Optimal Healing Environments
Each person has inherent healing capacity. Through small changes in your daily life, you can increase your body’s ability to heal. You also may foster that same healing capacity in…
Safe and Effective Ways to Feel Better
Cancer is a complex illness that sets off multiple reactions and changes in the mind, body, and spirit. While the initial diagnosis requires conventional methods of treatment such as chemotherapy,…
How To Be An Effective Partner in Your Own Healthcare Plan
You know your body better than anyone. Whether managing a medical diagnosis or seeking to improve (or maintain) your current health, your role as the patient should carry at least…
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,…
Guided Imagery Pocket Guide
The pocket guide on guided imagery describes the evidence behind this mind-body practice and how to access it.
Why Self-Care is So Important to Your Health
Self-care is often overlooked in discussions around healing, but it is a critical aspect of our health and well-being. The best path to health is for physicians to work with…
The Scientific Reasons Why You Can’t Get Pregnant
So you and your partner have decided to take the plunge into parenthood. You've embraced a healthier lifestyle, said goodbye to birth control and read every fertility blog and book…
Integrative Health Guide
Patient resource for healthy living and self-care: Healthy Food, Healthy Mind, Healthy, Life, Healthy Lifestyle Healthy You
How to Improve Your Fertility and Banish Painful Periods
In all the rollicking changes a woman experiences in her twenties and thirties, one thing remains constant: her reproductive cycle. Every month triggers a cascade of hormones designed to ready…
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.