According to Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Integrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona, “The integrative approach is based on a physician/patient partnership within which conventional and alternative modalities are used to stimulate the body’s natural healing potential. It neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices.” Physicians who use ...

OBJECTIVE A comprehensive systematic review of economic evaluations of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) to establish the value of these therapies to health reform efforts. DATA SOURCES PubMed, CINAHL, AMED, PsychInfo, Web of Science and EMBASE were searched from inception through 2010. In addition, bibliographies of found articles and reviews were searched, and key researchers wer...

Background: Integrative Medicine (IM) is an emerging field in paediatrics, especially in the USA. The purpose of the present study was to assess the attitudes and beliefs of Youth Health Care (YHC) physicians in the Netherlands toward IM in paediatrics. Methods: In October 2010, a link to an anonymous, self-reporting, 30-item web-based questionnaire was mailed to all members of the Dutch Organi...

Various novel techniques including ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction and supercritical fluid extraction have been developed for the extraction of medicinal plants in order to shorten the extraction time, decrease the solvent consumption, increase the extraction yield, and enhance the quality of extracts. This review was conducted to introduce and compare the conventi...

Various novel techniques including ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction and supercritical fluid extraction have been developed for the extraction of medicinal plants in order to shorten the extraction time, decrease the solvent consumption, increase the extraction yield, and enhance the quality of extracts. This review was conducted to introduce and compare the conventi...

Introduction The baseline fMRI signal and the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal amplitude are not a quantitative reflection of neuronal activity as physiological and physical parameters (e.g. baseline CBF, echo time, coil sensitivity ...) contribute to the the signal. One goal of quantitative fMRI is to determine oxygen metabolism (CMRO2) from fMRI data. To this end, a calibrated ...

abstract background: this integrative review was aimed to examine in literature and integrate the determinants of nurses’ organizational commitment in hospital settings. materials and methods: in this study, an integrative review of the literature was used. the search strategy began with six electronic databases (e.g. cinahl and medline). considering the inclusion criteria, published studies th...

BACKGROUND There is significant overlap with many concepts emphasized in integrative medicine and current educational priorities within medical school education such as cultural sensitivity, doctor-patient relationship, and physician self-care. Although the concept of Integrative Medicine is just beginning to gain recognition in academic medical institutions, the recognition of Complementary an...

Integrative medicine got a boost of greater public awareness and funding after a landmark 1993 study. That study showed that one in three Americans had used an alternative therapy, often under the medical radar. Proponents prefer the term Integrative Medicine or complementary to emphasize that such treatments are used with mainstream medicine, not as replacements or alternatives. Integrative me...