The NYANP recently held its annual strategic meeting where the NYANP board members met in person to talk about goals, strategies, and objectives. This year the board met in Peter Bongiorno’s beautiful office in NYC. We spent our day looking back at the past year and looking forward into the future. As the new Executive…
We get emails all the time from people asking us how they can help with our licensure efforts and with showing support for Naturopathic Medicine. Some people contribute money, become members, visit their legislators–there are many different ways you can help the NYANP and the ND community to promote licensure and Naturopathic Medicine in the…
Recently, Dr. Pina LoGiudice (an NYANP member) and Dr. David Katz were interviewed by Katie Couric to talk about integrative, holistic, and naturopathic medical care. Are you one of the 70% of Americans who are taking more than one prescription drug? More and more people are now searching for other, more natural ways to treat their symptoms.…
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians released a study recently showing that 55% of older Americans in states that license naturopathic physicians would consider seeing a naturopathic physician for their health care needs. Seniors are prevented from obtaining naturopathic care, however, because Medicare currently does not cover services delivered by naturopathic physicians. Only 23% of…
A few weeks ago, we ran a contest to ask our members and readers which blog badge they preferred. For those of you who don’t know what a blog badge is, it is a small image usually placed on your website’s sidebar (it can also be placed in your newsletter). A blog badge is a great way…
Written by Jamie Sculley, 2nd year ND student, Bastyr University in Seattle, WA Help raise awareness of naturopathic medicine along with funds for our advocacy trip to DC on April 26-28, 2014. $5 for FLI (Federal Legislative Initiative) We are a group of naturopathic medical students at Bastyr University that believes in the power of…
Help us choose the new NYANP’s blog badge! What’s a blog badge? Our blog badge is an image that will help promote naturopathic medicine and the licensure for naturopathic doctors in New York State. It can be placed in your newsletters and on your blog. Or, how about posting it on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest?…
Written by Patricia Selassie, ND. I never used to like sweating. And, I still don’t like sweating when I am all dressed up for a party. But let me tell you, and perhaps you’ll agree, that a good perspiration can be the most satisfying feeling especially after a workout. It means you worked hard; used…
Written by Dr. Anne Williams Flame retardant clothing and bedding have become an important home safety measure to prevent against fires. Unfortunately, the vast majority of flame retardants on the market, such as PBBs (a relative of PCBs) are known to bio-accumulate with toxic effects on the environment and possibly humans as well. While talking…
Written by Patricia Pimentel Selassie, ND, CNS Strong and Flexible Bones Yes, you heard me, “flexible” you want them to have a little give to it so they don’t break like a brittle bone. Think of a piece of chalk, it’s hard and it’s made of calcium like our bones, but if you drop it,…
