John WhitcombA Randomized placebo controlled trial that unequivocally shows that Vitamin D works with diabetes in improving pancreatic function. Dr Mitri and her team had to work hard to get this study done. They had to screen over 911 subjects to get 44...
John WeeksWhen Integrator columnist Taylor Walsh spotted the Atlantic Monthly feature by David Freedman, The Triumph of New Age Medicine, he recognized what is certain to be an influential contribution to the nation's debate over medical alternatives. Walsh...
Haven’t you heard that all your life? Everything in moderation! Another version is, “A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.” Simple physics! Turns out both are wrong. This is the key to the vast majority of us getting overweight. In a gigantic...
Some associated with integrative practice who read David H. Freedman's recent Atlantic Monthly feature, "The Triumph of New Age Medicine," are repelled. Some don't get past the wave of antagonism from the anti-CAM vigilantes. Some don't like...
British Columbia government partners with InspireHealth to expand integrated cancer care to 5 new clinics ... U.S. panel seeks to implant complementary and integrative services in US prevention and health promotion strategy ... HRSA-backed push for...
A team of educators led by chiropractic doctors, acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners, naturopathic physicians, massage therapists began a collaboration in September 2009. Their goal was to create a map to guide work that would foster...
How "integrative health care" and "integrative health" are understood by the U.S. government is partly in the hands of Jeff Levy. So is understanding of these terms relative to application for Community Transformation Grants. Levy, executive...
An exchange with two friends over a decision about a bike trip in Moab, Utah brought to mind a distinction author Kurt Vonnegut made in his 1963 book, Cat's Cradle. Vonnegut describes as a "karass" a true community of people who are "often...
RSV is a scary pneumonia. It hits infants, often within a couple of weeks of delivery. They look sick. They wheeze. Their chests bend in with their effort. I have spent 33 years being petrified of these kids because there isn’t much you can do for...
Opportunity for input on CAM/IM practices and practitioners in the future of primary care ... Brief report (assisted by Taylor Walsh) on the integrative health themes in the first Advisory Group meeting on the National Prevention and Health...
