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Call Now to Urge Congress to Advance Whole-Person Integrative Healthcare
Today’s Practitioner is calling on our readers to support the Integrative Health Policy Consortium’s (IHPC) upcoming caucus in Washington DC. A few months ago, we asked for your letters to support Whole Person Integrative Healthcare Caucus. “We are so grateful for the thousands who wrote to your elected leaders,” said KimberlyRead
Joe Pizzorno ND and Deepak Chopra MD recognized at Integrative Healthcare Symposium
Today’s Practitioner congratulates Joe Pizzorno ND and Deepak Chopra MD, who will be recognized at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium (Feb. 22-24) for the 2018 Leadership and Visionary awards. Pizzorno will be given the Leadership Award, which recognizes a pioneer whose contributions have shaped integrative healthcare and paved the way forRead
Support the Integrative Health & Wellness Congressional Caucus
NEWS: Representatives Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) have jointly launched the Integrative Health and Wellness Congressional Caucus in the House of Representatives. In a statement, Polis called integrative care the “missing piece” for health and wellness, while Coffman said it is important for patients to have “all theRead
News Round Up: Pros and Cons of Milk Alternative Beverages
Take a stroll down the dairy or alternative dairy aisle, and you’ll see every imaginable non-milk beverage, including hemp, cashew, oat, pea protein and the ever popular coconut and almond. These milk alternative beverages, also nicknamed ‘mylks,” are increasingly popular even among people who do not have to avoid dairyRead
Letter to President Trump from Joseph Pizzorno, ND; Jeffery Bland PhD; Mimi Guarneri MD and other Integrative Care Leaders
Adverse Events Dramatically Up for Cosmetics & Personal Care Products
A new JAMA Internal Medicine study is placing cosmetics and personal care products under the microscope. A significant number of active ingredients marketed to soften, clean, sooth, plump, lengthen and boost are causing serious injury or worse, according to a study from Northwestern Medicine. The study authors are calling forRead
Klaire Labs Branding Merger with ProThera and Complementary Prescriptions
In coming months, you may notice a change in branding of some professional-line supplements as three popular practitioner brands merge into one label. In early July 2017, Klaire Labs (parent Soho Flordis International, SFI USA) announced that ProThera and and Complementary Prescriptions will unify under the Klaire Labs brand. KlaireRead
Why the New York Times Got It Wrong about Vitamin D
Recently, a New York Times (NYT) article, Why are So Many People Popping Vitamin D?, suggested that taking vitamin D is a waste of time and money. Gina Kolata, a medical journalist for the NYT, highlighted two new studies concluding that vitamin D does not prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) orRead
Patient Attitudes on Integrative Therapies During Hospitalization
Integrative Medical News Update
This week we feature a round up of integrative medical news published in the last 30 days. Prebiotics Support Beneficial REM Sleep and Reduced Stress Response Emergency Room Doctors Warn of “natural cures” that promote high-concentration peroxide cleanses. Lianhuaqingwen’s antiviral activity and immunomodulatory effects discovered on viral influenza infections. Read
