Are You an Empowered Patient?
Written by Jenny Leyh—mother, freelance writer, cancer survivor, and integrative health advocate living in Haddon Heights, New Jersey Confidence in your medical care is critical to your health. Ideally, you…
Placebo Guide
Harness the Power of Placebo for Your Patients - A research report and clinical guide Enhance Healing Based on Knowledge from Placebo Research
Healthy Aging Guide
Move Into Your Mature Years with this Free downloadable guide on the keys to healthy aging from Dr. Wayne Jonas
What Does it Mean to Age Well?
I don’t need to tell you that wisdom comes freely with age. And that wisdom can be offered in a variety of forms from those among us well into their…
How to Incorporate Faith into our Healthcare System
How can the gap between medicine and faith be more widely and rapidly bridged without falling into the silos of medical dogma and denominational competition? Are there tools that both…
Patient Engagement is the ‘Blockbuster Drug of the Century’
It is no secret that medicine needs to be reimagined. For one, only about 15 to 20 percent of health-related outcomes are because of medical interventions. The rest are related…
How Patients Can Be Empowered to Play an Active Role in Their Health
Our healthcare system is in flux. As we live longer and embrace changes in lifestyle and environment, we are also being overwhelmed by an increase in chronic disease diagnoses, and…
Why Your Doctor Should Start Utilizing Alternative Practices
Your primary care physician is charged with monitoring your overall health. A conventional physician will encourage annual screenings, vaccinations and prescribe medications when needed. In addition to the standard care,…
Women and Pain: Taking Control and Finding Relief
There’s a gender gap when it comes to pain. Women have more frequent, longer lasting, and severe pain than men. For instance, one national survey found that while about 16 percent of white men and 8 percent of black men reported severe pain, those numbers jumped to about 22 percent for white women and 11 percent for black women, respectively.
Developing an Integrative Health Model: Who, What, and How
A guide to help physicians and other health care providers incorporate self-care and complementary approaches into their mainstream practice as they move toward person-centered, integrative health for improving patient outcomes and satisfaction while delivering a better quality of care.