How the Heart Beats
A Danish study, recently published in Heart, has found that resting heart rate is an independent predictor of mortality. The study followed 2,798 subjects for 16 years and over the […]
Category Archives: Ailments
When Hospital Patients Smoke
One night, during my rotation through the Emergency Room, a woman in great pain arrived. She had a chronic condition in an acute flare. She was transported in by ambulance […]
Chronic Stress
This quarter, my course load includes endocrinology. If you know any naturopathic medical students, than you know we are notorious for talking about our “adrenal fatigue,” and rightfully so. Due […]
Winter Maladies: Whopping Cough
This quarter I am doing a Preceptorship in the Emergency Room at a local hospital. I’m pretty excited. I think this experience will help me refine my diagnostic skills and […]
Antibiotic Resistance: From Farm to Plate
The most ferocious germ resistant to many types of antibiotics is increased tenfold on chicken breast, which also happens to be the most consumed meat in America. Yet, producers of […]
Green Allopathy
When a patient enters the teaching clinic with an acute presentation, the natural reaction of student clinicians is to think of a remedy that will palliate the symptoms they are […]
The Higher the Better
I’m talking about heels. High Heels, specifically. What girl doesn’t love a new pair of shoes? They make you feel beautiful and glamourous, like you’re a celebrity in the making. […]
Saltwater Cures Everything
The BIG reason I traveled to Ireland was to study seaweed. This idea grew out of the passing mention of Irish seaweed baths from my travel buddy, Em. From there, […]
