Looking in the Mirror Before Looking in the Medicine Cabinet

Node Smith I was recently asked about hormonal balancing from a menopausal woman. She specifically asked: “what things are there to help balance my hormones?” This is a common question that naturopaths and holistic practitioners get, and the underlying assumption is very non-holistic. Let me reframe this question here: “I know that my body is […]

Wearable Sensors: The Future of Patient Centered Diagnosis and Screening

Wearable Devices To Detect Oncoming Illness We may soon find ourselves using wearable devices to indicate when an illness is on the horizon. A new Stanford study looked at the effectivity of wearable biosensor devices to indicate certain markers of illness. Technology is an integrated part of most people’s lives in today’s world. We use […]

Retrain Your Brain to Get Rid of Tinnitus

FDA-approved Treatment for Tinnitus A new FDA-approved method for treating tinnitus capitalizes on neuroplasticity and reconditioning. Tinnitus, or “ringing in the ears,” affects approximately 50 million Americans. It is especially common in people who have been exposed to loud noises for extended periods of time: musicians, factory workers, and military veterans. In fact, tinnitus is […]

Cold Weather Training

Cold water and cold weather have been hallmarks of traditional vitalist practices for hundreds of years Exposing the body to cold environments actually helps us regulate internal temperature, increase circulation, enhance oxygen utilization, and increase metabolism (which means burning more fat). It’s a process often referred to as “hardening.” How fitting, because after spending 30 […]

Protect Your Eyes: LED Screens May be Contributing to Premature Blindness

Scientists from the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) have announced that LED light, such as that emitted from digital screens, could be permanently damaging the eyes of users – which is to say: Everyone. Retinal damage and vision loss are the primary concerns of this research, which is mostly concerned with the manner in which […]

Don’t Drive After Head Injury

Stay Off the Road and Away from the Wheel Following a Concussion A new study on concussions states that it is not safe to drive up to 48 hours post-concussion – even if symptom-free.(1) A lot of studies have been conducted on concussions, primarily using athletes. Contact sports, such as football, ice hockey, rugby, and […]

Tracking Cancer Through Blood Biopsy

An NPR segment recently addressed the bright future of blood biopsies for tracking cancer and determining treatment, without the use of surgical tissue biopsy. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is one of the world’s leading centers of genomic research, and they have been working on a project to better understand metastatic breast cancer using […]

Sayer Ji Discusses the Science of Natural Healing

(NaturalPath) With heart disease being one of the biggest silent killers in the world today it would appear we don’t fully understand how to curb its deadly appeal, possibly because we don’t fully understand the heart itself. Sure, there has been countless studies and science taking a microscopic by-the-book view of heart disease, yet, it is […]