Dr. Jennifer Bahr, ND @DrJenniferBahr Mental health and endocrine health are intimately related. Dysfunction of the endocrine system often causes both mental and physical symptoms. Likewise, mental health conditions often cause endocrine dysfunction. This occurs through a (sometimes vicious) biopsychosocial cycle where alterations on one area lead to a cascade of effects in the other. […]
Dr. Taryn Deane, ND @DrTarynDeane With a new crew of doctors graduating from Naturopathic college last week, another cohort leaving the comfort of the IHN walls this fall and 173 students from Boucher struggling after a week of exam beatdowns, I feel it’s timely to share some tips that should make the process of becoming a competent and healthy practitioner smoother
Dr. Chris Roberts, BSc. (Hons), BEd., ND In the last article, we discussed diagnostic aspects of panic. Now we’ll move on to discuss treatment. After first briefly covering referral and education, we’ll move on to a review of the evidence for a few non-pharmacological options for treating this condition. Referral and Patient Education Referring patients with
Dr. Amy Bader, ND @AmyBaderND Hello, ladies! I hope you have enjoyed my series so far. I encourage you to continue your assignments from previous articles as we welcome in a new year. Let’s pledge to make this our best year yet in terms of personal growth and health. Making positive changes to optimize health
Dr. Paul Epstein, ND Mindfulness: A powerful therapeutic tool of mind-body medicine and its health benefits in the healing process There is an ever growing body of evidence pointing to the role of the mind and its healing power in the treatment of stress, pain, mental, emotional and physical illness. Mind-body approaches such as guided
Dr. Stacey Shillington, ND Ah, sleep. The most inexpensive and effective beauty treatment out there. Sleep has always been a big part of my life, and not always in a positive way. In fact, rarely in a positive way: I have been a chronic insomniac for over 10 years and I am also the mother
Dr. Steve Rissman, ND @StevenMRissman I’ve been helping my son with his math homework the last few days. Do you remember >, <, or = in math? I recently heard a presentation by Terry Real, author of “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”, a well-known text on depression in men. The talk was about
Dr. Taryn Deane, ND @DrTarynDeane Hi, and welcome to the health revolution. Why mark business proposals at home, when you can do it here? The way that we receive, store and access information has changed significantly over the last several years. This can be terrifying or thrilling, but in either case it is game changing.
Dr. Chris Roberts, BSc. (Hons), BEd., ND You’ve probably seen images of or read about the Greek god, Pan. He’s that little half-goat with the iconic flute; a nature god connoting fertility and forest groves. What you probably didn’t know is that he also had a weapon: a terrifying scream. When passers-by disturbed Pan’s naps,
Dr. Jennifer Bahr, ND @DrJenniferBahr At only 5 years old Tyler was already on 2 psychotropic medications, and had been for over a year. They would work for about a month at a time and then inevitably needed to be increased or changed. It seemed that the increases were happening faster than could be explained
