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 Integrative
Medicine Alliance Online Newsletter
Published: Wednesday| October 13, 2004
Issue 39
IMA News, Announcements
And Events
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IMA Names
Harvey Zarren President
The IMA is pleased
to announce that the Board of Directors has elected Board member
Harvey Zarren to act as IMA President until the end of 2004. As
President, Zarren will provide stewardship to the Board of Directors
and lead strategic projects. Karl Berger, former president will
continue to participate on the board and function as the IMA
Coordinator.
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Industry News and Legislative Updates
VA
to Begin Chiropractic Care
Veterans can receive chiropractic care at 26 selected Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities beginning this fall, according to
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi.
VA
will hire or contract with doctors of chiropractic to provide the
care. In consultation with VA primary care providers, doctors of
chiropractic will offer patient evaluations and chiropractic care
for neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
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This issue of the IMA Newsletter is sponsored
by the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is one of the largest
rehabilitation facilities in the U.S., providing comprehensive
rehabilitation and complex medical management services. A teaching
hospital of Harvard Medical School, it is a member of the Partners
HealthCare System, along with Massachusetts General Hospital and
Brigham and Women's Hospital. It is the only rehabilitation hospital
in New England ranked since 1995 by U.S. News and World Report in
its Best Hospitals survey and was ranked in the top ten for 2003.
For additional information, visit their website at:
www.spauldingrehab.org.
Research
Developments
London Researchers explore gingko as a treatment for early
dementia
This
story has been adapted from a news release issued by Imperial
College London Press Office
and may be viewed at
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/p5460.htm
The
study of 250 patients aged over 55 will seek to find out whether
General Practitioners (“GPs”) can help patients by prescribing the
supplement to those with memory loss, one of the early symptoms of
dementia.
It will be the
first to test gingko as a treatment for those who are still living
in the community and are being treated by their GP. Previous trials
have concentrated on patients receiving hospital care, where the
condition is often more advanced.
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The
Practitioner's Corner: Essays
By and About Practitioners
THE
DE-EVOLUTION OF FOOTWEAR
By John Marchese
Jr., DC. CCSP. CSCS, RKS and Kristin McCormick, Strength and
Conditioning Coach
Over the
past decade the trend of both athletic and non-athletic footwear has
turned towards the micro-management of foot mechanics. These
pseudo-orthotics have been created for the purpose of specific
motion control, and designed by numerous companies for the general
public. The question to be raised regarding these pseudo-orthotics
is, do they create more problems than they were designed to
relinquish? Also, do they prevent and manage lower extremity
ailments, or create more havoc throughout the entire kinetic chain
than originally thought?
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Feature
How Cannabis
Became Marihuana and How Marijuana Became Medicine
©2004
by Keith Saunders, Ph.D.
This article examines the historical, cultural and economic
transformation of the plant cannabis sativa L. from a widely
valued natural resource to a demon drug in the U.S. during the 20th
century, and the present-day struggles between patients and care
providers who seek to use cannabis medically and the DEA and other
federal agencies. Using ethnographic methods, document searches and
personal interviews, the author locates the conflict within broader
issues of federal vs. local authority, social policies and identity
formation, social movements and censorship.
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Resources
For The Community:
Marketing Tips, Book Reviews and Other Information to Help You Build your
Practice
Better
Results From Networking
By Jennifer Lewy,
Marketing Coach
As a creative
professional and healer, networking is one of the best investments
of your “marketing time.” But networking alone doesn’t guarantee
clients. In fact, you could be wasting your time– or even alienating
contacts– if you aren’t following the simple suggestions here. So
put a little extra effort into your next networking event and watch
your practice grow faster. Eventually, you will be able to attend
fewer events, make better contacts and enjoy more powerful results
for your practice.
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COMMUNITY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is an
advertising service for our readers. Please contact us if you would
like to make a community announcement (limit 100 words) that is not
event-related. (To submit event-related announcements on our online
Calendar, email
IMA_Calendar@yahoo.com and we will contact you with details).
Current
IMA Members can post community announcements for FREE, with a limit
of one announcement per issue. Non-members can submit announcements
of 100 words or less for $25 per announcement. To submit an
announcement, email IMA Administrator Julia Smith at
Admin@integrativemedalliance.org and please let her know whether you are an
IMA member. The IMA reserves the right to edit all submissions.
Deadline for November newsletter announcements: October 23, 2004. The
IMA reserves the right to edit all submissions.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you want to
find out what’s going on in New England in the alternative or
integrative healthcare scene, we encourage you to check out our new,
online Community Calendar on our Web site at
www.IntegrativeMedAlliance.org. Under “Events” click on
“Calendar of Events”.
Below are
some highlights from our online Community Calendar, located on the
IMA website at
http://www.integrativemedalliance.org/events_calendarofevents.asp.
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