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Patient & Practice
Check out the August 2010 edition of the John Weeks' Integrator Round-up.
Sharon Ufberg, DC interviews James S. Gordon, MD about his recently published book, life's work and future plans in the field of integrative medicine.
Jillian L. Capodice, LAc examines the background, recent research and applications for integrative oncology.
Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO explains how bodily states and their influence on cells can stimulate tissue conditions of chronic inflammation and cancer growth.
The Tai Sophia Institute is supporting the emergence of health coaching for health-care practitioners with a new health coaching program.
Susan Luck shares her experience and takeaways from the 2010 Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York.
A recent post from AlternativeHealthPractice.com explains why turning your competitors into collaborators benefits everyone.
David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM discusses neuroplasticity, or the ability of the brain to adapt and change, and how the brain health field of medicine has changed over time.
News
According to a recent study of patients with psoriasis conducted by Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, narrow-band ultraviolet-B light increased serum vitamin D levels while clearing the condition.
In a feature article published in the July 29 edition of the
New England Journal of Medicine, researchers examine the current studies into acupuncture for low back pain and make treatment recommendations for a sample patient.
Research conducted by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues, has found that vitamin D may be an effective therapeutic agent to treat or prevent allergy to a common mold that can complicate asthma and frequently affects patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
The University of California, San Diego has announced the opening of the first clinic in the San Diego region dedicated to mapping and monitoring pre-cancerous moles.
A systematic review with meta-analyses of observational studies of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and colorectal, breast and prostate cancer, and colonic adenoma.
Quincy Bioscience report results from the Prevagen Memory Study, a three month, doubleblind, placebo controlled study examining the effects of Prevagen on quality of life and assessments of cognitive function.