The Placebo Response: How Cultural Context Influences Healing
It's been revealed that the healing effect from fake treatments could vary from 0% to 100%—even for the same disease and same treatment—depending on the context and cultural meaning in…
The Proven Power of Alternative Medicine and its Ability to Heal
The healing process is understood and applied in many traditions and by wise physicians today but has been obscured by modern medicine’s obsession with external agents, such as pills, procedures,…
Healing Tools Series: Managing Behavioral Health Issues in Primary Care: Six Five-Minute Tools
Practical five-minute strategies for family physicians to support patients with depression, anxiety and other behavioral health issues “Healing Tools” summaries are a collection of evidence-based resources to help providers and patients…
Cochrane Collaboration: Complementary Medicine Group
Systematic reviews on complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine therapies “Healing Tools” summaries are a collection of evidence-based resources to help providers and patients use integrative health approaches to improve health and…
Discover How Our Bodies Heal
The word "heal" is derived from the identical Latin and Greek words that mean whole or holy. Knowing about yourself as a whole person, your social, your behavioral, your body…
Healing Tool Series: Narrative Medicine
A patient-centered, collaborative storytelling process to deliver respectful, empathic, and effective medical care for serious illness “Healing Tools” summaries are a collection of evidence-based resources to help providers and patients…
A Patient’s View: Athlete Scores Against Chronic Pain
Exercise, meditation and mindfulness, yoga and an anti-inflammatory diet lead to a nearly pain-free life Like many teenagers, John Slay wanted to be a professional athlete. As a baseball, basketball…
Conquering Chronic Pain: Self-care plus conventional treatment helps patients relieve or prevent chronic pain
Getting through the workday used to take all of Olivia Seonbuchner’s energy and willpower. For about 19 months, the 25-year-old would go home and get into bed with a heating…
Healing Tool Series: Moving Beyond Medications
A one-page pocket guide for primary care physicians highlighting five steps to manage chronic pain without drugs “Healing Tools” summaries are a collection of evidence-based resources to help providers and…
Healing Tool Series: Book Review: Aches and Gains: A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Pain
A book for people with chronic pain: Aches and Gains: A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Pain “Healing Tools” summaries are a collection of evidence-based resources to help providers and patients…