Screening for adverse childhood experiences in integrative healthcare settings
By Julie Luzarraga Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refers to different types of abuse, neglect, and other trauma a person experienced as a child. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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A whole-person approach to self-care
By Wendy Pecoraro, MSN, APRN The word “integrative” is derived from the Latin root integrare, meaning to make whole. While I didn’t realize during my 20 years in the emergency...
Read MoreNaturopathic solutions for menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea
By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP During their reproductive years, women experience many changes in their menstrual cycle. Inconsistent duration, frequency, and amount of flow can cause a great deal of...
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Meditation basics for practitioners and patients
By Joel Kreisberg Due to their simplicity, meditation and mindfulness are often overlooked as methods for improving performance and stimulating healing for patients and practitioners alike. Clinical research provides considerable...
Read MoreMigraines from a TCM perspective
By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM While many patients think of migraines as a bad headache, healthcare practitioners know the pain can be excruciating, and it is often not the only...
Read MoreOptimizing health for patients and practitioners
By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc Modern medicine often misses the point. Instead of promoting wellbeing in all patients, the focus is getting a sick patient to normal or baseline. However,...
Read MoreNutrition therapy for recurrent candida overgrowth
By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is defined as four vaginal yeast infections in a one year period or three infections not associated with antibiotic use. ...
Read MoreSelf-care ideas for integrative practitioners
By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP I’ve been a dietitian for the past 18 years and have worked in a variety of healthcare settings. It wasn’t until I transitioned from...
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