Heartburn & Heartbeats Reversing Stage 3 Kidney Disease
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NATUROPATHIC NEWS WNC Update: Naturopathic Medicine NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR NEWS & REVIEW in the Western Pacific Region ............ >>9 VOLUME 14 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2018 | AUTOIMMUNE / ALLERGY MEDICINE Jon Wardle, ND, PhD Naturopathic medicine is thriving in Western Pacific countries. Dr Wardle explains. Tolle Totum EDUCATION Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications Reversing Stage 3 for the Naturopathic Industry ........... >>12 Alethea Fleming, ND Dr Fleming describes the first in a series of herbal Kidney Disease textbooks by Dr Jill Stansbury. Collaborative Teaching & Learning: A Case Study What Mary Goggins Taught .............. >>26 David J. Schleich, PhD Teachers and students can learn a lot about team SHAWNA EISCHENS, ND power of the body to repair itself when work from a 6th grade Irish teacher. provided with the proper conditions to Why is my urine frothy? do so. I was confident and hopeful for What can I do to help my kidneys from this particular patient because he had VIS MEDICATRIX NATURAE being damaged even further? already shown a level of commitment Diverticulitis: Naturopathic Care ..... >>13 What is the cause of protein in my urine? by drastically changing his diet. When Mona Morstein, ND patients are invested in their health, I The vast majority of diverticulitis patients can be successfully treated naturopathically. “ ohn” had asked previous physicians have more confidence and trust in the Jthese questions but had received no body’s ability to heal. helpful or hopeful answers. This patient NATUROPATHIC walked into my office on 8 medications, Background PERSPECTIVE frustrated with his medical team, and This patient is one of the more than Traumatic Brain Injury: scared that death was imminent. 30 million people in the United States Clinical Applications & “Is there anything you can do to help diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus Plausible Interventions ...................... >>16 my kidneys and reverse my diabetes?” (T2DM), which accounts for 90-95% of all Cora Stover, ND he asked. types of diabetes.1 In 2015, according to the Diana Zitserman, ND “Of course there is!” I said with CDC, an estimated 1.5 million new cases of Radley Ramdhan excitement, knowing the incredible diabetes were diagnosed among US adults This article details the pathophysiology and naturopathic treatment options for TBI. Continued on page 3 DOCERE st Student Scholarship – 1 Place Research Review Sleep-Disordered Breathing: An Under-recognized Cause of Chronic Disease – Part 2 .................. >>19 David Nortman, ND Heartburn & Heartbeats In Part 2 of his article, Dr Nortman outlines workup Exploring GERD & Atrial Fibrillation and treatment options for SDBs. TOLLE TOTUM Lyme Disease: ANDREW HUBBARD, BSC (HONS) the topic remains rather elusive in both risk of thromboembolic events such as A Whole-Person Approach ................ >>21 ELLEN WONG, BSC (HONS), ND conventional and alternative healthcare stroke, and are often thus relegated to Darin Ingels, ND discussions. Thus, the aim of this paper life-long treatment with anticoagulant The conventional approach to Lyme has pitfalls. trial Fibrillation (AF) is the most is to review these conditions and shed medications.8 AF is associated with heart Here is a better way to manage the disease. Acommonly diagnosed heart light on their connection, discuss what failure, is an independent risk factor for arrhythmia in America.1,2 Most causes mechanisms might be involved, and to early death, and is a significant detriment NATURE CURE are of cardiovascular origin and include evaluate effectiveness and suitability of the to quality of life.8 CLINICAL PEARLS hypertension, coronary artery disease, and current medical treatments. We will also The prevalence of AF in the general A Century After the Spanish Flu ..... >>23 cardiac valve disorders; however, the list discuss how the naturopathic doctor can population is estimated at 1-2% but Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE of non-cardiac causes, such as obstructive play a vital role in identifying and treating increases in patients over the age of 60.2 Important lessons can be learned from the 1918 sleep apnea, chronic obstructive patients affected with these conditions Risk factors for AF include but are not Spanish Flu about how not to treat influenza. pulmonary disease (COPD) and electrolyte using non-pharmacologic means. limited to: age, male gender, smoking, 2 imbalances, appears to be increasing. Most hypertension, obesity, obstructive sleep NDNR.COM recently, gastroesophageal reflux disease Atrial Fibrillation apnea (OSA), and cardiac valve defects.5 (GERD) has emerged as a significant Atrial fibrillation is an irregular Patients with AF may be asymptomatic, Register online to read web-only content and access archives. non-cardiac contributor to AF.3,4,5 Equally, heart rhythm that stems from an or they may have brief (paroxysmal) AF and its subsequent treatment may uncoordinated contraction, or “quiver,” episodes of fatigue and an irregular also play a role in the development of of the atrial chambers. This leads to heartbeat. They may also present to GERD, further strengthening suspicions ineffective blood pumping within the the ER with more alarming features, of a bi-directional phenomenon.6,7 heart, which puts additional stress on the such as syncope, tachycardia, and chest Additionally, a large body of research ventricles.2 As clot formation often occurs pain.2 Patients are often treated with has been conducted investigating the in the setting of stagnant and inefficient antiarrhythmic and anticoagulant drugs or potential gastric-cardiac connection with blood pumping within the heart, undergo radiofrequency catheter ablation respect to GERD and AF. Despite this, patients with AF are at an increased Continued on page 6 Available online at ndnr.com Naturopathic Doctor News & Review PO Box 2968 Scottsdale, AZ 85252-2968 Phone 888.627.8677 Fax 480.275.7712 www.ndnr.com CME - MD, ND, DC Methylation INTEGRATING METHYLATION 2018 Summit INTO CLINICAL TREATMENT PLANS CHICAGO JULY 13-15, 2018 Are your toughest to treat patients not improving even while following your standard successful treatment protocol? Do you wonder why some patients improve while others do not? Why do so many patients experience such difficult Herxheimer reactions? Why can some patients not overcome detoxification challenges? Matthew Pratt-Hyatt, PhD Think Methylation. Dysfunctional methylation impairs the body’s detoxification process, and it may be the answer to the aforementioned questions. Beyond methylation genetics, many Nicole Bijslma, ND, LAc otherwise “healthy” patients experience methylation issues. 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