Valerian Root for Sleep Disorders- A Further Understanding By Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Insomnia comes in all sizes and shapes but in essence, it is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. Insomnia is considered chronic if it occurs at least 3 […]
Ashwagandha for Improving Sleep Quality By Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Difficulty sleeping/insomnia is one of the most common issues women face, and is one of the most common complaints of women going through the menopause transition and the most common sleep disorder in the general population. Insomnia is defined as a sleep complaint that occurs at least three times per week for at least 3 […]
Vitamin D Supplementation May Help Primary Dysmenorrhea (your average case of menstrual cramps, not caused by endometriosis) By Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Primary dysmenorrhea is defined as menstrual pain without any pelvic pathology. This is the most common menstrual symptom in adolescent girls and young women. The onset of menstrual pain usually occurs just before or at the first onset of the menstrual flow and typically lasts 0.5-3 days. Some women have additional symptoms such as headache, […]
Green Tea with Antibiotics for Simple Bladder Infections By Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Bladder infections in otherwise healthy pre-menopausal and non-pregnant women tend to be uncomplicated and are classified as lower urinary tract infections (UTIs). UTIs are amongst the most common infections in women and Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the organism that is the most common, responsible for about 75-95% of uncomplicated UTIs. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX), aka co-trimoxazole, […]
Turmeric and Cirrhosis- Yet Another Use for this Remarkable Medicine by Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Turmeric and it’s main bioactive component, curcumin, have previously reported benefits in liver injury and cirrhosis. The current randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial investigated the effects of curcumin supplementation on health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. The study included 70 patients, aged 20-70 years from a gastroenterology outpatient clinic in Iran. The patients had […]
Long COVID and the Gut by Dr David Lescheid, PhD, ND
Long COVIDi, ii, is a recently identified syndrome with a large unmet medical need. Current estimates suggest that from 30-80% of patients who recover from an acute episode of COVID-19 will continue to have one or more symptoms at least 4 weeks later.1, 2 Long COVID is a systems-wide disease with variable symptoms that can […]
Vitamin D Supplementation and COVID-19 Survival by Dr Carissa Doherty, ND
As of April 27, 2021, over 3 million deaths from COVID-19 have been confirmed. The researchers of this study titled “Vitamin D and Survival in COVID-19 patients: A Quasi-experimental Study”, theorized that vitamin D may improve COVID-19 adverse outcome by 1) regulating the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), 2) the innate and adaptive cellular immunity, and 3) […]
Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect Mammogram Results? By Dr Tori Hudson, ND
This is not a blog that addresses safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine nor is it a blog that addresses when and if your patient should get a screening mammogram. What it is about is how the COVID-19 vaccine can temporarily affect lymph nodes that then can give a false result on the mammogram. […]
Curcuma longa extract with Piperine: Potential Regulators of Glycemia in Type 2 Diabetes? By Dr Sylvia Santosa, PhD
Recently the article titled “Effectiveness of the piperine-supplemented Curcuma longa L. in metabolic control of patients with type 2 diabetes” was published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. In this paper, the authors aimed to analyze whether metabolic regulation could be achieved with piperine-supplemented Curcuma longa L. in patients with type 2 […]
New Study: Omega-3 Status Linked to COVID Mortality By Dr Peter Alphonse, PhD, CFS
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to exert significant effects on morbidity and mortality, posing a huge burden on public healthcare and the economy. Although vaccines are now available as preventative measures, bottle necks in rapid deployment and lack of cost-effective treatment strategies are profoundly impacting successful management of the pandemic worldwide. Natural products, especially vitamin […]
