North and West Vancouver Naturopathic Doctor - Dr. Julie Durnan, ND - Women's and Children's Health Care

Current Health News

Vitamin D's Role in Preventing Asthma Studied in Pregnant Women (October 2009) - The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART), a five-year research study funded by the National Institutes of Health, will enroll women between 10-18 weeks of pregnancy and randomly divide them into two groups. One group will receive a typical prenatal vitamin with 400 units of vitamin D and a 4,000-unit vitamin D supplement. The other group will receive the same prenatal vitamin plus a placebo.
Zinc Deficiency is a Global Concern (October 2009) - Other vitamins and nutrients may get more headlines, but experts say as many as two billion people around the world have diets deficient in zinc - and studies at Oregon State University and elsewhere are raising concerns about the health implications this holds for infectious disease, immune function, DNA damage and cancer.
Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (September 2009) - Those who received acupuncture found that their menstruation became more normal. We could also see that their levels of testosterone became significantly lower, and this is an important observation, since elevated testosterone levels are closely connected with the increased activity in the sympathetic nervous system of women