After decades of mind/brain-focused subspecialization, psychiatry is now reconsidering the whole person. “Integrative medicine” is being used to denote the strategic combining of standard treatments (eg, medication, psychotherapies) with evidence-based complementary and alternative approaches (eg, herbs, nutrients, acupuncture, neuro-therapy). “Integrated medicine” refers to the practice of usi...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)⎯also referred to as integrative medicine⎯includes a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies. A therapy is generally called complementary when it is used in addition to conventional treatments; it is often called alternative when it is used instead of conventional treatment. (Conventional treatments are those that are widely acc...

The world of Traditional/Complementary and Alternative Medicine has grown and its importance has been emphasized in several studies. In Brazil, the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices encourages their inclusion and empowerment in primary care. This study attempted to identify the provision of services and integrative practices in the Unified National Health System and the...

INTRODUCTION Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) frequently presents with an acute exacerbation (AECOPD). Debate exists as to whether these patients should be admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). An integrative review was performed to determine whether clinical variables available at the time of ICU admission are predictive of the intermediate-term mortality of patients with an AEC...

Most Western medicines are synthetic chemical products that come with side effects for patients, and therefore, our modern medical system needs to be optimized. A new concept called integrative medicine represents a more comprehensive system for understanding our body in a holistic fashion in terms of analyzing, evaluating and treating complex diseases successfully. Integrative medicine may be ...

We have developed Lynx (http://lynx.ci.uchicago.edu)--a web-based database and a knowledge extraction engine, supporting annotation and analysis of experimental data and generation of weighted hypotheses on molecular mechanisms contributing to human phenotypes and disorders of interest. Its underlying knowledge base (LynxKB) integrates various classes of information from >35 public databases an...

As we enter the fall season, JADPRO is ready to begin publishing our next review series. Our first year highlighted the use of biomarkers in various types of cancer, and our second year provided a comprehensive look at the toxicities and adverse events advanced practitioners (APs) encounter in practice. Our third series topic involves integrative therapies and complementary and alternative medi...

training.1 Hospitals outside academia are also creating CAM programs, and health care providers have been expanding benefits to include alternative practices.6,7 Many cancer treatment centers also now offer CAM therapies.8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center provides an integrative medicine approach to cancer care that incorporates a clinical program, research, and education.8 It ...