Practicing direct primary care with an integrative focus
Photo Cred: StockSnap/Pixabay By Wendy Pecoraro, MSN, APRN, DipACLM In our integrative care practices, we convey the importance of downtime, mindfulness, movement, sleep, spending time in nature, and fostering meaningful...
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#79 – The role of our food system in chronic disease
Mark Hyman, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the ways our food system influences policy, science, health, social justice and environment and climate change. This episode is sponsored...
Read MoreIntegrative healthcare trends to watch in 2020
By Katherine Shagoury As we celebrate not only the start of a new year, but the start of a new decade, we’re taking a closer look at the trends in...
Read MoreHalf of population projected to have obesity by 2030, Harvard study says
Photo Cred: Robert Bye/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a...
Read MoreAddressing controversial food claims with patients
By Laura Rokosz, PhD The internet has had a resounding impact on human health. There is so much information at our fingertips, but, unless you are an authority, interpretation of...
Read MoreFederal appeals court rules Affordable Care Act insurance mandate unconstitutional
Photo Cred: Samad Ismayilov/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled last week that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate requiring...
Read MoreVA study supports long-term benefits of non-drug therapies
Photo Cred: John Liston By Katherine Shagoury Non-drug therapies given to military service members with chronic pain may reduce the risk of long-term adverse outcomes, such as alcohol and drug...
Read MoreMassachusetts physician assistant programs adopt curricula to prevent opioid abuse
Photo Cred: Todd Kent/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Morbidity and mortality from prescription and synthetic opioid use and abuse continues to be a public health issue in the United States. To...
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