integrative medicine

The NCCAM Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary and alternative medicine practices and approaches, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine.

Date: August 9, 2010
Speaker: Claudia Witt, M.D., Professor for Complementary Medicine and Vice Director at the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, Germany

(Northwestern Memorial Hospital) The integrative oncology services that recently launched at Northwestern aim to address cancer patients' needs from every angle through treatment that extends beyond medical therapies.

Urinary Tract Conditions: Examining the Evidence on Cranberry and Saw Palmetto
Patients with urinary tract infections often ask health care providers about using complementary and alternative medicine to relieve symptoms or prevent recurrences.

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Sindya Bhanoo has written a great article for the Washington Post about the recently opened Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine and Digestive Center.

The treatment center is particularly interesting in that it is part of a growing trend of mainstream conventional treatments that are collaborating with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments.

Bhanoo produces quite a quote right off the bat that is all too true:

"We conventional doctors need to acknowledge that some of our therapies...

International Research Conference Highlights Progress, New Directions
In May, more than 600 people from 22 countries gathered at the 2006 North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine.

Read about the research findings and perspectives shared on the rich diversity of CAM and integrative medicine.