What is Naturopathic Medicine?

Naturopathic medicine focuses on disease prevention and health promotion by addressing the cause of illness rather than treating symptoms. Patients require less prescription or over the counter medication and experience fewer visits to the hospital. Naturopathic treatments encourage healthy lifestyle changes thereby decreasing the long-term necessity for medical care. ...more

Interest in alternative and complementary care has been growing steadily in Canada for several years. This is evident with the proliferation of health food stores, newspaper articles concerning natural supplements and in our pharmacies that carry homeopathic remedies alongside nutritional supplements.  ...more

Naturopathic methods are less likely to cause injury to the patient than conventional treatments because:

On average, naturopathic doctors will spend 90 minutes to complete a thorough patient history.  Follow-up visits generally last from 15 to 45 minutes.  As a result of obtaining such a thorough history, combined with our clinical training in pathology and clinical diagnosis, we are able to recognize potential harmful and life-threatening situations.  ...more

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