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COVID-19
October 19, 2022
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data in June 2022 showing that more than 40 percent of adults in the United States reported having COVID-19 in the past, and nearly one in five of those are currently still having symptoms of long COVID. According to the CDC, post-COVID conditions are a range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems that people experience after first being infected with COVID. While most people get better within a few days or weeks, post-COVID symptoms start emerging at least four weeks after the infection. Anyone who was infected, the CDC said, can experience long COVID. And, according to University of California Davis Health, long COVID can affect anyone – young, old, healthy, and those struggling with other conditions. It has been seen in those who were hospitalized with COVID and patients with more mild symptoms.
Integrative Practitioner is pleased to bring you this Self-Care Guide for integrative Practitioners written by Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, RSHom(NA), OIM. In this comprehensive digital resource, Dr. Gahles offers expert advice and several self-care techniques, which are evidence-informed and, if followed, will assist the healthcare provider with guidance regarding our own nurturing and life balance.
Scientific research can be complex, confusing, and occasionally contradictory. In today’s digital world, patients are more connected than ever to healthcare advances and may come to you with questions about new and emerging research. Therefore, it is incumbent upon healthcare practitioners to effectively analyze scientific research and extract the appropriate information for the patient.
In this guide, we review the different types of scientific studies and how to understand and analyze a scientific paper.
Important Factors That Can Influence Digestive Health and Mucosal Barrier Function
Dr. Elnazer will be speaking about real and common diseases where this is needed and how we apply this sophisticated art with doses and side effects potential adjustments and the treatment outcomes for these patients.
GenomicInsight™: The clinician’s tool in the practical application of SNP testing in precision medicine
Presented by: Austin Perlmutter, MD, and David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM
Fundamental to the practice of medicine is the acquisition and dissemination of the most validated and impactful recommendations for those in our care. But all too commonly, this information goes unheeded. Why? Our modern world is fundamentally reshaping our brains, altering our decision-making towards impulsivity, instant gratification and the type of choices that lead to poor health and unhappiness. The structural and functional wiring of our brains is constantly rearranged by our interaction with the world around us. And this process can either be consciously harnessed for our own benefit or externally manipulated for the benefit of others. This presentation exposes the mental hijacking that undermines each and every one of us, and presents practical tools to help reclaim our ability to make better decisions, strengthen our relationships with others, and maintain healthier habits.
Presented by: David Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, FACN
Panel:
Tom Fabian, PhD, CNTP
Richard Horowitz, MD
Gez Medinger
Bruce Patterson, MD
Post-COVID-19 Syndrome, often known as Long-Haul Syndrome, represents a complex multi-factorial phenomenon that is being observed clinically in a significant percentage of those individuals that have recovered from initial acute COVID-19, but have far from fully recovered.
This expert panel will review the various hypotheses proposed to explain this emerging post-pandemic epidemic.
Presented by: Laura Calascione-Nguyen, FMCHC, NBC-HWC; Jennifer Hanawald, NBC-HWC; Gemma Nastasi, CAPP, CHNC; and Katherine Rushlau
In the integrative healthcare industry, there is a growing demand for health coaching in medical practice. Health coaches specialize in skillful conversation and strategies to actively and safely engage patients in health behavior change and can be an invaluable member of a care team.
This advanced level session will describe the rationale behind the SASH (Support And Services at Home, Burlington VT) program, how it is being utilized as a platform to transform the healthcare delivery system, and why the incorporation of nurse coaching is key to its ongoing success in promoting the health and wellbeing of frail and chronically ill elders.