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Carolina Brooks, ND, BA, IFMPC, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss how medicinal mushrooms can be used in patient practice, including popular varieties, nutrition and medical constituents of mushrooms, and safety and side effect considerations.

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Adam Breiner, ND, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss traumatic brain injuries, such as concussions, as well as natural approaches to healing an injured brain.

James Greenblatt, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the public health crisis of suicide, as well as a genetic, biological, and psychosocial model for understanding and preventing suicide.

Joel Evans, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the functional medicine approach to prescribing hormone replacement therapy, as well as the role of bio-identical hormone replacement.

Robert Rountree, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the pervasive pathological processes involved in senescence and how these processes can lead to age-related disease.

Ashley Koff, RD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss various testing methods and tools to assess patients’ status of current nutrition and individual nutrition needs.

Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the ever-increasing incidence of pediatric autoimmune disorders such as PANS and PANDAS.

Isadora Guggenheim, ND, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss how chronic conditions have impaired epigenetic sources, as well as appropriate identification, testing and treatment protocols to reverse chronic disease.

Michael Ruscio, DC, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss dietary, probiotic, environmental, and lifestyle strategies for gastrointestinal dysbiosis, immune activation, and histamine intolerance.

Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, including how to apply in patient practice and how these principles impact aspects of natural medicine such as brain health, food sensitivities, immunity, stress relief, and inflammation.

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Dane Donohue, DC, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the fully integrated wellness program, and how he uses a wellness score including relevant biometric and laboratory data to assess patient needs.

Belleruth Naparstek, ACSW, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau, to discuss key research findings on the power and efficacy of guided imagery therapies. Featuring a sample guided imagery exercise, Naparstek also discusses the pros and cons of mind-body interventions and some practical tips on using the technique.

Kenneth Pelletier, PhD, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss epigenetics, how to realistically use and understand genetic information, and apply in patient practice.

Steven Feyrer-Melk, PhD, M.ED joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the technology-engagement triad and how advancements in health-related devices and applications can assist in a personalized, whole-person approach to patient care.

Barbara Bartlik, MD, and Janet Mindes, PhD, join Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss new and more holistic solutions to sexual problems.

Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHOM(NA),OIM, and Lorraine Gahles-Kildow, PhD, join Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to  bring awareness and solutions to the epidemic of burnout, compassion fatigue, vital exhaustion and one of its most devastating consequences, cardiovascular disease.

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss functional medicine in the age of genomics, biometrics, and wearable devices. 

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Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss a patient-specific immune repair program established to help restore tolerance, repair ability, and achieve sustained remissions in chronic autoimmune and immune dysfunction conditions.

David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss preventative medicine for neurodegenerative disease as well as dietary trends and interventions that affect brain health.

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Wendy Warner, MD, FACOG, ABIHM, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss genetic testing and hormone balancing for women to create personalized treatment protocols for female patients.

Mark Hyman, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss the failures of nutrition science and what practitioners can do to accurately decipher nutrition data.

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David Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss the autoimmune epidemic in healthcare, controversies and the integrative practitioner’s role going forward.

Ronald Hoffman, MD, CNS, FACAM, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss and integrative and comprehensive approach to inflammatory bowel disease, as well as the integrative practitioner’s role in improving the current standard of care.

Jack Wolfson, DO, FACC, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss leaky heart, what it is, how to diagnose it, and how heart disease can be prevented and reversed.

Donald Abrams, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss the controversies surrounding cannabis in cancer care, as well as working with patients who opts for cannabis protocols.

Robert Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, CSCS, CIISN, CKTP, CES, HKC, FA, joins Integrative Practitioner editor Katherine Rushlau to discuss microbiota and the gut-brain access, and how maintaining gut health can influence chronic disease and traumatic brain injury.

Mark Menolascino MD, MS, ABIHM, ABAARM, IFMCP, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss strategies to evaluate and treat cognitive decline, as well as an integrative collaborative care model for complicated clinical problems. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Susan Allen, RDN, CCN and Amanda Archibald, RDN join IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss utilizing genomic testing to recommend and bio-markers to evaluate the efficacy of personalized, evidence-based nutrigenomic interventions in the prevention and treatment of osteopenia and osteoporosis. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Integrative Practitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, speaks with Carol Penn, DO, about the connection of breath and balancing the parasympathetic and the sympathetic nervous system, as well as the benefits of movement both in community building and in healing. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Integrative Practitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, speaks with Catherine Errico, MSN, RN, HWNC-BC, about using Jin Shin Jyutsu in self-care for nurses. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Integrative Practitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, speaks with Carol Hahn, MSN, RN, CPT, RYT, CDP, about the limbs or paths of yoga and how practitioners can begin to practice healthy breathing techniques with patients. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Mark Bubbs, ND, CISSN, CSCS, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the ketogenic diet, and explain why the diet is an effective strategy for lowering high blood sugar levels, improving hyper-insulinemia, and for improving markers of metabolic health. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Mark Hyman, MD, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the challenges of nutrition science and the role of food policies on health, the environment, the economy, and poverty. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, speaks with Jordon Stern, MD, about diagnosing sleep apnea in patients and the connection between sleep tech and sleep apnea. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Andrea Beaman, HHC, AADP speaks with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, about culinary herbs and how they support the body, as well as ways to prepare common herbs and begin recommending them to patients. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Heba Elnazer, MD, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss chronic endocrine disorders, clinical decision making for using function supplements and nutrients in combination with medication, and incorporating combination therapy in patient practices. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, interviews David Perlmutter, MD, on the role lifestyle factors, like nutrition, have in determining the destiny of the brain, as well as how practitioners can begin to address lifestyle factors for brain health with their patients. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Daniel Friedland, MD, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss burnout, resiliency, and how practitioners can engage in mindfulness practices to enhance awareness and effectively navigate stress. Dr. Friedland will also explain how low and high performance leadership states map to various regions of the brain. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Gerard Clum, DC, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss addressing the opioid epidemic as well primary and adjunctive therapies of a chiropractor treating acute and chronic pain in an integrative setting. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Joanne Turnier, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, HN-BC, HWNC-BC, CT, Dena Alberti, MSN, RN-BC, and Deborah McElligott DNP, ANP-BC, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, CDE join IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, for a discussion on nurse coaching models for patient-centered care. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Scott Sherr, MD, speaks with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, on hyperbaric oxygen therapy and its role in functional medicine. This episode is part of the IHS preview series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, speaks with Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, on the benefits of music therapy for disease management, as well as emotional health and coping with trauma. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Nicole Vinneau, MSN, RN, NC-BC, will conduct an energy exercise at this year’s Integrative Healthcare Symposium, and joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, to give listeners a preview of energy enhancing techniques and how practitioners can use the methods she will be teaching in their own lives and practices. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Suzanne Hanser, EdD, MT-BC, discusses common stress reduction and pain management techniques using music therapy. She walks listeners through a sample exercise and offer suggestions on how to incorporate music protocols into patient practices. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

IntegrativePractiitoner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, interviews David M. Brady, ND, on strategies of collaborative care for patients with autoimmune disorders. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Barbara Dossey Phd, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC and Deva-Marie Beck Phd, RN speak with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, on Florence Nightingale’s legacy of caring, health, healing, and advocacy for public health, as well as the role of integrative nurse coaching and integration of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, L.AC. speaks with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor Katherine Rushlau on practitioners training the mind to benefit themselves and others, as well as approaches to enhancing and deepening mind-body connections. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, meets with Michael D. Lewis, MD on cannabidiol, or CBD, and how practitioners can use it to maintain or obtain improved brain health. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, interviews Joseph Pizzorno, ND, on environmental neurotoxins becoming a primary cause of neurodegeneration, the most prominent toxins practitioners need to be aware of, and tests and protocols practitioners should have in place. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Marc Milstein, PhD, joins IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss breakthrough research and insights for lowering an individual’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, along with  common health conditions and daily activities that increase an individual’s risk. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Laura Rokosz, PhD speaks with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, on solutions for nutrient deficiencies that affect neuronal development, as well as the relationship between the microbiome and cognitive health. This episode is part of the IHS Preview Series.

Carole Lynn Steiner, author of MYBYBLE…For the Extended Lifespan, returns to speak with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau about improving back health and working with patients who suffer from chronic back pain.

In this episode of the iPractitioner Podcast, IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Nancy Gahles. DC, CCH, MBSR, on burnout syndrome, signs and symptoms, practical interventions, and more. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

Carole Lynn Steiner, author of MYBYBLE…For the Extended Lifespan, returns to speak with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau about quick and easy health and better living tips for practitioners and patients.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Carole Lynn Steiner, author of MYBYBLE…For the Extended Lifespan, about proper digestive health and lifestyle-based interventions and treatment protocols for patients who experience digestive health issues.

In this episode, IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CNS, CSCS, CKTP, CES, CIISN, DACBN, HKC, SASTM, about an inside out approach to osteoarthritis, including lifestyle-based interventions and natural approaches and solutions.

Burke Lennihan, RN, CCH returns to speak with IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau on homeopathy for the physician perspective. The discussion will cover practical protocols for hospitals, homeopathy’s role in drug and antibiotic-related issues, and how physicians can incorporate homeopathic practices with their own patients. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

In this episode of the iPractitioner Podcast, IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Burke Lennihan, RN, CCH, on getting started in homeopathy, homeopathic remedies for everyday use, the nurse’s role in educating patients on homeopathic medicine, and more. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor Katy Rushlau speaks with keynote speaker, David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, about lifestyle as medicine, how providers can help patients address negative lifestyle habits, and some of today’s top trends in integrative medicine. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Penny Kendall-Reed, ND, about the interconnection of stress, genetics, and the metabolism, as well as how providers can modify SNPs through nutrients and address challenges associated with stress management. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

Join IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, for a conversation with James Maskell, host and founder of the Functional Forum/ Evolution of Medicine, about how practitioners can apply human social genomics and some of the emerging trends in integrative medicine. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, speaks with Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CNS, CSCS, CKTP, CES, CIISN, DACBN, HKC, SASTM, about breakthroughs in the resolution of inflammation, how practitioners can help patients address inflammation from the inside out, and more. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.

Join IntegrativePractitioner.com editor, Katy Rushlau, for a conversation with Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA-HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC, and Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC, about integrative nursing, board certified holistic nursing, and integrative nurse coaching, as well as what integrative nursing looks like in practice. This episode is part of the IHS Preview series.