Presented by: Robert Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, CSCS, CIISN, CKTP, CES, HKC, FA

The gut and the brain are two separate, but connected, organs. When the gut is dysfunctional due to microbiota imbalance, it has been shown to manifest as a neurological disorder. Equally, within hours of a traumatic brain injury, the gut is inflamed. When the gut is inflamed, the intestinal barrier breaks, allowing for the translocation of microbial antigens into the bloodstream. In response to the microbial or dietary antigens, the immune system produces autoreactive antibodies, which can infiltrate the broken blood-brain barrier and trigger neuroautoimmunity.

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Stress, Adrenal Health, and Cannabidiol: The HPA-ECS Connection

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How to Build a Successful Virtual Dispensary

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Presented by: Roberta Stanhope, ARNP, PMH, CNS, BC

This presentation will examine the role of integrative health and holistic wellness in combating the loneliness pandemic. Topics include issues of overprescribing and overdiagnosis within the context of traditional clinical health settings. This presentation will provide examples of holistic tools that practitioners can use to support mental health including the use of targeted pharmaceutical therapy for optimal outcome management.

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Presented by: Nicola Finley, MD

Health disparities negatively impact the health and wellbeing of communities of color and a leading cause of health disparities is social determinants of health. These social determinants of health contribute to health inequalities for Black, Hispanic, and Native American communities.

This presentation will outline the various factors that contribute to social determinants of health and its effects on medical conditions like COVID-19, heart disease, cancer among other conditions. Implicit bias can play a role in health disparities; strategies will be discussed on how to reduce this bias. Lastly, alternative medicine practices in communities of color will be discussed as well as how wellness can help in achieving health equity.

This presentation was recorded at the 2022 Integrative Healthcare Symposium Annual Conference.

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Medicine is undergoing a major paradigm shift from a reactive, organ based diagnosis and disease management system to an engaged, proactive, molecularly based systems approach. This is being called “4P Medicine: Personalized, Predictive Preventive and Participatory.

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Adaptogens, Herbs, and Nootropics for Brain Health

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This edition of the Integrative Practitioner Digital Summit focuses on environmental medicine.

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This issue highlights integrative approaches to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and keeping patients, practitioners, and businesses resilient amid a global pandemic. Included in this issue:

• Managing depression post-COVID-19
• How pandemic impacts sleep and behavior
• Enhancing immune system function with food
• Culinary herbs and teas for immune support
• Nutrition support and supplementation for immune function
• Helping patients handle stress
• Coping with social isolation for practitioners and patients

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Neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are having an ever-increasing impact on society. Despite the recent emergence of novel and effective interventional protocols, by and large attention dedicated to utilization leading edge research in the development of preventive programs remains virtually absent from medical discourse.

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