The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Care reports in a September 2018 article, chronic pain and ‘high-impact’ chronic pain (daily pain affecting at least one major life activity), are on the rise...
On Friday, October 5th, The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) holds the first meeting of Fiscal Year 2019. Potential stakeholders are invited to listen to a livestream session from 9:30AM...
According to JAMA Internal Medicine 2018, the use of gabapentinoids (Neurontin, Gralise, Horizant) and pregabalin have climbed from 1.2% in 2002 to 3.9% by 2015. According to Dr. Michael Johansen of the Heritage College...
In the May 2018 issue of the Journal of Pain, an update of a 2012 review article on acupuncture for chronic pain from the Archives of Internal Medicine provides the following highlights: Acupuncture is...
A study of 750 active-duty US military service members with low back pain, where half of the patients received chiropractic care in addition to usual care, demonstrated larger reductions in pain and lower related...
Approximately 40 million Americans experience severe pain annually, costing more than $14 billion in out-of-pocket expenses. A MEDLINE database search was done for randomized, controlled clinical trials published from 1966 to 2016 and conducted...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts published a 2017 JAMA article describing how gut bacteria synthesizes essential vitamins and amino acids to help degrade toxins. From birth, humans coexist...
In a May 4, 2018 press release, Utah Southwestern Medical Center research has show that targeting metabolism of growing cells, holds promise for treatment of ‘proliferative’ skin diseases like psoriasis, granuloma annulare and eczema....
In a May 24, 2018 NCI (National Cancer Institute) study, scientists found a connection between bacteria in the gut and anti-tumor immune responses in the liver. This effectively changes the composition of immune cells...