Meta-analysis shows antidepressant medications are not effective in most cases and no better than placebo. Dr Bon-giorno will describe how complementary and integrative medicine is poised to provide a more complete answer for depression sufferers. He will reveal evidenced-based support for using natural medicines to help heal the underlying causes of depression, avoid drug side effects, and hel...

Integrative genomics studies have greatly advanced our understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology over the last decade. Here, we highlight the strengths and challenges of this cutting-edge approach and provide examples where novel insights have arisen through the integration of multi-level genomic information and cardiac physiology. Going forward, the integration of comprehensive next-gene...

and workshops. Leaders in research and practice lectured in the three topic areas of Cancer, Functional Disorders (including irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia) and Metabolic Syndrome (obesity, syndrome X, diabetes). Following each lecture there was a panel discussion of clinical cases with questions taken from the audience. Workshops provided hands on experience to help guide referral or u...

The session will begin by outlining several examples of what appears to be unexplained or paradoxical effects of plant extracts or drugs given at low doses. We will then explore the definition, basic principles, and ramifications of a concept named " Hormesis. " This fascinating field of research examines the bio-stimulatory effects of numerous substances given at doses below the commonly belie...

The responsibility for the content of this paper rests with the authors and does not necessarily represent the views or endorsement of the Institute of Medicine or its committees and convening bodies. The paper is one of several commissioned by the Institute of Medicine. Reflective of the varied range of issues and interpretations related to integra-tive medicine, the papers developed represent...

Cancer survivorship has become a topic of great interest in the past few years. Unfortunately, even with successful treatment as well as good follow-up care, many patients continue to experience unmet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as having an unsettling fear, fear of recurrence, a fear which most survivors share, even many years after their treatment ended. As a result, pati...

OBJECTIVES Biomedicine and complementary and alternative medicine are forming new relationships, under the rubric of integrative medicine. Recently, the military has adopted integrative medicine as the model for pain management. An evaluation was conducted on an integrative model for pain management at a major Army medical center to determine the distinct challenges that were encountered during...

I n the November 2015 issue of Global Advances in Health and Medicine, we published abstracts from the Annual Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US) conference held in Boston, Massa-chusetts, August 6-8, 2015. 1 The mission of IM4US is " a collab-orative, multidisciplinary group of people committed to affordable, accessible integra-tive health care for all. " The abstracts described a...

INTRODUCTION Integrative medicine inpatient treatment has been shown to improve physical and mental health in patients with internal medicine conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a 2-week integrative medicine inpatient treatment in patients with chronic pain syndromes and the association of treatment success with patient-related process variables. METHODS ...