Self-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...
Read MoreSeptember is Self-Care Awareness Month
By Katherine Shagoury September is Self-Care Awareness Month and is a great time to recognize the important conversations about self-care that practitioners and patients should be having. In July, a...
Read MoreProbiotic use could reduce healthcare costs for flu-like illnesses
By Katherine Shagoury General probiotic use could save the U.S. economy and healthcare payers about $1.4 billion in medical bills and lost productivity due to acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs),...
Read MoreCanadian palliative care society offers new integrative staffing model
By Katherine Shagoury The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians developed a new staffing model for specialist palliative care teams that can deliver an optimal, integrated palliative care program, according...
Read MoreEmpowered leadership in integrative healthcare
By Nancy Gahles Empowered leadership evolves naturally, organically, and speaks to us through intuition. It directs us to thinking and then to action based on compassionate listening, or listening mindfully,...
Read MoreStudy shows burnout symptoms may be associated with racial bias in medical residents
By Katherine Shagoury Mayo Clinic researchers have found an association between increased symptoms of burnout and heightened racial bias in medical residents, according to a new study published in JAMA...
Read MoreUsing antibiotics without prescription prevalent public health problem
By Katherine Shagoury People using antibiotics without a prescription seems to be a prevalent public health problem. Antibiotics were obtained through various means, including saving leftover prescriptions for later use,...
Read MoreSurvey finds physicians struggle with self-care, yet patients want more guidance
By Katherine Shagoury Lack of time, job demands, family demands, being too tired, and burnout lead many physicians to struggle with their own self-care, and patients want more guidance on...
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