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I'm Getting Bossy About Flu Shots

By Suzanne Koven, M.D. on November 4, 2009 in Case and Stories

My patients will tell you that I am pretty laissez faire as doctors go. I have enough respect for people's ability to make good decisions about their own lives and enough humility about the limits of medical certainty to support my patients' choices- even when they choose not to follow my recommendations. Read More

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I'm Getting Bossy About Flu Shots

By Suzanne Koven, M.D. on November 4, 2009 in Case and Stories

My patients will tell you that I am pretty laissez faire as doctors go. I have enough respect for people's ability to make good decisions about their own lives and enough humility about the limits of medical certainty to support my patients' choices- even when they choose not to follow my recommendations. Read More
Some Perspective on the XMRV Virus

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on November 3, 2009 in Complementary Medicine

There has been much buzz lately over the XMRV virus and the research on its role in CFS. Unfortunately this may actually be causing some to miss the larger picture of what is happening in CFS, with XMRV simply being one of many infections and problems in this illness.
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Regular Flu Shots Decrease Effectiveness of Swine Flu Vaccine

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on October 28, 2009 in Complementary Medicine

This study of over 12 million Canadians suggests that those who recently had the flu vaccine for the regular flu were less likely to be helped by the Swine flu vaccine. Read More
Victims of Prolonged Psychological Trauma: Where do they belong?

By Brian Trappler, M.D. on October 27, 2009 in Recovering from Trauma

There was a time when mental health professionals attempted to fit all trauma-related symptoms into a single category of PTSD.

In contrast, several studies of victims of chronic inter-personal abuse manifest a variety of other trauma-generated difficulties. Read More
Harvard Conference Reflections - Part III

By Margaret Moore on October 26, 2009 in Life Changes

I am co-director of a new Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and in September we held our second Harvard Medical School Coaching in Medicine and Leadership Conference. We brought together international coaching leaders to share the theory, research, and science-based practices of coaching... Read More
Exercise and the Immune System: A Stress Lesson

By Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. on October 22, 2009 in The Science of Willpower

A recent New York Times article by Gretchen Reynolds asked and answered the question: Does exercise boost immunity? The answer may surprise some, and its lessons extend well beyond the world of working out. Read More
Fascinating Figures: Andrew Weil

By Christopher Ryan on October 16, 2009 in Sex at Dawn

Andrew Weil dreamt of blowing peoples' minds. He wanted to slip past their defenses by impressing them with his impeccable credentials. Then, once accepted as a trusted authority and admired colleague, he'd quietly plant the cognitive bombs. Read More
Harvard Conference Reflections - Part II

By Margaret Moore on October 15, 2009 in Life Changes

I am co-director of a new Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and last weekend we held our second Harvard Medical School Coaching in Medicine and Leadership Conference. We brought together international coaching leaders to share the theory, research, and science-based practices of coaching... Read More
Should I Take the Swine Flu Vaccine?

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on October 15, 2009 in Complementary Medicine

There has been a lot of publicity regarding the Swine Flu. Unfortunately, most of it has been sensationalistic nonsense, instead of educational and helpful. It is important to put the Swine Flu in perspective. Bottom line — should you get the vaccine? Read More
From Chronic Fatigue to Lyme: Medically Unexplained No More

By Pamela Weintraub on October 9, 2009 in Emerging Diseases

Hard-to-see things like spirochetes or retroviruses aren't going to stop some flat-Earthers from labeling sick patients psychiatric, leaving them untreated for their real disease, rejected, and in pain. But for patients, things may be changing --because science is moving on. Read More
Travel to Create Your Self

By Robert Fuller, Ph.D. on October 8, 2009 in Somebodies and Nobodies

We do not travel to get away from it all. Travel fails as escape but it succeeds as confrontation--confrontation with our old selves that, deprived of their usual confirmatory surroundings, may yield to a new one.
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Harvard Conference Reflections - Part I

By Margaret Moore on October 7, 2009 in Life Changes

Inspired by the Conference on Coaching in Medicine and Leadership I am co-director of a new Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the weekend of September 25, 2009 we held our second Harvard Medical School Coaching in Medicine and Leadership Conference. We brought together international coaching leaders to share the theory, research, and science-based practices of coaching... Read More
How much should you eat? Woman vs. steak

By Talya Miron-Shatz, Ph.D. on October 5, 2009 in Baffled by Numbers

When a woman with a huge appetite meets a Broadway Diner steak, the steak wins hands down. What does this tell us about portion sizes? Read More
NAET: A Breakthrough Treatment for Allergies

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on October 2, 2009 in Complementary Medicine

Stay free of allergies for life! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read those words. They were my introduction to "NAET" - a dramatic new treatment for the cure of allergies (and sensitivities).
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How To Rewire Your Brain, Part 4: Doctors and Patients.

By Susan R. Barry, Ph.D. on September 27, 2009 in Eyes on the Brain

I needed more than good training techniques to rewire my brain. Read More
Why Do We Want To Be Famous?

By Robert Fuller, Ph.D. on September 25, 2009 in Somebodies and Nobodies

Fame is a bulwark against indignity. It proclaims our worth to anyone tempted to put us down and threatens retaliation if they persist. It even helps to quiet the critical voices we have internalized--of parents, classmates, and teachers--that echo in our heads long after these naysayers are gone. Read More
The Joy of Spandex

By Talya Miron-Shatz, Ph.D. on September 22, 2009 in Baffled by Numbers

Sure, exercise is good for you. But aren't you more likely to go to the gym if the instructor makes you feel like you're in Hollywood, or if the opposeite sex (or whichever sex you are attracted to) checks you out? Read More
It Takes a Village? A Film Review

By Thomas Scheff, Ph.D. on September 21, 2009 in Let's Connect

Lars and the Real Girl. 2007. 106 minutes.

Lars Lindstrom is the protagonist of this unusual and uproariously funny film. A 27-year-old unmarried man, he lives in the garage of his brother and sister-in-law's house in a small town in Canada.

Lars shies away from everyone. His sister-in-law tries to get him to share a meal, but he resists. Read More
Six Medical Myths Busted!

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on September 18, 2009 in Complementary Medicine

When making the choices needed to optimize health, it is critical to have accurate information. Otherwise, our diet and lifestyle sacrifices, for which we sometimes give up things we enjoy, may kill us instead of helping. The truth? Do the things that feel good, and you may live longer!
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Get Grounded

By Cami Walker on September 15, 2009 in Get Your Give On

How do we retain a calm center when all the structures we have centered our lives around appear to be falling away? Jobs and careers are disappearing as whole industries collapse; banks have and will continue to fail; fortunes and nest eggs have fallen; many people have lost or will lose their most valuable asset—their homes. In many areas of the country, new houses stand empty and shopping districts look like ghost towns. Read More

Integrative Medicine Blogs

5 Cents: The Doctor Is In
How to change your life through mind and body.
By Marc Schoen, Ph.D.
Adventures in Mind-Body Medicine
Insights in integrative treatment from the staff of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
By Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Case and Stories
The narratives in medicine
By Suzanne Koven, M.D.
Complementary Medicine
The Best of Natural and Pharmaceutical Medicine
By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
Emerging Diseases
Patients at the crossroads of new diseases and chronic ills.
By Pamela Weintraub
Health and Healing
Achieving better health and optimal healing.
By Julie K. Silver, M.D.
Health Matters
Connecting you to the sources of health
By Robert J. Hedaya, M.D.
Heart Health
The Metabolic Solution
By Stephen T. Sinatra
Mind-Body Health
Casting an Integrative Eye on Health and Wellness
By Sheldon Lewis
Odd, Curious, and Rare
Abnormal reactions to prescription meds.
By Jerome Litt, M.D.
Prescriptions
The thinking women's guide to health.
By Ruta Nonacs M.D., Ph.D.
The Science of Willpower
Secrets for self-control without suffering.
By Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.
The Source of Healing
Enlisting mind, body and spirit to heal
By Woodson Merrell, M.D.

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