Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Unlike other senses, our sense of smell has direct neural pathways to emotional processing centers in the brain which includes the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbitofrontal cortex (OFO). This makes detection of odor intricately related to emotions. 1-3 Many people have experienced firsthand how pleasant or unpleasant odors impact their mood. However, […]
Dr. Sarah A LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Last week I was discussing with an esteemed colleague how I implement the safe use of essential oils with my patients. A question that emerged in our conversation was if there was a direct comparison of the potency of essential oils to supplements or herbs that contain them. I
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLobisco Harmed by Treatment? Last month, I discussed the sad statistics on healthcare and the issues of basing diagnoses on labs and imaging. Now, it’s time to discuss the big elephant in the room. It’s based on the fact that the treatment, which uses the potential biased lab markers and imaging
Dr. Sarah A LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Originally published on NDNR.com The Study A recent Canadian study sought to examine if there was an associated risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy.1-3 The researchers identified 145,456 singleton full-term infants from an ongoing population-based cohort that took place from 1998-2009, the
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco A fact that many naturopathic, functional, and integrative practitioners have been well-aware of, and frankly alarmed by, is the ineffectiveness of our current healthcare model to effect meaningful and lasting positive changes in our society’s wellness outcomes. In fact, many doctors, regardless of specialty, are discouraged that even if their
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Recently, the IARC (International Agency of Research on Cancer), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned the public that consumption of processed meat and red meat could be linked to cancer. This resulted from the findings for a working group of 22 experts who reviewed over 800 studies.
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco According to the article in JAMA in which the new guidelines were based, the American Cancer Society (ACS) “organized an interdisciplinary guideline development group (GDG) consisting of clinicians (n = 4), biostatisticians (n = 2), epidemiologists (n = 2), an economist (n = 1), and patient representatives (n = 2).”
Sarah A LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Can Lifestyle and Supplements Protect Us From These Detrimental Radiation Effects? We can’t escape radiation exposure.1-7 It’s present naturally in our environment, in some of the foods we eat, our water supply, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, radioactive power generation, consumer products, military and industrial sources, and, of course, the cell
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND In a 2015 study conducted by the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers found Bisphenol AF has strong links to breast cancer. More than 80,000 chemicals are registered for use in the United States. Each year, an estimated 2,000 new ones are introduced for use in such everyday items
Who’s Inhabiting Who? Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco We have entered an exciting new frontier in healthcare! It’s related to the emergence of a scientific specialty called microbiomology, the study of the various microbes in our bodies and how they modulate our health. The Clinical Microbiology and Infection journal states, “the microbiome constitutes the last
