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Author: Les Witherspoon

Board Games: WA State Naturopathic Continuing Education Edition

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The WA state board of naturopathy needs to remember that its mandate is to protect the public safety and health, not promote “naturopathic principles” that lack evidence.

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Published 08/21/2022
Categorized as RegulationTagged board of naturopathy, ND Education, scope of practice

A letter to the Washington State Board of Naturopathy

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The board of naturopathy is requiring Washington state naturopathic doctors to take a minimum of one-third of all continuing education hours from naturopathic accrediting organizations whose CE includes content that violate WA state department of health guidelines.

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Published 08/10/2022
Categorized as Education, RegulationTagged board of naturopathy, homeopathy, vaccination

A time for reflection – fraud and the division in naturopathic medicine

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On July 14, 2021, the FBI arrested Juli Mazi, a licensed California naturopathic doctor, charging her with one count each of wire fraud and “making……

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Published 07/23/2021
Categorized as Background information, ND Associations, Science and naturopathic philosophy

The Nuts and Bolts of Setting Up a Naturopathic Doctor Practice

This article is an overview of some of the logistical, legal, financial and practical aspects of setting up practice as a licensed naturopathic doctor. However,……

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Published 09/02/2020
Categorized as Practice ManagementTagged ND Education, ND licensing, scope of practice

Naturopathic Medicine and Scope of Practice

I apologize for the prolonged absence. Like the vast majority of the world, the last few months pulled me away from what I had planned……

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Published 08/02/2020
Categorized as RegulationTagged ND licensing, ND Regulation, scope of practice

Response to the AANP’s Recommendations for Vitamin C in COVID-19

The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians issued a press release calling for intravenous vitamin C to be used in the treatment of COVID-19. Does the……

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Published 05/10/2020
Categorized as ND AssociationsTagged Critical Thinking, ND Organizations, scope of practice

Information on Naturopathic School Outcomes

Conventional medical and osteopathic students have readily available, sufficient information available to make an informed decision about entering medical school. Prospective naturopathic students have more……

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Published 02/05/2020
Categorized as EducationTagged ND Education

Vaccines, Vitalism and Vacillation – 2019

What I said last year holds: In approving this webinar for CEUs, the AANP handcuffs current naturopathic practice to the errors of the past. The……

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Published 01/20/2020
Categorized as ND AssociationsTagged ND Organizations, vaccination, vitalist-naturopathy

The Promise and the Problem

I became a naturopathic doctor (ND) because I wanted to serve people through helping them improve their health. I chose a profession that promised that……

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Published 01/13/2020
Categorized as EducationTagged Critical Thinking, ND Education, ND licensing, ND Regulation, scope of practice, vitalist-naturopathy

Critical Thinking

I will preface this by saying that I do not consider myself a scientist. I do have an undergrad in chemistry, a minor in mathematics,……

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Published 01/03/2020
Categorized as Background informationTagged Critical Thinking

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