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Your Victory on the McCain Bill
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Vitamin C in the News
by Owen Fonorow
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ACTION ALERT: Senator McCain Files New Bill That Attacks Your Access to Supplements and Repeals Key Sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
Reprinted from an e-mail from ACAM Advocacy
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Letter
Possible implications of HR3200
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Does Everything Cause Cancer, Even Vitamins?
Folate, B-12 and Cigarettes: Guess Who the Real Culprit Is
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From the Archives: December 2006
Phytotherapy Review & Commentary
Black Cohosh and Liver Injury
by Kerry Bone, FNIMH, FNHAA

From the Archives: May 2007
Naturopathic Approaches to Diabetic Kidney Disease
by Alex Tan, ND, and Jacob Leone, ND
Controlling high blood sugar and hypertension is essential in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. In this article, the authors review naturopathic therapies – prevention, diet, smoking cessation, and supplement use – that address these central challenges and promote and restore good health.

From the Archives: December 2007
Naturopathic Perspectives
The Liver Cleanse and Gallbladder Flush: Separating Fact from Fiction
Jason Barker, ND

From the Archives: December 2007
Alpha Lipoic Acid and Liver Disease

by Burton M. Berkson, MD, MS, PhD
Dr. Berkson's pioneering use of alpha lipoic acid in liver disease treatment resulted in remarkable success. Since then, he has continued to use alpha lipoic acid in a triple antioxidant approach that also includes silymarin and selenium with continued documented results. In this article, he reviews his exciting history with alpha lipoic acid and also presents three case histories.

From the Archives: May 2007
Naturopathic Approaches to Diabetic Kidney Disease
by Alex Tan, ND, and Jacob Leone, ND
Controlling high blood sugar and hypertension is essential in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. In this article, the authors review naturopathic therapies – prevention, diet, smoking cessation, and supplement use – that address these central challenges and promote and restore good health.

Letter from the Publisher

The Naturopathic Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
by John Hahn, DPM, ND
The majority of diabetes patients with neuropathy have undetected symptoms, which also lead to the most significant morbidity and mortality. Strategies such as remittive therapy – restoring nerve function through nutritional supplementation – can lessen or reverse the process.

Nutrition and Lyme Disease
by Nicola McFadzean, ND
The author of a groundbreaking new book on this topic shares her insights on the critical role of dietary choices in treating this condition.

The Infection Deception: Unanswered Questions about the Swine Flu Controversy – Part 1
by Len Saputo, MD, and Byron Belitsos
This article investigates the government's H1N1 vaccine program, examining the role of the CDC, the WHO, and other agencies – and concludes that something just doesn't add up.

How Can We Cure NO/ONOO− Cycle Diseases?
Approaches to Curing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, and Possibly Many Others

by Martin L. Pall, PhD
Despite the development of various protocols, none has produced many cures for this biochemical vicious cycle, thought to cause chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), fibromyalgia (FM), and possibly many other diseases. The author proposes an explanation and offers strategies that could lead to better outcomes.

Osteoarthritis:
Selected Research, New Ideas, Promising Approaches

by Tori Hudson, ND
Despite a wealth of botanical and pharmaceutical therapies, there is still a need for effective treatments of this most common form of arthritis. Dr. Hudson has compiled some of the latest insights into the pathophysiology of this condition, and looks at promising treatment approaches.

Rife Technology Manufacturer Jailed in FDA Case
In a troubling setback for alternative medicine, James Folsom was found guilty in the case involving the sale of Global Wellness devices, which many people had found helpful in improving their symptoms.

Columns

Anti-Aging Medicine
The Anti-Aging Lifestyle Aims to Slash the National Diabetes Epidemic
Ronald Klatz, MD, DO, and Robert Goldman, MD, PhD, DO

Health Risks & Environmental Issues
CSA, Atrazine, and DDT Update
Rose Marie Williams, MA

Pathways to Healing
Guided Imagery Aids US Troops
Elaine Zablocki

Shorts
Jule Klotter

War on Cancer
Ralph Moss, PhD

Townsend's New York Observer
Third Column on Knockout, a Book on Cancer, by Suzanne Somers
Marcus A. Cohen

Optimizing Metabolism
Reversing Diabetes with The Fat Factor
Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH

Literature Review & Commentary
Alan R. Gaby, MD

Healing with Homeopathy
Homeopathic Potency Selection Simplified
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, and Robert Ullman, ND

Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology Review and Commentary
Robert Anderson, MD, FAAFP, FACPM, ABHM

Exercise is Medicine
Weight Training for Belly Fat?
Jade Teta, ND, CSCS, and Keoni Teta, ND, LAc, CSCS

Editorials

The Scooter Store and the Health-Care Crisis
Alan R. Gaby, MD

Letters to the Editor

Headache Can Be Treated with Understanding the Roots

Hoffer Article Inspires Poem

Device Helps in Understanding Health Issue
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In the News

Symposium Highlights GI Detoxification

Premier Research Labs Receives Good Manufacturing Practices Certification

Tests Show Many Milk Thistle Supplements Low in Key Component


Reviews

The Depression Cure
by Stephen S. Ilardi, PhD
review by Adrianne Harun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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