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Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine, Holistic Medicine , Mind-Body Medicine

All About Integrative Medicine

Integrative or complementary medicine combines the best of standard medical treatment with holistic approaches, including dietary changes, supplements, acupuncture and a focus on how one's mood and outlook impact physical well-being. Visit our Alternative Health Center for more information.



Choosing Complementary Treatment

Choosing Complementary Treatment

More Doctors Are Prescribing Meditation

Research points to the medical community's embrace of Mind Body Therapies

Treating Mid-Life Eating Disorders

Thirteen percent of women ages 50 and older struggle with disordered eating.

Alternative Therapies for OCD

Natural and alternative therapies that could help relieve your OCD symptoms.

Natural Options for Insomnia

How melatonin, music therapy, and tai chi can help.

Nutritional Approaches for Beating Osteoporosis

Nutritional approaches for improving bone health

The Path to Weilness

Andrew Weil, the father of natural living.

Guide to Natural Healing

A dozen ways to keep you happy and healthy.

Natural Therapies for Cold and Flu Season

Do dietary supplements help? Find out what the science says...

Do Holistic Therapies Work for Addiction?

Holistic therapies are "in" at rehabs–are they helpful, harmful, or head games?

Therapies for ADHD

Herb and supplement use in ADHD

The Mind Body Connection

The Mind Body Connection

See Beauty, Feel Happy

Claire Wheeler's tips on finding beauty and excellence every day

Is Getting Sick Like Being Assaulted?

Healing the wounded healer.

The Yoga Revolution... and Its Opponents

Is news of the dark side of Yoga just hype?

Mystical Connection

The biology of emotions.

On Fertile Ground

How stress can influence your chances of getting pregnant.

The Optimism Revolution

Grounded optimism can help you fight illness.

Move Freely

The Feldenkrais Method improves movement through awareness.

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Integrative Medicine and Public Policy

Integrative Medicine and Public Policy

Mental Health Alternatives

Choosing an alternative treatment for mental health.

Angry at the Health Care Establishment

Are you mad at the medical community? Let's hear from you.

New Law Makes Health Legal!

The mistake of trusting unreliable blood tests over patient symptoms

Heart Health

Heart Health

Can You Really Die of a Broken Heart?

Negative emotions can hurt the heart.

Fight Cholesterol Naturally

Safe and natural therapies for lowering your cholesterol.

What's Harder on the Heart: Mental or Physical Stress?

Mental stress and your heart.

Natural Ways to Reduce High Blood Pressure

Lower your blood pressure - naturally!

How to Know If You Should Try That New Diet

Paleo, Wheat Belly, Blood Type? How to figure out which diet plan is worth a try

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Find a nearby professional for face-to-face help

Integrative Medicine Tests

Does worrying affect your health?

Find out if your fretting is taking a toll.

Blood Pressure Quiz

Are you one of the 65 million Americans at risk?

Osteoporosis Quiz

Are your bones at risk?

Vitamin Test

Do you have enough letters in your diet?

What are your stress triggers?

Find out the source of your stress.

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Integrative Medicine Blogs

  • Marc Schoen

    5 Cents: The Doctor Is In

    How to change your life through mind and body.
    By Marc Schoen, Ph.D.
  • Marilyn Mitchell, M.D.

    Heart and Soul Healing

    A women's health physician explores avenues to greater wellness.
    By Marilyn Mitchell, M.D.

  • Real Healing

    Real healing bubbles to consciousness as a call to use our illness to transform our lives
    By Carolyn C. Ross, M.D., M.P.H
  • Roy B. Sessions, M.D.

    The Cancer Experience

    The doctor, the patient, the journey.
    By Roy B. Sessions, M.D.
  • Leana Wen, M.D.

    The Doctor Is Listening

    How patients can advocate for better care
    By Leana Wen, M.D.
  • Traci Stein, Ph.D., M.P.H

    The Integrationist

    Complementary/alternative and conventional approaches to mind-body healing
    By Traci Stein, Ph.D., M.P.H