In the state of Washington and other licensed states, both naturopathic doctors and medical doctors are primary care physicians; naturopaths are very similar to medical doctors in their education and diagnosis.  Naturopaths take many of the same classes and types of examinations as medical doctors, and naturopaths employ much of the same diagnostic methods as … Read more →

Washington state, among many other states, licenses naturopathic physicians as primary care physicians.  A naturopathic medical degree requires 4 years of medical science education and board examination.  We are trained and examined in basic sciences, clinical sciences, diagnostics, and therapeutics, and we’re licensed to dispense, prescribe, and use manual manipulation, minor office procedures and common diagnostic procedures, … Read more →