review.
Alarming surges in incidence of nearly all chronic diseases among children and teenagers has prompted federal agencies to fund the National Children’s Study, the most ambitious and far-reaching children’s health research program ever conducted in the US, if not the world.
The friendly folks at Disney are hoping they can make slightly happier places out of the nation’s hospitals and clinics, by imparting Disney’s customer satisfaction to healthcare leaders and administrators.
Shortly after consumers in Europe started dying from a virulent and drug-resistant form of E. coli, the worldwide media began broadcasting the provisional conclusion from European health authorities that organic produce was to blame. Evidence for that conclusion–which as prompted reactive consumers to avoid organically grown fruits and vegetables–is flimsy at best, and there are […]
Cellular longevity is governed by the length of telomeres, the DNA caps on the ends of chromosomes. Telomere length, in turn, is regulated by an enzyme called telomerase. When telomerase activity is high, so is telomere length, and this delays cellular senescence. The discoverers of this principle won a Nobel Prize for Physiology & Medicine […]
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