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The Rise of Integrative Health and Medicine: The Milestones—1963 to Present

By Glenn Sabin and Taylor WalshIntroduction by historian John Weeks New 92-page e-book chronicles 120 milestones over 50 years, illustrating the inexorable growth and influence of the integrative health field. The Rise stands in testament to the compelling, sometimes hard-fought, process of how integrative healthcare has changed the face of our country, our educational institutions, our government, and, most importantly, our lives. Readers will gain an historical viewpoint of integrative

8 Steps to Negotiating Integrative Medicine within Institutional Settings

John Weeks recently shared a post by Christian Nix entitled Ten Cardinal Sins Acupuncturists Make, illustrating how an acupuncturist might pragmatically get in the door of an institution, gain acceptance and ultimately, a gig. More to the point, it explains what not to do. I regularly write and speak on integrative medicine within institutional settings, and how best to secure physician and administrative leadership support. Thus I strongly relate to

Integrative Medicine is a Story, Not an Advertisement

My longtime professional background in media and marketing started during the still-heady days of television, radio and magazines. Cable was just making its way into the world. There was no Internet— at least not a public one—nor digital social networks. Professionals created content while producers, program directors and editors were the arbiters of what the public saw and consumed. Integrative healthcare was not as widely available back in those days.

5 Legal Issues Integrative Health Practitioners Need to Know for 2015

By Michael H. Cohen, JD With 2015 right around the corner, here are 5 legal and regulatory issues that integrative health practitioners need to know. 1. No Defined Legal Category Integrative medicine remains outside the bounds of a professional category defined by law—unlike, say, “physical therapy” or “psychology.” This means that the rest of healthcare law has to be borrowed, modified, or adapted to fit integrative health. For example, integrative medicine

The Absurd Economics of Nutrition and Exercise

It’s fair to say that, to a large extent, America has long fostered a culture and environment conducive to physical inactivity and nutritional-based disease. With today’s prevailing science clearly showing that teaching and practicing lifestyle medicine significantly decreases the top chronic health conditions plaguing society—i.e., diabetes, obesity, heart disease and certain cancers—moving more firmly in this healthier, logical direction would subsequently trigger a vast increase in human productivity and output,

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