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Patients who are tuned into themselves are aware and engaged in their journey with cancer, disease or chronic pain. They participate in conversations and follow through on the protocol doctors ...
Futurist Bob Johansen's presentation at the annual conference for American Integrative Health and Medicine. Leadership skills required to thrive in the a future of extreme disription and distributed ...
The right to know: exposing toxic frangrance chemicals in beauty, personal care and cleaning products.
One in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer; here are the facts.
Chemotherapy and its side effects add to the stress of everyday life. Complementary therapies like accupuncture and herbs plus support groups like Create to Heal can lighten the load. Presented by ...
Myles Spar, MD, MPH gives an excellent presentation and approach to engaging men in their health.
This toolkit for men's health is provided by Myles, Spar, MD, MPH.
Reimagine is an online, self-management curriculum for cancer survivors; study shows reduction in pain and depression.
Cancer in children is rare; however, it is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy among children in the United States.
Initial results from this study suggest that meditation may be associated with structural changes in areas of the brain that are important for sensory, cognitive and emotional processing. The data ...
The ability to appreciate the positive in one's life is viewed as a crucial component to well-being. Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough share their research findings on gratitude.
Traditional Chinese medicine remains a valuable portal into an alternative way of perceiving health and illness. In view of holistic health care, this article supports nursing professionals embracing ...
Given that art therapy can have such positive effects, can art-making activities improve the state of mind and reduce the levels of pain andanxiety of a patient suffering from cancer? A group of ...
James Madara, MD, Executive VP, CEO of The American Medical Association writes President Trump regarding the opioid epidemic.
Creative arts therapies (CATs) can reduce anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue and increase quality of life (QOL) in patients with cancer.
The opioid epidemic has transformed the way physicians approach pain management and prescribe medicines to treat pain. While Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, state and federal laws and ...
Psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for poor health, and recent research has suggested that the emotion-focused coping process of forgiveness may help mitigate these effects. This ...
An article and study that outlines the benefits of gratitude and how to experience these benefits in our daily lives and in healthcare.
This article by Germer and Neff outline the principles of compassionate care.
This article argues that while not all nurses are comfortable with spiritual care, nurses may be comfortable with enacting presence. Presence, an encompassing element in spiritual care, might be a ...
