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NDs Show They Know How to Celebrate
10/15/2013
Jud Richland, MPH, CEO
Let's savor Naturopathic Medicine Week 2013. At the same time, it's not too soon to begin thinking about how you'll celebrate Naturopathic Medicine Week 2014. That's right, mark your calendar for Naturopathic Medicine Week 2014, October 6-12. I cannot wait to celebrate the successes we will achieve between now and then.
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Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians on the move
by: Eliot Edwards, ND, FABNO, ILANP President

10/15/2013

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October State Affairs Update Plus a Report on Supplements and Health Care Costs
by: Mike Jawer

10/15/2013

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A new study indicates that nutritional supplements not only provide health benefits but significantly reduce health care costs because they help prevent illnesses that require medical treatment. The study, conducted by the research firm Frost & Sullivan and issued by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), analyzed the cost-benefit ratio for 8 regimens of supplement use, such as for diabetes, osteoporosis, age-related eye disease, and coronary heart disease. The results suggest that supplements taken at “preventive intake levels” by patients who are at high risk for these illnesses could save hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smithsonian Scholars Uncover the Mediterranean Origins of Western Medicine
by: Marilynn Considine

10/15/2013

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Smithsonian research scholars Alain Touwaide, PhD, and Emanuela Appetiti have spent the past two decades on a scientific quest that appears to be lifted straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. The treasures they seek don’t put them in the path of rolling boulders, but do offer critical insight into the lost knowledge of ancient Mediterranean medicine. The pair, through their Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, conducts groundbreaking research bridging past and present, restoring the broken lineage of ancient Mediterranean medical traditions to modern medical practice.