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The Big Picture: What Is a Doctor of Integrative Medicine?
May 1st, 2013A new type of doctor has emerged in the realm originally known as alternative medicine. This new entry on the scene is a “doctor of integrative medicine.”
By John WeeksMedicine in the Mix
May 1st, 2013Worldwide only 10 to 30 percent of health care is provided by what most of us in the US would recognize as a doctor or nurse—someone trained in science-based medicine. The remainder, upwards of 70 percent of the human race, seeks to treat illness by way of folk practitioners using treatment traditions often very different from our own.
Understanding the role of complementary and alternative medicineBy Hana R. Solomon, MDCan Medicine Finally Begin to Focus on Health?
March 1st, 2013A ray of hope has poked through the winter of our discontent with the medical industry. The light arrived via an e-newsletter from the $30-billion center of medical research in the United States.
By John WeeksYour Emotional Type
November 1st, 2012It is well-recognized that many medical treatments—whether conventional or alternative—don’t work equally well for everyone. One person may respond better to a given drug than someone else taking the identical medication.
The advent of personalized alternative medicineBy Marc S. Micozzi with Michael JawerWhat Can You Expect from an "Integrative Medicine Clinic'?
March 1st, 2012If you go to a clinic that portrays itself as “integrative,” what might you expect to experience?
The more it comes into use, the more uncertainty there seems to be with what integrative medicine means to the person who chooses to schedule an appointment.by John WeeksYour Secret Formula for Fighting Asthma
March 1st, 2012Is there a way to get back to a normal life when you have asthma?
Is it possible to give the inhaler a little rest? Is it likely to get a full night’s sleep without waking from an attack? Can you (or your child) actually get back to playing sports again? The answer is yes—all of these things are possible.
Knock Out Asthma Using the Seven "P" Principlesby Stephen Apaliski, MD
