The physical trauma of grief and loss
By Nancy Gahles By Dr. Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHom(NA), OIM Grief is a physiological reaction to an event, or events, resulting in a feeling of loss. Loss is not usually...
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AIHM’s steps toward becoming the interprofessional ‘big tent’ for integrative health
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports The banner under which the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (the Academy) gathered for its conference the...
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Election 2016: Societal influences on pain, fear and self-care
By Nancy Gahles By Dr. Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHom(NA), OIM Politics is all about relationship. We, as humans are an interconnected network. As John Donne poetically put it, No...
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The American Botanical Council Guide to the DEA’s targeting of Kratom
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports It is likely safe to state that, like me, most greeted with “Say what?” the August 2016 news...
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Breaking the AMA logjam? Pennsylvania regulates naturopathic doctors
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports In 2006 the American Medical Association announced a Scope of Practice Partnership (AMA SOPP). This project was effectively...
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Tipping point for opioids and integrative pain care in JAMA Network?
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports The title of the November 2, 2016 perspective in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) says...
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Serving the underserved via the National Practitioner Integrative Medicine Access Initiative
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports In 1993, a survey out of Harvard thrust public use of “unconventional medicine” into the minds of mainstream...
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Pain group calls on DEA to remove marijuana’s Schedule 1 designation
By John Weeks by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports A recent article at Clinical Pain Advisor announced that the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine...
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