John WeeksThe forced exit of Don Berwick, MD as administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services was a double whammy for the emerging field of integrative medicine. Berwick's participation in a 2009 Institute of Medicine Summit on Integrative...
John WhitcombAs I get older, there are a few things I don't want to get older. I want my joints to work so that I can get around. I want my eyes to work so that I can see. I want my brain to work so I can remember. But we have a problem. Getting older in America...
Barack Obama's nomination of Don Berwick, MD, MPH as administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) merits the active support of the integrative practice community. Berwick became known to many in these fields through the 2009...
Dr. Michelle May, author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle, has the perfect recipe showdown – a recipe for overeating and for instinctive eating. Dr. May, a former yoyo dieter herself, has helped...
Author and integrative medicine spokesperson Andrew Weil, MD is one of the nation's most recognized medical doctors. His is certainly the face of integrative medicine. This month, Weil put that face and influence directly in service to a "call to...
You meet someone you haven’t seen in years and she says, “You haven’t changed a bit.” Is that a compliment or a criticism? It depends what she is referring to.
Top NCCAM-funded researcher Berman founds Institute for Integrative Health ... Walsh''s examination of inclusion (or not) of CAM/integrative practitioners in US House healthcare reform bill ... Economist/researcher Herman reports 9 therapies/21...
What do you think can guarantee happiness? A poem I read entitled "How to Be Happy" revealed a simple answer. It said, "Do something for somebody, quick!" Now, you may think you have more problems than anyone else on the planet, so perhaps this...
You can see failure as a reason to stop what you are doing, or you can ask yourself why you failed and then learn from your mistakes. Mistakes can be a valuable part of life’s curriculum.
When we need to find our energy and source, the place to look is in the darkness. It is in the black holes that the energy of creation lives. Whether we are speaking of the universe or of an individual, darkness is the source of life. When facing...
