NP 2017
Advances in Testing Methods
Improve the health and well-being of your patients by using data from innovative testing methods to develop personalized treatment plans. Chronic diseases are often complex and can be difficult to diagnose and therefore treat your patients. Fortunately, there are a number of innovative test kits on the market to help practitioners determine if a genetic ...
Stress & Anxiety: Breaking Up the Dysfunctional Duo
Stress and its constant companion, anxiety, remain troublesome for many American adults today—here’s how to help provide relief, and that all-important balance. Although some people drink or self-medicate to lower it—the statistics about stress and its impact are sobering: according to The American Institute of Stress (AIS), an estimated one million workers are absent every ...
Digestive Distress Call
Practitioners can help patients tackle their digestive issues by getting to the root of the problem. The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the gut is the key to overall health. According to NYU Langone Health’s Division of Gastroenterology, the gastrointestinal (GI) system serves essential roles in protecting and sustaining the overall ...
Fighting Inflammation
Inflammation can have both acute and chronic effects, but there are natural approaches to limiting its strength. Inflammation can make its presence felt in many different ways, whether it be pain, swelling, redness among others, but one can easily forget its prominence. The Arthritis Foundation reported that there are more than 100 different types of ...
The Kids Should Be Alright
Today’s world is tougher than ever to raise kids; modern lifestyles have caused emergence of conditions that lower a child’s quality of life—here’s how to help them achieve higher states of wellness. You may have parents or grandparents who had to take cod liver oil as their daily supplement. Yes, it tastes as gross as ...
Education & Support for Natural Practitioners
Natural Practitioner highlights some of the institutions and associations providing education and support for practitioners and patients for the betterment of integrative health. National University of Natural Medicine Portland, OR (503) 552-1555 www.nunm.edu In 2016, National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) changed its status from a college to a university when it added the School of ...
Go Forth and Multiply!
Reproductive issues may become a prominent stressor in the lives of couples who want to start families. Practitioners can help provide the healthy balance to succeed. Trying to populate your own country by giving birth to 19 children (The Duggars) or using artificial means to have eight babies in one birth (Nadya Suleman) may be ...
Aging Gracefully
Aging in a healthy manner is no simple feat, but practitioners can help their patients remain healthy as they grow older. One has heard the phrase being used time and time again: “that person sure is aging so well!” At times, it is directed towards figures in the entertainment industry—actresses and actors—who have appeared to ...
Natural Eggshell Membrane: A Nutraceutical for Osteoarthritis and Exercise-related Pain
When it comes to nutraceuticals that promote joint health, the sky is the metaphorical limit. Choosing the “correct” nutraceutical for a given joint health customer is really a function of the criteria you set up as parameters. For example, if you only want to consider those nutraceuticals with human clinical research to validate their efficacy, ...
Mission Possible: Conquering Men’s Health
The path to having male patients achieve optimum health may seem like a daunting task, but with the proper set of solutions, it can be done. Men’s health encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, but one detail is for certain: its importance cannot go unnoticed. According to a 2015 survey conducted by the Centers for ...
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