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integrative medicine
September 19, 2018
The evolution of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) began in the 1930s with a founding focus on a single emerging modality and now boasts a position as the largest multidisciplinary-centered rehabilitation organization in the country. ACRM was first a medical academy for x-ray therapy, broadened to more physical therapies, then focused in on physical medicine, and finally extended outward again to address both physical and psychological issues. Core disciplines are medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology. The door is not shut. Anyone can join.
September 19, 2018
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
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
“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.”