Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Jan 19th, 2012 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Data from the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) was used to examine the effect of soy intake on breast cancer prognosis in 3,088 breast cancer survivors. These women were early stage breast cancer patients who were followed for an average of 7.3 years. Soy isoflavone intakes were measured after the diagnosis with a food […]
Dec 20th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
A recent study was at first glance, alarming to users of dietary supplements. However, understanding the details of the study tells a different story. The authors report that the use of multivitamins and select nutrients was assessed in relation to total mortality in 38,722 older women in the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Over a period […]
Dec 16th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
The effect of oral sea buckthorn (SB) oil was studied in 100 individuals ages 20-75 in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Participants took 2 gm/day of SB oil or placebo oil for 3 months. Eighty six participants completed the study. Tear film samples were collected at the beginning, after one month, and at the end of […]
Nov 29th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
I often say to my patients, “there is no medication, herb, vitamin, mineral or therapy that does as much for your health as does exercise”. Regular exercise is associated with so many health benefits… you wonder why we are so resistant to it. Exercise research is associated with reducing the risk of most of the […]
Nov 15th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
A recent study was published in the journal, Menopause, on the impact of valerian for sleep quality in postmenopausal women who were experiencing insomnia. The postmenopausal women studied were generally healthy women aged 50 to 60 years who were menopausal for at least 1 year, were not using hormone therapy and were experiencing insomnia as […]
Oct 21st, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
A recent study was published reporting on the results of using melatonin for the treatment of chronic tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in adults. This was a randomized, double-blind, cross over trial in which one group was given 3 mg of melatonin nightly and the other group was given a placebo nightly for 30 days. […]
Oct 11th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
The first two weeks after giving birth appears to be an important time in the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Researchers at the University of North Carolina studied 2,586 women who had breastfed. A history of postpartum major depression score was reported by 223 of them. Women who had disliked breastfeeding in that first […]
Sep 20th, 2011 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
This trial involved 100 women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), who were seen at the University of Washington and an average age of 21. Lactobacillus crispatus or placebo was inserted vaginally for 5 days and then once weekly for 10 weeks, starting 7-10 days after they had received standard antibiotic therapy for their UTI. […]
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