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Naturopathic Medicine: How It Works

The past 30 years has seen an extraordinary increase in consumer demand for safe, effective and cost-effective natural healthcare. Naturopathic medicine has emerged as the health care profession best suited to meet this demand. Although it almost disappeared in the mid-twentieth century because of the popularity of drugs and surgery, naturopathic medicine now offers safe, effective natural therapies as a vital part of the health care systems of North America the twenty-first century.   .....More
 

2008 Convention

 

DC FLI A Big Success!

Last weekend, from May 3-5, nearly 100 AANP members descended on Washington D.C. to take part in the DC Federal Legislative Initiative, a three-day leadership and advocacy training that culminated with a lobby day and reception on Capital Hill. A special thanks goes out to all our naturopathic medical students who raised the funds to travel and lobby their Congressional Delegations in support of several issues that will have enormous impact on the profession. 

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Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day (April 22), we bring you this article about how to reduce your Carbon Footprint by Dr. Mitch Kennedy, ND.

15 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
By Mitch Kennedy, ND, LEED-AP

With all the complicated messages about Global Climate Change, it’s not always easy to understand the basic science behind all the studies. So here is a simple synopsis of the science:    .....More
 

AANP In The Washington Post

March 5, 2008: Today, the AANP published a letter by AANP President Lise Alschuler in The Washington Post about the benefits of taking vitamin supplements:

Sally Squires's April 29 article "Vitamins Fare Poorly in Analysis" reported that a new analysis found that taking some antioxidant supplements "may increase mortality." But analyses such as the Cochrane Collaboration's are prone to bias in terms of which studies they include. Such analyses are inappropriate tools for investigating the role of short-term antioxidant supplements and overall mortality. (Read the full letter)

Read the original article on the study here.

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AANP Co-Sponsors Hill event

Recreate Wellness and redefine Health:

A dynamic change for a long-term solution

 

On February 1, 2008, AANP and Tai Sophia Institute sponsored a day-long symposium designed to engage policy makers in a new conversation around health care.    .....More
 

What we know about losing fat and keeping it off

How we eat to lose weight is different from a healthy life long diet.
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