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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Midwives take race, justice, inequities head on
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports Issues of class, economics, opportunity, and race have tainted the integrative health and medicine era since the Eisenberg...
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Exercise could improve cancer recovery and survival
By Katherine Shagoury As many as 75 percent of cancer patients reduce their physical activity after diagnosis, a new study finds. However, physical activity and exercise improve many outcomes in patients...
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Changes in mitochondria size could help manage blood sugar, study says
By Integrative Practitioner Staff Maintaining glucose, or blood sugar, levels is the key to managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes. While glucose levels vary throughout the day, a “normal...
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