Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the partial results of the first project on Integrative Oncology in Brazil, which is being put into practice at the Clinics Hospital of the University of Campinas (HC/Unicamp). The majority of the Brazilian population uses the public National Health System (SUS) and one of its units, the National Institute for Cancer (INCA), administers cancer t...

OBJECTIVES In breast cancer research, it is important to identify genomic markers associated with prognosis. Multiple microarray gene expression profiling studies have been conducted, searching for prognosis markers. Genomic markers identified from the analysis of single datasets often suffer a lack of reproducibility because of small sample sizes. Integrative analysis of data from multiple ind...

OBJECTIVES Prior integrative reminiscence interventions have had a limited focus on attachment themes. The attachment-focused integrative reminiscence (AFIR) intervention differs from these in its central emphasis on attachment themes. The wide range of health benefits resulting from integrative reminiscence may be due in part to reminiscing about, mourning, and integrating unresolved attachmen...

In spite of the striking evidence that many firms run multiple business models, scholars and practitioners still lack a comprehensive understanding about model portfolio dynamics, particularly when this happens in digital space. Prior research on diversification tends to focus supply-side complementarities, such as firm's synergies among resources capabilities. Yet, demand-side with its custome...

BACKGROUND Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the most commonly used alternative therapy in children with asthma, especially in the Chinese community. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the government-sponsored Outpatient's Healthcare Quality Improvement (OHQI) project with integrated TCM treatment on childhood asthma. METHODS This study used the Longitudinal Health Insurance D...

In 2012, the business subcommittee of the clinical working group for the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) launched a pilot survey to collect information about the structure and business models of the member integrative centers. Although the survey provided useful insight into the business operations and financial resources needed to start up a center, the ...

The global crisis in health care is deepening. For the majority, affordable quality health care seems like a distant dream. Healthcare systems need to understand the complex interplay of biology, behavior, socioeconomic and environmental factors that shape health. These factors cannot be considered in isolation from each other. Planning effective treatment of disease requires addressing them al...

Contemporary medicine has been in the process of a paradigm shift. Instead of relatively broad pathological entities, population-based risk assesments, and non-specific "one-size-fits-all" therapies, a new paradigm of predictive, individualized and personalized care and targeted therapy is rolling on the horizon. Person-centered medicine is a term with different meanings which competes in some ...

management This conference report was provided by Aditi Nerurkar, MD, MPH, an integrative medicine physician at Harvard Medical School and the medical director of the Cheng-Tsui Integrated Health Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. She specializes in mind-body medicine, stress management, and lifestyle medicine. She is also a contributor to The Atlantic and Th...