True North is a 501(c)(3) non-profit doing medical research. Our aim is to prove that the True North integrative approach to health care works better than conventional medicine alone, that it makes patients healthier by emphasizing preventive health care and empowers patients to be more proactive in maintaining and improving their own health.

Tune Up
The Tune Up is a free monthly e-newsletter containing some of the latest research from nutrition to stress reduction to supplements to hormones, compiled by Joseph Semmes, MD, True North's Director of Research.
Read the latest edition of Tune Up.

Active Research
We are using two primary research tools: the DYNA SF 36, a validated computer adaptive, health assessment survey, which will be used in selected research and the medical symptoms questionnaire (MSQ), used to assess patient health and progress. The MSQ is in the process of being validated as a publishable and reliable research tool.
Read more about our active research projects.

Research on Services
Much research already exists in regard to the efficacy and outcomes-assessment of Functional Medicine. And many complementary practices have been in existence for millennia, and have innumerable anecdotal stories of success. In our modern scientific world, we have different standards by which to judge efficacy. We offer here some of the studies that have been done that explore, in a scientific way, many of the services we offer at True North. We hope that you will use these abstract summaries as a guide to your own exploration and personal research.
Read more about research on some of our complementary therapies.