Obesity: Is fat the secret to success?
By Katherine Shagoury Is fat the secret to tackling the obesity epidemic once and for all? “The short answer is yes, but one important caveat to that is that you restrict...
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Use genetic testing to enhance, customize patient care
By Katherine Shagoury Science is beginning to support what integrative professionals have done for years, empowering patients and recognizing that we are all very unique. One trend in line with...
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The microbiota-gut-brain axis and its potential role in infection and behavior
By Katherine Shagoury Bacteria are not just bugs, said Mark Lyte, PhD, MT (ASCP), who presented at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium Pre-Conference in New York City. Rather, bacteria are neuroendocrine organisms...
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Integrative medicine and the conditions with highest productivity costs for employers
By John Weeks A little-known factoid that could be a game-changer in thinking about integrative health and medicine strategies is that the most expensive cost of poor health to employers...
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Why integrative medicine suffers in a “volume-based” industry
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports The damning February 12 investigative feature in the Seattle Times on the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance medical delivery system...
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Study shows IBD patients have less stable gut microbiome than healthy people
By Katherine Shagoury Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are more likely to see dramatic shifts in the community of microbes in their gut than healthy people, according to a...
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Alternative medicine projected to generate signficant profit by 2020, report says
By Katherine Shagoury The healthcare industry, as much as many hate to admit it, is often driven by financial gain. Procedures and therapies that make more money are often prioritized...
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National medical group issues non-drug guidance for low back pain treatment
By Katherine Shagoury Practitioners should prescribe alternative therapies to patients with chronic back pain over painkilling opioids, according to new guidance from the largest physician group in the country. On February...
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