Welcome to our new column! As the naturopathic medical director in an integrative clinic with a medical doctor, nurse practitioner, and physician’s assistant, I see the desire and the demand for my medicine growing by leaps and bounds. In Meet & Greet, I’ll be interviewing a different star student from a naturopathic medical school each month so you can meet...

Last month while visiting Rochester I popped into the local market my parents have shopped at my entire life. Only having purchased 3 items, but realizing I’d forgotten my re-usable shopping bag, I opted to go bag-less. Before I could get the words, “no bag thank you,” out of my mouth, the young man behind the counter had begun dropping my stuff in a plastic bag....

Welcome to 2010! We asked our team to share their thoughts today, and here’s what they said: Christine Dionese L.Ac.: Somehow over the years, I’d convinced myself I was scared of sharks. After a decade of living in San Diego imagining what it would be like to surf, I finally took the plunge last month and bravely paddled into the waves. Determined to stand...

I have heard  physicians joke that their patients come in knowing more about their condition than the doctors thanks to Google and Wikipedia these days. Though not entirely true (hopefully!) there is a valuable point here. The Internet is saturated with health content but unfortunately most of it falls somewhere between garbage and trash. This is especially true in alternate...