John WeeksWhen the Integrator's Daphne White, CHTP observed the February 26, 2009 US Senate hearing on integrative healthcare chaired by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), she chose to focus on Harkin's introductory comments in which he calls for an "end to...
Kathleen BarnesThis is the fourth of eight articles on the Vibrant Health Program to help women discover the underlying causes of their health challenges. This breakthrough program has been carefully designed by noted integrative physician Hyla Cass, M.D. and...
Here is a treat. Beltway resident, reporter and Healing Touch practitioner Daphne White, CHTP reports for us on the historic February 23, 2009 U.S. Senate hearing on the "principles of integrative health care" chaired by Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)...
For many of us, this weeks' "integrative health policy week" in Washington, DC actually began with the robust Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS) in New York City last week where a multidisciplinary gathering of 1300 met to explore policy...
For the last decade the American Hospital Association has published outcomes of a series of surveys that have indicated that the percent of hospitals with some complementary and alternative medicine has quintupled to 37%. But a closer look at the...
Here are a dozen short articles on expansions of integrative centers, new directions for ear-acupuncture specialists, integrative medicine for the underserved, massage therapy practice guidelines, growth at two leading naturopathic and AOM schools...
Can medical doctors share clinical power and decision-making with acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, social workers, nutritionists and others from other disciplines? This article is based on information from the multidisciplinary "Decision...
Dr Jacob Teitelbaum MDDiabetes is when the level of sugar in your blood is too high. Your body makes insulin to carry sugar from the blood into your cells where it can be burned as fuel. In Type 1 diabetes (most often in younger people), there is too little insulin. This...
Over the past 20 years, the work of psychologist and researcher James Prochaska, PhD is among the 5 most cited in all of psychology. The reason is simple. His writing on the stages of change - from "pre-contemplation" through "action" to...
If you were in charge of research on all complementary, alternative and integrative medicine, what do you think the priorities should be? Where should we be investing to give us the maximum value for our research dollar? Here are details on the...
