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• Sorry to hear it took you so long to find the right treatment for you. But FYI, Naturopathic doctors are primary care providers. They use pharmaceutics often. The Naturopathic approach is to use less invasive therapies, when indicated. However, in
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• I don't think you know what a naturopathic physician is. A licensed ND goes through a 5 year doctorate program, after doing pre-med at the bachelors level. We also take 2 sets of board exams, as any DO or MD
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• Naturopathic medicine is based on a philosophy. The idea is to treat the cause of disease, as opposed to symptoms. It also acknowledges that the body does have an innate healing capacity, and the physician's role is to support it.
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• And can you order your own labs to check your vitamin D status? Are yo aware that there are higher incidences of certain cancers, MS, and autoimmune conditions in individuals with vitamin D deficiency. ND's routinely run vitamin D levels
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• I think its unfortunate that your experience with ND's led to so much antagonism toward the practice. I agree with you that it is the fault of our system, for limiting the amount of time MD's can spend with patients.
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• FYI: women experience heart disease differently than men. (posted to Naturopathic Medicine: A feminine approach to health care)
• "When I eat, my first choice is to grow my own organic vegetables, or get them from a local organic farmer before buying them from the grocery store." Word. That reminds me. You know what they call natural products with (posted to Naturopathic Medicine: A feminine approach to health care)
• My article is mentioned in this article: http://community.feministing.com/2009/02/women-skeptics.html If people would like, I can expand upon not only why should we be skeptical of 'alternative practices' but some of the influences that lead us to think they are preferable to (posted to Naturopathic Medicine: A feminine approach to health care)
• My article is mentioned in this article: http://community.feministing.com/2009/02/women-skeptics.html If people would like, I can expand upon not only why should we be skeptical of 'alternative practices' but some of the influences that lead us to think they are preferable to (posted to Naturopathic Medicine: A feminine approach to health care)
• I cannot speak for acupuncture, so I won't try. Chiropractic isn't bunk, or at least some its application aren't. It deals with the alignment of one's spine, and therefore, in my opinion, is the perfect way to fix health problem (posted to Naturopathic Medicine: A feminine approach to health care)

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