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 Integrative
Medicine Alliance Online Newsletter
Published: Wednesday| February 23, 2005
Issue 41
Deepening
the quality of the human experience in healthcare
The
Integrative Medicine Alliance makes no endorsement of any business,
organization, practitioner, therapy, or product described within
this newsletter, nor is the information contained herein intended to
be a substitute for medical advice.
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IMA News, Announcements
And Events
Serving
over 800 readers throughout New England
Event
Review:
WHEN
THE PAIN WON'T QUIT, HEALTHCARE MUST NOT EITHER!
On
December 2, 2004, a unique panel of six representatives from
conventional, complementary and alternative practices of healthcare
shared their views and approaches to a hypothetical case of a 65
year-old male with a 25 year history of chronic back pain. The
discussion, held at the Tufts University School of Medicine, was
co-sponsored by the Integrative Medicine Alliance ("IMA") and the
Masters of Science in Pain research, Education and Policy program at
Tufts School of Medicine (“TUSM”).
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Industry News and Legislative Updates
Complementary & alternative medicine use Steady five-year
prevalence points to need for more rigorous evaluation
This story
adapted from a press release published by the public affairs
department at Harvard Medical School http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp
Researchers from Harvard Medical School found more than one in three
U.S. adults (36.5 and 35.0 percent, respectively) used at least one
form of CAM when they compared complementary and alternative
medicine (“CAM”) use by adults in 1997 and 2002.
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This issue of the IMA Newsletter is proudly sponsored by
Natural Standard. Natural Standard provides high quality,
evidence-based information about complementary and alternative
therapies.
Subscribe online to Natural Standard at
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Natural Standard has pledged to donate $20 for every "IMA"
discount subscription back to the IMA for member activities.
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Research
Developments
Tai Chi study published
A paper by
Harvard Osher Institute Investigator, Gloria Yeh, MD, published in
the October 15th, 2004 American Journal of Medicine
examined the effects of a 12-week tai chi program on quality of life
and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure.
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Practitioner's Corner
Essays By and About Practitioners
HOW TO HELP YOUR CLIENTS WHEN YOU CAN’T HELP
By Karl Berger, ABT,
LMT, Integrative Healthcare Consultant and Founder/Coordinator of
the IMA.
Healthcare
Practitioners know that as much as we want to help everyone who
comes to us for care, we cannot help all of them in all ways.
Sometimes our clients present with an ailment whose cure lies
outside our scope of practice or expertise, and we need to recommend
them to a professional peer or to suggest a different form of
healthcare altogether. From this need, a new industry has emerged:
that of the integrative healthcare consultant. The mission of the
consultant is to assist patients and practitioners as they navigate
through the complex array of healthcare choices that exist today.
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Feature
The National Foundation for Alternative MEDICINE REVIEWS CAM
therapies FOR PARKINSON’S Disease
Parkinson’s
disease (“PD”) is estimated to affect 1.4 million Americans. No cure
has been found for PD, and the present treatment options are often
ineffective and usually temporary. PD is caused by the malfunction
and death of cells in the thalamus of the brain which produces a
neurotransmitter called dopamine; reduced levels of dopamine cause
symptoms such as tremors, rigidity, and imbalance.
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Resources
For The Community:
Marketing Tips, Book Reviews and Other Information to Help You Build your
Practice
Create More Word of Mouth Business
By Jennifer Lewy,
Marketing Coach
How do most
clients find you? If you’re like many small businesses providing
professional services, it’s by word of mouth. When clients get a
referral to your practice, they’re ready to work with you because
you’re someone they “know.” And you have more success working with
them, because they have a pretty good idea about what they’re
looking for.
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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 the IMA Administrator at
Admin@integrativemedalliance.org and please let her know whether you are an
IMA member. The IMA reserves the right to edit all submissions.
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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