Integrative Medicine

Nine Essential Qualities of Mindfulness

By Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D. on February 22, 2012 in The Mindful Self-Express

Mind and Heart: Who Am I?

By Marilyn Mitchell, M.D. on February 22, 2012 in Heart and Soul Healing

When describing our two aspects of Heart and Mind, it begins to sound like these are separate from who we are. In truth, we are complex beings with a large repertoire of potential behaviors and powers. Read More

Getting Kids to Eat Veggies

By Brent McFerran, Ph.D. on February 21, 2012 in I'll Have What She's Having

If we cannot get children to eat healthy now, we are likely staring down the barrel of obesity rates that will continue to rise. Read More

4 Questions to Help You Heal

By Lissa Rankin, M.D. on February 21, 2012 in Owning Pink

My new friend Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles, and one of our newest bloggers on Owning Pink, asks his patients four key questions I wanted to share with you. Read More

Mad Yogis

By Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. on February 21, 2012 in Birth, Babies, and Beyond

It happens a lot. I'm in a yoga class, really aiming to do precisely what the teacher says. That is, visualize my breath flowing through my body down to my toes and into the tips of my fingers. I let go of any angry thoughts. I relax my jaw. Read More

The Wild Card in the Pain-Pleasure Dichotomy

By Dr. Mark Borigini on February 21, 2012 in Overcoming Pain

The pain of pudendal neuropathy. Read More

No Pain, No Gain?

By Susan R. Barry, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in Eyes on the Brain

When my broken right arm came out of its cast, I assumed I’d quickly go back to my right-handed ways. But that’s not what happened. Read More

Should Scientists Test Prayer?

By Candy Gunther Brown, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in Testing Prayer

I've spent the last eight years asking that question. Having satisfied myself—if not everyone I've met—that there's value in using empirical methods to study prayer, I've thought a lot about how to do it. Read More

Nutritional Approaches for Beating Osteoporosis

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on February 16, 2012 in Complementary Medicine

There are excellent nutritional approaches for safely promoting increased bone density, and helping prevent osteoporosis. Read More

The Long Lasting Effects of Negative Information

By Woodson Merrell, M.D. on February 16, 2012 in The Source of Healing

Is it possible for doctors to stop focussing on their legal liabilities, and start focussing on helping patients with healing words? At least one group at the NIH thinks it is. Read More

Medicalized Psychiatry: Is an M.D. Sufficient?

By Adrian Preda, M.D. on February 16, 2012 in A Psychiatrist at Large

Is a your psychiatrist a philosopher? Read More

A Quick and Quirky Addition to Depression Treatment Options

By Susan Heitler, Ph.D. on February 14, 2012 in Resolution, Not Conflict

Extensive medical research has established that when people feel a sense of well-being there is more energy in their left than their right prefrontal lobe. Their brain, by contrast, has more energy in the right prefrontal lobe when depression is present. Read More

Valentines Day - A Celebration of The Healing Power of Love

By Peter J. Rappa, MD on February 14, 2012 in Healing Inside Out

Welcome to Valentines day - A day we recognize as the celebration of love as passion and romance!

And Passion is good - it fuels the soul. Do you remember your first Kiss?

The symbol of Love in our culture is the Heart. The big red Valentine's Day Heart in Celebration of Love! Read More

One in Five Americans Takes a Psychiatric Drug

By Lissa Rankin, M.D. on February 14, 2012 in Owning Pink

A recent study reported that 1 in 5 American adults takes at least one psychiatric drug to treat depression and/or anxiety, a 22% increase since 2001. Do you get what this means? This means that in an office of 100 people, 20 of them—enough to form an entire department—will be on medication. Read More

Paying Attention to Complementary Medical Treatment

By Joseph Cardillo on February 12, 2012 in Attention Training

Tens of millions of people in the U.S. are using complementary and alternative therapies in combination with other treatments to enhance their quality of life. Read More

The Healing Zone: What to Do After Cancer Treatment

By Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. on February 10, 2012 in The New Grief

How we can truly heal ourselves following a lengthy stay in "the sick zone" of severe illness. Read More

Alternative Treatments for Sexual Dysfunction

By Catherine Ulbricht, Pharm.D. on February 10, 2012 in Natural Standard

Sexual dysfunction affects both mind and body. Here are some alternative therapies that have been shown to help. Read More

Gain From the Pain

By Helen Adrienne, L.C.S.W. on February 9, 2012 in On Fertile Ground

Find the bless in the infertility mess. Learn to grow from this challenge. Read More

The Surprising Secret to Success—Be Kind to Yourself

By Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D. on February 8, 2012 in The Mindful Self-Express

If we lack connection in the external world, we have the ability to create it in our internal worlds through compassionate practices, and thereby reap some of the health and psychological benefits. Read More

Time to Eat

By Alexis Conason, Psy.D. on February 8, 2012 in Eating Mindfully

The clock hits noon—that means its lunchtime. My co-worker brought cookies to work—I might as well eat one (or three). That chips ad on television looks so tempting—I'll go into the kitchen and grab a handful. These are just some examples of eating in response to external cues. Read More

Essential Reads: Editor's Picks

Mind and Heart: Who Am I?
by Marilyn Mitchell, M.D.
Getting Kids to Eat Veggies
by Brent McFerran, Ph.D.
Mad Yogis
by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.

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