Sitting and Smoking, Revisited
With many of the restrictions placed on the general population during COVID-19, there were greater levels of sedentary behavior such as sitting. While sitting has often been heralded as the “new smoking”, this is...
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Best Practice Guide for Heel Pain
A best practice guide for the management of plantar heel pain based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails and qualitative evaluation of expert interviews and patient surveys was published in...
21st Century Cares Act
A component of the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect on April 5, 2021. One of its aims is to prevent “information blocking” by streamlining patient access to electronic health information (EHI). This...
Spinal Manipulation and Infectious Disease
A recently published JAMA Network Open “Original Investigation” systematic review examined the available evidence related to the impact of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) on infectious disease and immune function. This is particularly timely during...
Telemedicine Resources for Acupuncturists Part II: A Focus on Mental Health
Part two in a series of blog post, this installment explores mental health related treatment options that acupuncture providers can offer with the use of telemedicine. As referenced in part 1 of this series, many...
Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Youth
Chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions are common in adults but according to a newly published study in the Journal of Pediatrics and highlighted by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), chronic musculoskeletal...
Social Determinants of Health: Adding Depth of Understanding to Your Healthcare Practice
There is more that influences a person’s health than the healthcare they receive. An individual’s behavior can influence health as well, such as smoking, eating fast food, exercising, and getting a college degree; however,...
Uniting against structural racism
On March 2, 2021, Helene Langevin, MD, the Director of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) expressed her full support for the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, UNITE, to...
New research paper by The CHP Group now available – Reducing the Cost of Chronic Conditions
The CHP Group (CHP), the authority and partner of choice in integrative healthcare (IH), announced today the publication of their newest research paper ‘Reducing the Cost of Chronic Conditions’. The publication is an exhaustive...