According to Donielle Wilson, ND, the nation’s corporate titans are starting to recognize the value of natural medicine and holistic healthcare. She speaks from her experience: her patients include a number of Fortune 500 CEOs, including the head of Aetna, whose experience with Dr. Wilson has been a strong catalyst for major shifts in Aetna’s insurance plans.
Believe it or not, general surgeons and family physicians are the Fat Cats of American medicine, not in terms of income, but in terms of girth—a troubling indicator that the nation’s medical community ain’t exactly health. A new Medscape report based on a survey of more than 31,000 US doctors indicates that many are struggling with overweight & other health challenges.
A new study of more than 8,000 mother-child pairs followed from birth through adoloescence indicates that incidence of childhood allergies to peanuts and other nuts is lowest in children born to mothers who eat the most nuts during pregnancy. The caveat is that this pattern holds true only if the mothers themselves are not allergic […]
With the launch of the Functional Forum series this Spring, holistically-minded clinicians in the New York City area will have a new opportunity to meet, mingle and learn. The Functional Forum is a monthly meet-up founded by James Maskell and Revive Primary Care, and focused on translating the innovations in the field of functional medicine […]
Hi Everyone,
Recently, I was in Dharamsala, India, to give a speech at the Tibetan Medical College that the Dalai Lama sponsors. I was one of four American “scientists.” That was interesting—the cross-fertilization among Tibetan and western doctors, with Buddhist monks and astrologers very much in the mix. It was also a treat to have, once again, some time with the Dalai Lama, to feel his support for the marriage between Buddhism and psychology, as well as his interest in our work at the Center for Mind-Body Medidcine.
The Bravewell Collaborative is bidding a fond farewell to the integrative medical world it has helped foster.
Data from a newly published study of vitamin D supplementation in older people with “essential” hypertension showed no pressure-reduction benefit after a full year of treatment.
The integrative healthcare world lost one of its true pioneers with the passing earlier this month of Candace Beebe Pert, PhD.
As clinicians scramble to get a handle on the gluten problem, researchers are turning attention to another potential culprit in chronic digestive disease: FODMAPS–poorly-absorbed, highly-fermentable short-chain carbs found in wheat, rye and many fruits.
After reading the article titled, For Integrative Doctors, A New Turn in the Road for Specialty Recognition, in the Fall edition of HPC, it is clear that the developments in our field have generated some controversy and misunderstanding. With an alphabet soup of organizations with similar missions, one is bound to be confused! Here we […]
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