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Is Integrative Health the Future of Medicine?

It all started over vodka martinis one night in July 2013.

Drs. Alka Gupta and Chiti Parikh had recently completed their internal medicine residencies and met on their first day of work at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. As they talked about ways to better support patients after discharge from the hospital, like offering nutrition counseling, they realized they had a mutual interest in integrative medicine, a field that focuses on the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) and incorporates therapeutic and preventive practices to achieve optimal health and wellbeing.

“These ancient traditions are actually very scientific,” says Dr. Parikh, who grew up in India…

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 Is Integrative Health the Future of Medicine?

Two physicians combined Eastern and Western medicine, with an emphasis on lifestyle practices, under one roof at NewYork-Presbyterian.

Top 4 Reasons Why You Should Go for Integrative Medicine

The use of integrative medicine has greatly increased this decade. Addition of non-medicinal therapies and Western medicine brings faster results than any other forms of treatment. Besides, non-medicinal therapies are used to reduce side-effects caused by other medicines.

Integrative Practitioner

IntegrativePractitioner.com represents a collaborative effort between many generous and esteemed organizations and individuals who support the integrative healthcare model. Our goal is to support the wide spectrum of integrative healthcare professionals in becoming more successful in their practices in order to effect positive improvements in the current standards of healthcare, policy and to strengthen the common ground among all constituents.

Explore IM

Explore IM is a web-based portal designed to be an interactive resource for integrative East-West medicine. It is part of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine's ongoing effort to facilitate the integration of biomedicine and Chinese medicine.

Integrated Healthcare Association

The nonprofit Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) convenes diverse stakeholders, including physician organizations, hospitals and health systems, health plans, purchasers and consumers committed to high-value integrated care that improves quality and affordability for patients across California and the nation.

Integrative Medicine & Holistic Health Association

Our vision is to completely transform the current disease-centered model of healthcare in the U.S. into a proactive, integrative & holistic medicine paradigm of healthcare!

Integrative Medicine Research

Integrative Medicine Research (IMR) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, subsidized open access journal focused on scientific research in integrative medicine including traditional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, and systems medicine

Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal

Launched as a peer-reviewed journal in 2002, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ) provides practitioners with a practical and comprehensive approach to integrating alternative therapies with conventional medicine.

Integrative Nutrition

Since 1992, Integrative Nutrition has been the cutting-edge leader in holistic nutrition education. As the largest nutrition school in the world, we educate and transform the lives of our students with the world’s foremost experts in nutrition and wellness like Andrew Weil, MD, Arthur Agatston, MD, Barry Sears, PhD, Mark Hyman, MD and Geneen Roth, among many others.

Integrative Therapeutics

Everything we do at Integrative Therapeutics is focused on helping integrative medicine professionals cultivate healthy practices – from the development of science-based nutritional supplements, to innovative, actionable resources and professional insights that have the power to inspire and enrich you, your patients, & your practice.

Journal of Integrative Medicine

Journal of Integrative Medicine (JIM) is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by Shanghai Association of Integrative Medicine and Shanghai Changhai Hospital, China.

Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health

ACIH envisions a healthcare system that is multidisciplinary and enhances competence, mutual respect and collaboration across all healthcare disciplines. This system will deliver effective care that is patient centered, focused on health and well-being, and readily accessible to all populations.

Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health

Advance integrative medicine and health through academic institutions and health systems.

Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine

Leading the movement toward heart-centered, interprofessional health care.

Advances in Integrative Medicine

Advances in Integrative Medicine (AIMED) is an international peer-reviewed, evidence-based research and review journal that is multi-disciplinary within the fields of Integrative and Complementary Medicine.

Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Alternative and Integrative Medicine journal brings articles in all areas related Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, aromatherapy and anthroposophic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Tibetan medicine, traditional-medicine, complementary-therapy & mind-body-link on quarterly basis.

American Association of Integrative Medicine

The mission of the American Association of Integrative Medicine® is to promote healthcare practitioners who are committed to their lifelong pursuit of providing care to their patients and the development of integrative medicine, which is the healthcare of the 21st century.

American College for Advancement in Medicine

The American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating physicians and other health care professionals on the safe and effective application of integrative medicine.

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

The European Journal of Integrative Medicine (EuJIM) considers manuscripts from a wide range of complementary and integrative health care disciplines, with a particular focus on whole systems approaches, public health, self management and traditional medical systems.

European Society of Integrative Medicine

The European Society of Integrative Medicine e.V. is an international association with the aim to facilitate the advancement of science, research, education and further training, to support best and evidence based medical care and to provide advice on policy in the realm of Integrative Medicine (the interaction between conventional and complementary medicine based on evidence based results).

International Society for Complementary Medicine Research

The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) is an international professional, multidisciplinary, non-profit scientific organization that is devoted to fostering complementary and integrative medicine research and provides a platform for knowledge and information exchange to enhance international communication and collaboration.

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy is the premier peer-reviewed journal of scientific work for healthcare professionals, practitioners, and scientists seeking to evaluate and integrate Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into mainstream practice.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

NCCIH’s mission is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health approaches and their roles in improving health and health care.

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine seeks to promote international communication and exchange on integrative medicine as well as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and provide a rapid forum for the dissemination of scientific articles focusing on the latest developments and trends...

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