John Weeks

September 19, 2018

Married to the Mob: David Schleich, Key Academic Leader for the Naturopathic Profession, to Retire

Married to the mob is a term of endearment here – capturing a part of the motivation behind the remarkable contributions of David Schleich, PhD to the naturopathic medical profession’s “mother ship” and to powering growth for the naturopathic profession in North America.
September 5, 2018

Helene Langevin to Provide New Integrative Leadership at NIH: What Can We Expect?

In early 2008, the leadership of the National Institutes of Health for the second time caused concern among many in the integrative health and medicine field by naming a director of what is the now National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) who had zero experience in the field the director was to oversee. Imagine a head of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute with no experience in any cardiology, pulmunology or hematology.
September 5, 2018

The Paradox of Vision and Action for Integrative Pediatricians : Interview with Larry Rosen, MD

“Health care transformation is no longer optional; it is an absolute imperative.” The bold statement helps introduce a white paper Pediatric Integrative Medicine: Vision for the Future from a set of mainly academically-oriented pediatricians associated with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Rampant levels of obesity, inactivity, and prescription medications, in US children solicit ready agreement. “The field of pediatrics is at a crossroads. The health of our children—our future—is at stake. The prevalence rates of myriad chronic pediatric health conditions continue to rise at an unprecedented pace.”
August 24, 2018

Follow-up: Action on Erroneous JAMA Oncology “Complementary Medicine Kills” Article

The lousy and non-collegial editorial review process that allowed JAMA Oncology to publish the erroneous data-mining article from two Yale researchers that stimulated my recent Retraction Needed? JAMA Oncology’s Bum Science Suggests People Die Faster Using Complementary Medicine continues to make waves. Many of you were interested in the topic. Here are some brief updates.