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Posted in History of medicine Perspectives Uncategorized
By Victor S. Sierpina, MD “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” This quote is by Thomas Edison (1847-1931), inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph, and with over [...]
Posted in Blog Perspectives
By ABIHM Board of Directors Member, Nick Jacobs, FACHE In a New York Times Op-ED by Theresa Brown on March 15th entitled Hospitals Aren’t Hotels, she clearly articulated the company line regarding the new patient centered care requirements being imposed upon hospitals by previously the Bush and now the Obama administrations through CMS. Although Ms. [...]
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By Victor Sierpina, MD, ABIHM In the movie, “City Slickers” Jack Palance mystically told Billy Crystal that the secret to life was finding “one thing.” Finding the cryptically un-named “one thing,” is a metaphor for our individual journey and the values that guide us. At his Stanford University commencement address in 2005, Steve Jobs advised [...]
Posted in Bio General Health Health guidelines
ABIHM Board of Directors Member Daniel Friedland MD, CEO of SuperSmartHealth, joined wellness activist, Mariel Hemingway and Sallie Fraenkel from SpaFinder on Capitol Hill recently to meet with Representative Joe Pitts, Chair of the Health Committee, to promote the Wellness Week Pledge: 7 simple, powerful and evidence-based steps to optimize health and wellness. The components of [...]
Posted in Blog Mental Health Pediatrics
By Scott Shannon, MD Healing Young Minds: Helping Children Thrive in a Stress-Filled World A five-year-old boy begins kindergarten. He goes to school from 8:15 till 3:15, which seems an eternity. After lunch, he longs for a nap, or at least some time to glide back and forth on the swings. Instead, he sits and [...]
Posted in General Health Health guidelines Nutrition
Posted by Nancy Sudak, MD, ABIHM We’d like to offer this space as a forum to discuss clinical pearls from our most recent Review Course, held November 6-11th, 2011 in St. Petersburg, FL. Please take a moment to offer your comments on pearls of wisdom you experienced at the conference! To begin: Dave Rakel, MD, [...]
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Presented by ABIHM Board Member, Nick Jacobs, FACHE I’m speaking at the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine’s Educational Conference today at 2:00 PM, but have been listening intently to the various presenters — my fellow board members, throughout the event. All of these folks are MD’s who embrace holistic (body, mind and spirit) and [...]
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By Nancy Sudak, MD, ABIHM Those of you who are familiar with Planetree know that it is a healthcare system whose vision is to promote the development and implementation of innovative models of healthcare that focus on healing and nurturing body, mind and spirit. As an international leader in patient-centered care, Planetree has been pioneering [...]
Gail Lowenstein, MD, ABIHM
People searching for holistic practitioners find me from the internet through ABIHM. Being a Diplomate of the ABIHM provides credibility that I am indeed holistically trained.
ABIHM President, Scott Shannon, MD, Interviews Jamie Harvie