Shorts
Jule Klotter
Literature Review & Commentary
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Applied Metabolomics: Practice Ready for Prime Time?
Betsy Redmond, PhD, MMSc, RD, and David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN
Metabolites in the urine provide information about a person’s metabolic pathways. By measuring metabolites, practitioners can see how a patient is responding to nutrients, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle measures.
Women and Lyme: Creating Protocols that Honor the Rhythm of Female Hormones and Their Influence on the Immune System
Ginger Nash, ND, and Christine Schaffner, ND
Women’s hormone cycles need to be taken into account when treating Lyme and other chronic illnesses.
Paul E. Opheim, MIM, MA; Ann B. McCombs DO, DABHM, DNM; and Robert F. Waters, PhD
This small study found that a formula of neuro-energetic cell-signaling frequencies was able to improve anxiety, behavior, and physical symptoms in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Melatonin: More Than Just the Hormone That Regulates Sleep
Pamela W. Smith, MD, MPH, MS ©
Anti-aging/functional medicine specialist and author, Pamela Smith, MD, describes the many roles that melatonin plays in overall health. Melatonin receptors are expressed all over the body, affecting cardiovascular function, neurological health, immune health, the gastrointestinal system, and more.
Three New Scientific Theories to Explain Why Women Are More Susceptible to Autoimmune Disease Than Men
Dr. Chad Larson, NMD, DC, CCN, CSCS
Lab tests are available to assess the risk of developing an autoimmune-related disease, allowing patients to implement lifestyle measures that forestall illness.
The Pill Problem: Oral Contraceptives Deplete More Nutrients Than Any Other Class of Drugs
Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN
Like many pharmaceutical products, oral contraceptives produce nutrient deficiencies that need to be addressed in order to prevent a range of negative health outcomes.
Testing Updates in Women’s Health
Tori Hudson, ND
TL’s long-time columnist and expert on women’s health looks at tests that predict menopause onset, breast cancer mortality, hypothyroidism in pregnancy, and cervical dysplasia.
Guest Editorial
What Has US Medicine Got Against Vitamin C?
Davis W. Lamson, MS, ND
Spectrum of Ill Health in Infants and Children from Environmental Pollution
Paul K. L. Lam, MD
Alleviating a body’s toxic load of heavy metals and chemicals, through nutrition and chelation, relieves – and even resolves – a diverse range of non-communicable conditions, such as intrauterine growth retardation, eczema, skin lesions, neurodevelopmental delay, and more.
Functional Diarrhea
Julie Rhodes
This scholarship-winning article examines causes of chronic diarrhea and some therapeutics.
Pelvic Pain – Is It Really Pudendal Neuralgia?
Hal S. Blatman, MD
Pelvic pain symptoms, including sacroiliac joint pain, prostatitis, and vulvodynia, can stem from fascia injury and/or inflammatory reactions to specific foods.
COVID-19 Is Really Two Diseases – To Treat the Second One, You Have to Name It Correctly
Daniel Cobb, DOM
During infectious illness, the body uses up massive amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Without supplementation, prolonged deficiency leads to symptoms of acute scurvy, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and disseminated intravenous coagulation.
Letters to the Editor
Correction: Selenium – Essential Comments on an Essential Nutrient
Re: Testing for Magnesium Levels
Re: Gaby’s December Editorial
Book Excerpt
Herbal Formulas for Migraines and Other Headaches
by Jill Stansbury, ND
Ask Dr. J
Jim Cross, ND, LAc
Playing with Fire: The Pathophysiologic Effects Of Pollution
Pediatric Pearls
Michelle Perro, MD
Pediatric Dermatology Cases: An Integrative Approach to Common Rashes
Environmental Medicine Update
Marianne Marchese, ND
Prenatal Environmental Exposures and Preconceptive Care
Curmudgeon’s Corner
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
Moonlighting and Forest Bathing
Calendar of Events (In-person AND online)
Tori Hudson, ND
Women’s Health Favorites from 2020
Editorial
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Conditions That May Benefit from a Low-Nickel Diet
