Over 900 NDs, MDs and others gathered August 12-18, 2008 at the Arizona Biltmore for the annual convention of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP). The Cleveland Clinic sponsored continuing medical education credits for medical...
Perhaps the best way to gauge the impact of a healthcare researcher's work is whether medical practice changed. By such a measure, the Samueli Institute's robust military research initiative relative to integrative practices, led by Joan Walter, JD...
Questions about the direction of the NIH research agenda on complementary and alternative medicine have stimulated numerous subsets of researchers to promote a significant shift from reductive to whole systems models. A similar direction and...
Integrative Medicine, developed and edited by David Rakel, MD, makes quite an impression. The 1238 page volume, with over 100 authors, 97% either MD/DO or medical-school affiliated, marks an arrival and launching pad for that field. The text asserts...
Marc Micozzi, MD,PhD, convened an early federal exploration of complementary and integrative medicine, wrote the first academic textbook on complementary and integrative medicine, worked with Dr. Koop on his dot.com website (may it rest), and ran an...
Integrative medicine is producing its second wave of leaders. Among these is David Rakel, MD. Rakel is a board member of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, an executive committee member of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers...
Ever wonder what might happen to healthcare costs if certain natural agents were proactively integrated into people’s healthcare as a first line of prevention or clinical support? My colleague Michael Levin reviews a report by a mainstream...
Do you think the National Integrative Medicine Summit can make a difference? Planning for this February 25-27, 2009 gathering, sponsored by a partnership of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and the Bravewell Collaborative, is...
The American Medical Association escalated their campaign against the scope of practice of other professions at their June 2008 House of Delegates meeting. There was good news when a particularly bad proposal was amended. There was irony also, when...
Most of us in integrative care see wellness and preventive services as heart-and-soul of an "alternative" to the reactivity of most conventional medicine. Naturopathic physician Bernie Noe, ND, was challenged by an employer in Vermont to develop a...
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