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		$24-Billion Savings through Supplement Interventions Says Lewin Group
		10 Years Later: Design Principles for Healthcare Renewal Useful for Integrative Medicine's Future
		8 Major Trends Promoting Integration of Integrative Practices an Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Disciplines
		Accountability and Soul: CAM Professions Expert Pamela Snider, ND on the Maturation of the CAM Professions and of Yoga Therapy
		Action! Your Letter Needed to Turn Congress' Inclusion of Licensed Integrative Practitioners into Law
		ALERT+: Comments until 1/13 on 'National Prevention Strategy' plus Samueli Institute and ABMP Views
		AMA Escalates Campaign Against Nurses, Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Midwives and Others
		Analysis of Noe's Award-Winning Worksite Wellness Program Making the CAM-IM Employer Connection to Reduce the Global Costs of Health
		Andrew Weil, MD Issues Health Care
		Barnes Advocates a Shift in the Nutrition Research Paradigm Toward an Industry-Academic Partnership on a Whole Systems Approach
		Battle Engaged: MD Specialists Promote Repeal of Non-Discrimination Toward Licensed Integrative Practitioners, Others, in Section 2706 of Reform Bill
		Berwick's Exit from Medicare a Loss of a Brother-in-the-Trenches for Integrative Medicine
		Bipartisan Push Heats Debate on Economic Incentives for Wellness: Good for Integrative Practice?
		Bravewell Event: Health System & Military Leaders Say Economic Costs and Pain are Motivating Inclusion of Integrative Medicine
		CAM and Clinical Effectiveness Research - Part II
		Chiropractors in the Nation's Largest Health System: Anthony Lisi, DC on Integration into Veterans Health Facilities
		Coalition Battles AMA Campaign to 'Thwart' Other Disciplines' Scope Expansion
		Columnist Bill Benda, MD: Tough Love on Who Owns 'Integrative Medicine' and on Associated 'MD-Bashing'
		Columnist Michael Levin: Pepsico May be Our Guru on How to Reduce Behavior-based Healthcare Costs
		Columnist Taylor Walsh Examines the Worksite Wellness/Integrative Practice Cross-over Via RWJF Report
		Columnist Taylor Walsh Reports on Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) in Oncology Summit
		Columnist Taylor Walsh: A response to the Atlantic Monthly's The Triumph of New Age Medicine
		Columnist Taylor Walsh: March Prevention-Madness in DC and Implications for Integrative Practice
		Coming of the Light: Integrator Top 10 from 2009 for Integrative Medicine/Integrated Health Care
		Coming of the Light: Integrator Top 10 from 2010 for Integrative Medicine/Integrated Health Care
		Culture Change: Patient-Centered Outcomes at the Center of New $600-Million/Year Quasi-Governmental Research Institute (PCORI)
		Daphne White Reports on US Senator Mikulski's Hearing on the Principles of Integrative Health, Feb. 23, 2009
		Daphne White: CAM and Comparative Effectiveness Research - Are We Going to Play?
		Daphne White: Harkin Urges End to Discrimination Against Alternative Healthcare Practices
		David Cundiff, MD: Bias Issues Inherent in Bravewell's Focus on Evidence-Based Medicine in Reform
		Do Graduates of the U Arizona Fellowship Establish Integrative Medicine Practices? Survey Findings from Richard Schneider, MD
		Economist Patricia Herman's Systematic Review Yields Top 9 Therapies/21 Conditions with High Quality Evidence of Cost Savings from CAM
		Eight Views on Andrew Weil's Seven Recommendations for True Healthcare Reform: Major ND Response
		Expanding the Family: More Comments of Holistic MDs and Naturopathic Leaders on Co-Convening in 2008
		Fighting Above Their Weight Class: Notes from the Naturopathic Profession's 2011 AANP Convention
		First Inpatient Fellowship for Licensed Acupuncturists Under Way at New York's Beth Israel Hospital
		First Professional Doctorate Exposes Rifts over the Future of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM)
		Forging Links Between Holism, Integrative Health and the Environment: Is This the Time?
		Forum #2 on the American Board of Integrative Medicine: Quinn, Redwood, Gmeiner, Anderson, and Manahan
		Forum on the IOM: Bravewell's Post-Summit Statement on Key Factors in Any Health Reform Plan
		Freedman's Atlantic Essay on Alternative Medicine and the Holy Trinity of Patient-Centered Outcomes
		From Alternative Medicine a Definitive Guide to the Wellness Inventory - An Interview with Pioneering Entrepreneur Jim Strohecker
		From Research to Practice: Samueli Institute's Work on Integrative Medicine in the Military
		Glenn Sabin on the Evolving Role of Philanthropy in Integrative Medicine
		Greg Garcia, ND, LAc: The New York Academy of Medicine/Clem Bezold's Project on CAM and the Future of Primary Care
		Guest Columnist Charlie Priester: On Obesity, Financial Incentives for Wellness and Integrative Practice
		Health Coaching: Sheila Quinn and Jamey Dyson, DC Challenge Naysayer on Role in Integrative Practices
		Health Reform: IFM Declares the Value of Functional Medicine in Exceptional White Paper on 21st Century Medicine
		Healthpoint's Tom Trompeter: Opportunities for Integrative Medicine in a Patient-Centered Medical Home
		Help Wanted! IHPC Publishes Report on Stakeholder Opportunities in the Affordable Care Act
		HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Comments on Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Alternative Medicine in National Press Club Talk
		Historic Moment for Integrative Medical Practice: Alan Gaby, MD Publishes Long-Awaited Nutritional Medicine
		Honoring the Samueli Institute at 10 Years: Where Integrative Medicine Was in 2001 and Success Measures for 2021
		Hospital Association Report Finds More use of Alternatives, But There are Questions
		Hospital COO Richard Gannotta Publishes on Outcomes of Inpatient Integrative Medicine Programs in 8 Systems
		How the IOM-Bravewell Integrative Medicine Summit Could Make a Difference: A Proposed Action Plan
		IHPC Offers Definition of Integrative Health Practitioners to Assist Federal Policy Makers
		In Memoriam: Konrad Kail, ND 1949-2011
		Integrative Clinics and Wellness: Inner Harmony's Amato and Szydlowski on the Deep Lake Strategy
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #37: November 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #38: December 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #39: January 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #40 February 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #42: April 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #43: May 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #44: June 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #45: July 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #46: August 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: August 6-September 3, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: May 29-June 18, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: April 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: April 29-May 28, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: April 8-April 25, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: August 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: July 18-August 5, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: July 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: June 19-July 17, 2009
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: May 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: October 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: September 16-30, 2008
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up: September 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up_#41: March 2011
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Healthcare Round-up: February 4-March 6, 2010
		Integrative Medicine and Integrated Healthcare Round-up: June 2010
		Integrative Medicine Visionary and Philanthropist Penny George Honored by Allina
		Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #49: November 2011
		Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #50: December 2011
		Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #51: January 2012
		Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #53: March 2012
		Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #54: April 2012
		Integrative Practitioners in Senate's Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Section of Reform Bill
		Integrator Blog - Integrator Forum: 20 Voices on Weil/Univ. Arizona and the American Board of Integrative Medicine
		Integrator Blog - Notes from an Exceptional Experience: The North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine, May 12-15, 2009
		Integrator Forum: 7 Voices on Whether the Bravewell's
		Integrator Forum: Does the Landmark Report Integrative Medicine in America Actually Portray Integrative Medicine in America?
		Integrator Top 10 People in Integrative Medicine/Integrated Health Care from 2010
		International CAM Travelogue
		International CAM: India Hosts IM Group, Homeopathy Challenged in UK, Integrative Care in Haiti
		Invitation from Wayne Jonas, MD to a Daschle/Health Care Community Discussion on a Wellness Initiative for the Nation (WIN)
		Invited Commentary on the NCCAM Survey: Stephen Bolles, DC asks if the CAM Industry is Mature, Immature or Simply Misunderstood
		IOM's Inviting Report on the February 2009 Summit on Integrative Medicine, uh, I mean 'Integrative Health Care'
		Ira Zunin, MD and Manakai O Malama: Checking in on a Thriving Integrative Center
		Is Integrative Medicine All About MDs?
		James Gordon's CMBM Posts Recommendations from Well-Attended Obama Healthcare Community Discussion
		Jennifer Johnson, ND: Report on the Summit on Standards and Credentialing of Health Coaches
		Karla Karapetian: Report on the Penny George Institute Conference on Hospital Based Integrative Care
		Lab Company Teaches MDs/DCs/NDs How to Offer Integrative Services for Employers
		Lessons from a Flooded Inbox via Google Alerts for
		Licensed Integrative Practitioners - Bastard Child, Up for Adoption, Needs Big Tent for Home
		Marc Miccozi, MD on His Spa-Biz Course and the Role of the Spa in CAM Integration
		MDs, DCs, NDs and LAcs: Who is a Physician?
		Media Spotlights Alternative Medicine: High Use by Consumers, Higher Use by Health Professionals
		Medicare Pilot Shakes Out as $50-Million High Stakes Game for Chiropractors
		Mind-Body Pioneer Marty Rossman, MD, Reflects on the Heart of Integrative Practice
		Model Whole Practice Study Finds Treatment by Naturopathic Doctors Effective & Cost-Saving for Canada Post Employees with Cardiovascular Disease
		More Care in Group Settings May be Key to Transformation of Medicine
		Multidisciplinary Group of Integrative/CAM Educators Publishes Competencies for Optimal Practice in Integrated Environments
		Musings on Seppuku, Christo and the Likelihood of Hospitals Leading Health Care's Transformation
		My Meeting with the U.S. Leader for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
		Nancy Gahles: Homeopathic Leader Reports on the 1300 Participant Integrative Healthcare Symposium, February 19-21, 2009 in NYC
		NCCAM Research Spending 2005-2007 by Modality: What are the Big 3? Any Surprises?
		NCCAM's 2009 Grants with Obama's Recovery Money: The List of 52 Awards Totaling $17.8-Million
		Next Generation Integrative MD Leader David Rakel, MD on ABIHM, CAHCIM and Family Medicine
		Obama Era Appointments Bode Well for Integrative Practices, But Some Health Freedom Activists Worry
		Obama's Comments on Acupuncture and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Link to Prevention
		Obama's Embattled Nominee Berwick's Integrative Medicine Smarts Emblematic of Why He's Right for CMS/Medicare
		Organizations on NCCAM's Strategic Plan: IHPC, ACCAHC, AHMA, AANP, IAYT, NCH, AANMC and MTF
		Our Ideals and the Politics of Affirmative Action: Should We Abandon 'CAM'
		Outcomes in Integrative Care That Will Intrigue Patients and Clinicians
		Pause and Appreciate: New Academic Integration Modeled by Georgetown with Bastyr and Others
		Pictures at an Exposition: A Report on the 25th Anniversary Convention of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
		Positive Side-Effects: Evidence of Prevention & Health Promotion via Integrative Clinical Practices from Ornish, Cherkin-Sherman, Seely-Herman & Gaby
		Potential for Integrative Care Revealed in MedCo Study of Rising Medication of Kids - Michael Levin
		Prevention Provisions and Health Promotion in HR 3590/Healthcare Reform: Courtesy of AHMA
		Quarterly Report from the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care: February 2010
		Quarterly Report from the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care: November 2009
		Quarterly Report of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care: July 2010
		Reader Comments: Corey Resnick, ND, Dan Cherkin, PhD, Karen Sherman, PhD, Susan Luck, RN, J. Schwartz, MA, Mary Elaine Southard, RN
		Reference Guide: Language/Sections on CAM and Integrative Practice in HR 3590-Healthcare Overhaul
		Reflections on Cultural Authority, CAM and Chiropractic - from the ACC-RAC 2008 Conference
		Report on Professional Advancement: 900 Gather for Naturopathic Conference with Holistic Doctors
		Researchers from Harvard and Employer Group Find Chiropractic 'Highly Cost-Effective' Versus MD Treatment
		Rick Kirschner, Author of Click! on the Debate over ABIM and the MD's Integrative Medicine Specialty
		Rocket Science, the Manhattan Project and a Healthy Nation Partnership
		Samueli Institute on the Advance of Whole System Wellness in US Senate Health Reform Legislation
		Samueli Institute on the Advance of Whole System Wellness in US Senate Health Reform Legislation
		Sobering Robert Wood Johnson Project Illuminate the Challenges of Inter-Professional Integration
		Special Report: Strategic Change in Direction as Weil's Arizona Center Commits to Creation of American Board of Integrative Medicie
		Stages of Change and Readiness for Change: An Interview with James Prochaska, Ph.D.
		Stephen Bolles, DC Re-Writes the 8 Trends for Integration to Capture the Marketplace and Consumers
		Taylor Walsh: Meeting with Jeff Levy, Chair of the US Prevention Advisory, on Integrative Health
		The Big Money in Integrative Health Care
		The Integrative Healthcare Community: Is it Kurt Vonnegut's
		The Integrator Top 10 as Integrative Medicine and Natural Health Care Enter 2008
		Toward an Integrated History of the Integrative Practice Movement
		True North's Integrative Medicine Team Offers Perspective on a Democratic Model of Clinical Integration
		True North: Clinical & Cost Outcomes in Depression Pilot in an Integrative Center
		Washington Healthcare Poll Finds 75% of Voters Want Licensed DCs, LAcs, NDs, in Basic Benefits
		Wayne Jonas, MD on Obama's White House Office of Health Reform: No Clear Commitment to Health and Wellness
		What Does it Take to Be Competent in Integrative Medicine - and Who Decides?
		What We Want Will Take a Huge Effort: A Conversation with Integrative Medicine Philanthropist Ruth Westreich
		Who Are We? Taylor Walsh Reports Give-and-Take as NCCAM Advisers Discuss Proposed Strategic Plan
		With Standards in the Works, Is it Time to Claim, and Certify, the Health Coach Within?
		Zunin's Hawaii Blue Cross Pilot Shows Benefits from Integrative Outpatient Pain Program

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