While there may be no “magic bullet” when it comes to health, this should not dissuade patients or practitioners from seeking out ingredients that offer multiple health benefits. When it comes to dietary supplements, there are thousands upon thousands of choices. So, why not choose one that can address pain and assist with mental health? A supplement that can address inflammation, while also preventing certain types of cancer.
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Spotlight on Integrative Care
The Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM) hosts its annual conference Oct. 25-29, 2015 in San Diego. Titled "People, Planet, Purpose: Global Practitioners United in Health & Healing," the event features a wide range of speakers representing integrative health care: Deepak Chopra, MD, Daniel Cherkin, PhD, Dean Ornish, MD, Joseph Pizzorno, ND, John Weeks, and others. DC presenters include Drs. Scott Haldeman, Christine Goertz, William Meeker and Datis Kharrazian.
The AIHM "is dedicated to engaging a global community of health professionals and health seekers in innovative education, certification, leadership, inter-professional collaboration, research, and advocacy that embraces all global healing traditions, to promote the creation of health and the delivery of evidence-informed comprehensive, affordable, sustainable person-centered care." To learn more about the academy and the 2015 conference, visit http://aihm.org and read an interview with AIHM Executive Director Nancy Sudak, MD, ABIHM, published in Acupuncture Today.
Tour a World Spine Care Clinic
World Spine Care's flagship clinic in Shoshong, Botswana, is enjoying a steady stream of patients since opening its doors in 2011. Learn more about WSC and the Shoshang clinic in a video tour with Dr. Richard Brown, secretary-general of the World Federation of Chiropractic.