Month: April 2019
One Third of Cancer Patients Use Complementary Medicine, But Many Don’t Tell Their Doctors
With a cancer diagnosis, many people begin to seek complimentary forms of medicine to go with conventional treatments. A new study shows that one-third of people with a cancer diagnosis use complementary care options, such as meditation, yoga, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and supplements. The problem is that of these oneRead
Safety and Efficacy of Medical Cannabis in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Review in a Neurological Outpatient Setting
As more states legalize medical cannabis, clinicians are seeking more information on how it may affect elderly populations for chronic conditions associated with aging. In this study, published in the journal Neurology, researchers evaluated medical cannabis’ (MC) efficacy and adverse effects (AE) in patients 75 years of age or older.Read
Inappropriate Pain Management after Surgery is a Major Cause of the Opioid Crisis
Over the past decade an increasing reliance on opioids to treat pain has been associated with a rising epidemic of opioid misuse in the USA, that is now expanding globally. Lancet recently published three papers designed to address the role of inappropriate opioid prescribing after surgery as a major causeRead
David Haase, MD: Navigating the Intersections of Stress, Pain, and Addiction – Seeing Hope through the Functional Medicine Lens
Stress-Related Disorders and Heightened Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Do you ask your patients if they have experienced a stress related event or trauma. This new study shows that you may want to carefully watch these patients, especially within 6 months of the event. Stress related disorders – conditions triggered by a significant life event or trauma – mayRead
Holistic Approach to Pain May help Prevent Drug Deaths in Vulnerable Populations
As integrative practitioners have been saying, a holistic approach to pain is the answer to the opioid crisis, especially for low-income and at-risk patients. A new study give these ideas merit. A program offering group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may help prevent patients on prescription opioids fromRead
New Study on the Endocannabinoid System and Stroke
The Future for Integrative Health: Interviews with Presidents of 7 Multidisciplinary Universities
The past 20 years witnessed the expansion of a new type of institution in academic health care – and specifically in integrative health and medicine: multidisciplinary universities with professional degrees in multiple natural health fields. Variously denominated as universities of “natural health sciences” or “health sciences” or “integrative health” orRead
One in Five Deaths, 11 Million Annually, Associated with Poor Diets, says Lancet study
People in almost every region of the world could benefit from rebalancing their diets to eat optimal amounts of various foods and nutrients, according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study tracking trends in consumption of 15 dietary factors from 1990 to 2017 in 195 countries, published in TheRead
Are Headlines of Medical Breakthroughs Overstating Actual Science and Research?
Patients should have as much access to information as possible. The more they know, the more informed decision about their health and life that can be made. However, faulty headlines about new therapies are infiltrating news outlets left and right recently. Many times, this information can be misleading, and itRead
