Integrative Medicine Center

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Before we get into the ramifications of the website and Integrative Medicine Centre we would like to explain a little of our philosophy and interest at serving you. We are primarily concerned with health care of you, your friends and family. What we are about to introduce you to may be old or new to some of you but, either way it is vitally important to you at this time. Integrative Medicine During the past decade or more, the American public’s interest in alternative health care has skyrocketed. The evidence for this trend is abundant – in the media, in the growing number of popular books on “health and wellness” and nontraditional therapies for the ailing body. It is also seen in the billions of dollars spent each year on nutrients and herbs. The magnitude of this trend was highlighted a few years ago in a report, in the New England Journal of Medicine by David Eisenberg, MD, of Harvard Medical School. Eisenberg estimates that Americans made approximately 425 million visits to alternative medicine providers during 1992 and expenditures associated with these therapies were comparable to non-reimbursed expenses incurred for all hospitalizations in America. The growth in the use of alternative health care has been accompanied by more subtle changes in the attitudes of both patients and physicians. Though still widely used, by many physicians that are not satisfied with the term “alternative,” “Integrative medicine” has superseded the term “alternative medicine.” Many who work in the healthcare field feel that the term alternative reinforces the old and divisive concept between medicine and nontraditional practice methods being used by traditional western physicians. For the most part, unconventional therapies in the United States are offered by licensed physicians or other credentialed healthcare practitioners like Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Acupuncturist, Homeopaths and Naturopaths who believe in the therapies they offer, who are not charging excessive fees for treatment, and who are treating patients of above-average education and income. Further, these patients are likely to be more serious in exploring their choices than the average patient. The majority of these patients want to be under the care of a mainstream physician that understands and works with unconventional physicians. These unconventional physicians have become known by the term, “Integrative or Preventive” healthcare providers. Resources and credentials The great majority of these complementary practitioners want to work under the umbrella of “medicine” yet, let the public know they are providing a service that is not a part of traditional medicine and that we are independent of medical control. For example, the DMD (doctor of dentistry) is now providing nutritional counseling for their patients. The EdD (doctor of Education) and PHD (doctor of Philosophy) are heavy into sports medicine and sports nutrition. The DO (doctor of Osteopathy), DPM (doctor of Podiatry) and the DC (doctor of Chiropractic) are now on the staff at many hospitals and traditional clinics with MD’s. The NMD (doctor of Naturopathy) is beginning to have an impact on the Integrative medicine scene.

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