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Dr. Jennifer Aron sees cancer care as a collaborative effort at the SECU Comprehensive Cancer Center at CarolinaEast Medical Center.

With cancer care its so much a team sport that you have to support the family, you have to support the patient, said Aron, a palliative care specialist. If there are people that are left out, then the care of the patient is going to suffer.

She said some patients might get nervous when they hear theyre going to see a palliative care doctor, since the field often is equated with hospice and end-of-life care.

They think that theres something the doctors are not telling them, Aron said. The reality is that we see patients with all types of cancer, with all stages of disease, with all goals of care from people who are being treated with the intention of trying to cure their disease to people who have a metastatic disease that well never be able to cure.

She said palliative care doctors work closely with hospice when its appropriate, but we see patients that have gotten through their cancer treatment and are still really symptomatic or struggling just to try and help support them, help them through, help them feel better, improve their quality of life and support them through the process.

Most patients seen by palliative care doctors at CarolinaEast are in the middle of some sort of treatment, Aron said.

Some of those people have potentially curable cancer and other people are just getting treatment with the goal of trying to control their disease, though we know we wont be able to cure it, she said.

Family members and caregivers often accompany patients on their visits, Aron said, and they frequently are dealing with issues related to cancer treatment, too.

I tell my patients all the time that cancer is really hard on the people who are experiencing it, but its also really hard on those caregivers, too, that they have entered into a new phase in their life and we do whatever we can to help support them, she said.

Patients usually are referred to palliative care by their medical or radiation oncologists, though some are referred by primary care providers or other specialists, Aron said. Most patients who have a need will qualify for the care, which is covered by most health insurances, she said.

We work really closely with nutrition and social work and massage therapy and all the different support services that we have here, Aron said. A lot of times theyll recognize a need that maybe that patients physician hasnt seen, and theyll make a recommendation to that patients medical oncologist or radiation oncologist.

She said what she loves most about what she does is that its very multidisciplinary.

We all are talking regularly about these patients to just try and get them the best care possible, Aron said. Its nice in a hospital like this where its easy to communicate with all members of the team. It has been wonderful.

She said her palliative care partner Dr. Robert Fisher has training in integrative oncology.

Both of us really focus on what other tools can you put in this patients toolbox to help them become an active participant in their cancer care, Aron said. Whether thats general wellness, getting them in touch with our meditation group or our yoga groups, nutrition, exercise, whatever it is. How else can they be trying to take the best care of themselves and help whatever their cancer treatment be as effective as possible?

Medications are a part of that care, she said.

A big part of what we do is symptom management, whether thats pain, anxiety, depression, shortness of breath, appetite, fatigue, you name it, Aron said. We do a lot of prescribing of medications to help with that.

She said she and her team at CarolinaEast spend a lot of time talking about quality of life and how to make the most out of whatever a patients situation is.

A lot of people are feeling pretty poorly when were seeing them, she said. I think if we dont focus on living while youre going through cancer treatment, were really missing an opportunity because regardless of what the outcome is, this time is valuable. Any way we can help identify those goals and help support people to get to those goals is important.

Advanced care planning, including living wills and healthcare power of attorneys, also is a priority, not only for cancer patients, but for everybody, Aron said.

Every individual, every person out there, should be having conversations with their family members about if something happens, what do I want. Because if you dont talk about it, you never know, she said.

Aron said she encourages cancer patients undergoing treatment to complete advanced care paperwork to help eliminate the burden of decision making that might end up falling on family members.

Palliative care is part of a holistic approach to medicine and cancer treatment, she said.

I think we have fantastic medical oncologists and radiation oncologists who take excellent care of their patients, Aron said. I think with supportive care and palliative care, you have an opportunity to pull all of that together and really focus on the whole of the patient and listen to what the issues are that are coming up that might be affecting how theyre getting to treatment or how theyre tolerating things or what other stressors that might be contributing to how theyre doing.

Those stressors are very real, she said.

If you dont talk about financial stresses or psycho-social stresses or the fact that your caregiver is getting totally burnt out, you cant truly treat that patient the best way that you can, Aron said.

Being able to work closely with other providers and have the time to focus on things that might be standing in the way of getting good cancer treatment or overall care is a good opportunity, she said.

We just have a really nice team to be able to focus on that whole person and focus on how we make you well in the biggest sense of the word possible, not just get you through cancer treatment, but how do we help you live the best you can under these really, really stressful and hard circumstances, Aron said.

Its an honor and a privilege for me. You meet people at a very difficult time of their lives, but there are real incredible opportunities to help in meaningful ways.

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The recent advisory from the Ministry of AYUSH on treatments available in traditional medicine against the new COVID-19 epidemic rightfully created an uproar. There is no scientific evidence that the prescribed medicines work. Indeed, at the time all classical medical texts were collated, people didnt have an understanding of a virus. What there was instead, and which still guides treatment in these medical systems, is a holistic plant-based approach to managing symptoms; in the case of the advisory, for respiratory conditions. So why did the ministry publish unscientific statements? And what drives the almost instantaneously binary reaction to claims from traditional knowledge practices?

To answer this, its necessary to understand the history of medical education in India. Like all education before colonial times, Ayurveda too was also taught in the guru-shishya parampara, a system in which the student was immersed in the gurus household and practice, with a strong hands-on training component. Modern medicine came with the colonialists. In 1822, instructions in western and Indian medicine (Unani and Ayurveda) commenced in Calcutta, but by 1835 Thomas Macaulay effected a policy to withdraw support for instructions in native languages as well as for native medical practices.

Hereon, the colonial and later Indian governments undertook investments to increase the number of medical colleges offering education in western medicine in the country. The Medical Council of India Act of 1956 institutionalised this process, and has since decided on the MBBS degree curriculum. Meanwhile, it was predominantly princely endowments that helped the Indian state setup institutions to train students in traditional medicine. The Maharaja of Travancore had established one of the oldest in 1889 in Thiruvananthapuram, and which has since become the Government Ayurveda Medical College. However, it was not until 1970, with the passing of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, that Ayurveda and Unani training became institutionalised.

This regulatory divide at the top ensured that from the very start of professional training, modern and traditional medical practitioners are kept separated. To this day, an MBBS degree includes no courses in traditional medicine and vice versa, although Ayurveda doctors do study modern anatomy and physiology. While modern biological sciences like biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, etc. are part of an MBBS education, they find no mention in a BAMS degree. Each group is siloed off, and further divided by socio-cultural imprints, with a rather ungenerous alternate label attached to traditional medicinal practices. Even on campuses that have a cluster of excellent science research departments, there is no exchange of staff and students between the Ayurveda college and the rest of the sciences. Structural bifurcation doesnt stop at medical education: it also extends to biomedical research.

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In 2014, the government decided to hive off what was until then the Department AYUSH as a separate ministry to boost teaching, research and engagement with Indias traditional medical systems. This would have been an excellent policy decision had it not resulted in programmes where, once again, researchers and practitioners of modern biology are not actively involved in grant-giving committees or policy discussions. Its almost certain that the AYUSH ministry did not run their new advisory by any virologist in the country either, not because there arent any but because they dont feature on their rolodex of experts.

Thus we have a treasure trove of information on medical practices that have not been examined in a system that we know as the scientific method. The practice of testing hypotheses and rigorously demonstrating cause and effect has not permeated AYUSH. A favourite refrain of traditional medical practitioners is that it is difficult to perform clinical trials in the strict reductionist approach of modern science because, by philosophy, traditional medicine is personalised.

This is only the start of differences in vocabulary that then precipitate a binary situation: either believe in traditional medicine or dont. But what if we removed belief from this conversation? We must embrace openness and look for commonalities, the most important being that both streams are about saving lives and improving the quality of life. Modern medicine needs to acknowledge that it doesnt have a treatment for all diseases just as much as traditional medicine needs to acknowledge the same thing. We need more conversations between practitioners and researchers of both medical streams to start unpacking the potential of integrative treatments: the success of traditional medicine for chronic illnesses plus the superior surgical skills and life-saving technologies of modern medicine.

Further, we need to reimagine clinical trials to include personalised approaches to healing with metrics that include formulations as well as single chemical entities. We need the participation of the research fraternity, from biologists to statisticians and engineers, to describe new metrics to measure the efficacy of traditional medicine. Unfortunately, the only way an Ayurveda vaidya interacts with these professions today is in the form of a patient.

A lack of cohesive policymaking that aims to rigorously evaluate and integrate knowledge streams for human wellbeing is preventing us from reaping the full potential of the two. Remarkably, the Charaka Samhita, a basic textbook in Ayurveda, describes a good physician as one who is dynamic and constantly evolving. Its time to take this classical advice seriously.

Megha is an assistant professor at the Centre for Ayurveda Biology and Holistic Nutrition, The University for Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology, Bengaluru. The views expressed here are personal.

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Gandhinagar: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, are jointly organising an International Conference on Urban Transformations, Youth Aspirations and Education in India on February 20-21, 2020. The two-day conference intends to evolve an inter-disciplinary engagement on the nature of urban transformations and the youth in India while understanding policy dynamics in these areas. It will also attempt to understand the challenges to educational access and skills provision for the youth and the constraints of rural-urban migration, social caste background, and peri-urban locations.

Dr Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural program. Dr Patwardhan is a biomedical scientist and a Fellow of National Academy Sciences (India) and National Academy of Medical Sciences (India). He has worked on several policy making bodies including Task Forces of National Knowledge Commission, Planning Commission and has been a consultant to the World Health Organization, Geneva. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine published by Elsevier and is on the Editorial Boards of many reputed Journals. He will speak at the Inaugural Panel on Education along with Prof Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar; and Prof Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University.

There will also be two keynote lectures on each day of the event. Prof Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography at the University of Melbourne, Australia and Director, Australia India Institute, will deliver the first Keynote Lecture titled Fresh Contact: Empowering Youth Innovators in South Asia on February 20. Prof Jeffrey is the author of the book Time pass: Youth, Class and the Politics of Waiting, which is a study of youth which is a study of youth aspirations in small-town North India. The second Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Prof John Harriss, Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada, titled Aspiration, Opportunity, Mobility: the prospects for development among Indias youth, on February 21.

The first day of the conference will also have a short film screening titled Lifelines: documenting social change in the Indian Himalayas by Jane Dyson, Professor Anthropology at the University of Melbourne.

Many scholars and experts from India and abroad are invited as speakers during various sessions that will cover a wide range of subjects such as Educational Conundrums of Indian Youth; Youth and Political Mobilisation; Studying the Youth: Methods and Approaches; Peri-urban/Small Town Youth Aspirations; and Urban Landscapes: Marginality and Circulation.

Postgraduate and doctoral students, senior undergraduate students, faculty and researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences from all over the country are going to participate in this international conference. More details about the conference and speakers can be found on the conference website: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2020/UTYAEI/index.php

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Genetic/Epigenetic Epidemiology

Job number ACAD104465Division/School Bristol Medical SchoolContract type Fixed Term ContractWorking pattern Part timeSalary 44,045-59,135 pro rata per annumClosing date for applications 01-Mar-2020

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented researcher at the early part of their independent career who has a track record of high quality applied/methodological research. You will join the Bristol Medical School, in one of the UKs leading centres for research in population health sciences. You will develop your programme of genetic or epigenetic epidemiology research in collaboration with colleagues within the School, and will work with multidisciplinary research teams within the cross-Faculty MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (headed by George Davey Smith). You will also contribute to teaching and administration for the Schools undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Specifically, you will contribute to the current intercalated degree (iBSc) in Genomic Medicine, established in 2016, to prepare future doctors for the genomics revolution in healthcare.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in a relevant quantitative topic, a strong interest in genome-wide and genome sequence data within population-based studies and epidemiological studies of causation, and a track record of research published in high impact journals. You will be able to demonstrate your enthusiasm for making an effective contribution to the teaching and organisation of our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and to supervising postgraduate students. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate your abilities in research administration, and in the successful supervision of junior staff.

For informal queries please contact: Kate Tilling, kate.tilling@bristol.ac.uk

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.

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How is it that perfectly respectable public-health initiatives, such as vaccines and water fluoridation, give rise to suspicion and conspiracy theories, while an entire industry thats telling us out-and-out falsehoods in order to take our money gets a free pass?

Dietary supplements, people! Where is the outrage?

Every year, Americans spend something like $35 billion on vitamins, minerals, botanicals and various other substances that are touted as health-giving but mostly do nothing at all. Nothing at all!

Could the entire category really just be a rip-off? I turned to the National Institutes of Health. I spoke with Carol Haggans, a scientific and health communications consultant with the Office of Dietary Supplements, about vitamins and minerals, and to Craig Hopp, deputy director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, about botanical and other kinds of supplements.

My question was the same: Which dietary supplements actually have well-established benefits?

Its a short list, Hopp told me. Ginger for nausea, peppermint for upset stomach, melatonin for sleep disruption. And fish oil does seem to show some promise for cardiovascular disease, although some of the data is conflicting. He went on to list some of the supplements that havent shown benefits in trials: turmeric, St. Johns wort, ginkgo, echinacea.

On the vitamin and mineral side, Haggans pointed out a couple of wins. Folic acid reduces risk for fetal neural tube defects, and it is widely recommended for women who may become pregnant. Vitamin B12 in food is sometimes poorly absorbed, she told me, and supplements can help in people over 50 (and vegans, because B12 comes from animal products). Then theres a combination supplement that may slow the progression of macular degeneration. Its also possible a daily multivitamin may decrease some disease risk.

Beyond that, supplements can help fill in a nutrient gap if you dont get enough, say, magnesium in your diet, but we dont have a lot of compelling evidence that using supplements to do that improves health outcomes.

I also checked in with Andrea Wong, senior vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs for the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a supplement industry group. She mentioned some of the same benefits and added that the Food and Drug Administration allows a health claim on calcium, or a combination of calcium and vitamin D, for reducing risk of osteoporosis.

That covers the noncontroversial territory, where both industry and independent scientists agree that theres at least some evidence of benefits. If youve got a favorite niacin? garlic? you could try to make the case. (If you want to investigate your supplement of choice, a good place to start is with NIH fact sheets.) This column is obviously too short to adjudicate every single one, but Hopps assessment stands: Its a short list.

But how about the vast expanse of shelves of dietary supplements that arent among those listed? The ones that purport to give you energy, support your immune system, stimulate hair growth or enlarge your penis? Wong points out that the FDA does regulate those claims; the agency requires that they have substantiation and be truthful.

You can hop on over to the FDAs website and read about what exactly constitutes substantiation, and youll find its a low bar. I have yet to talk to a scientist who takes dietary supplement claims seriously, so I asked Wong to refer me to one somebody with no ties to industry who believed the health claims made on dietary supplements were meaningful.

Readers, she couldnt.

Think about that for a second. The dietary supplements industry group couldnt point me to a single independent scientist who comes down on their side of this. Wong made the case that I shouldnt dismiss research out of hand just because its done by industry. And I agree, although I always take the funding source into consideration. But if the body of evidence were compelling, at least some independent scientists would be persuaded. Theyre not. Theyre just not.

On top of that, some dietary supplements can be downright harmful. Theres no requirement that supplement companies establish safety before they market their products, but they are required to report serious adverse events, and the FDA monitors those. If things get bad, they step in.

Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, points to ephedra as the poster supplement for the harm the category can do. Its a substance that occurs naturally in some plants, and it was marketed as an appetite suppressant and energy booster. But then 155 people died, and the FDA took it off the market in 2003. But its the only dietary supplement that has been banned in the history of dietary supplements.

Lurie points out that even vitamins, which we think of as, at worst, benign, can increase disease risk: In trials, beta-carotene increased risk of lung cancer in smokers, and vitamin E increased risk of prostate cancer. According to Haggans, high doses of vitamin A can cause birth defects, and too much iron can even be fatal. With vitamins and minerals, she says, the main risk is getting too much.

Lurie is also concerned that we dont have a good way of knowing what damage supplements do. We have little safety information on the active ingredients, adulteration and contamination are real problems, and only serious adverse events are required to be reported to the FDA. Its more than reasonable to believe there may be dangerous products on the market; we just dont know what they are.

But take heart! The reassurance, such as it is, comes from the fact that the products are mostly ineffective, Lurie told me.

And thats the dietary supplement conundrum. Most of them do nothing, so you shouldnt take those. But the ones that actually do something are the ones that pose danger, so you shouldnt take those either. If something really can enlarge your penis, imagine the havoc it can wreak in your liver.

Thats the lay of the land. Supplements have very few benefits and some serious risks. So why do some three-quarters of Americans spend $35 billion on them every year?

I asked Alan Levinovitz, professor of religion at James Madison University and author of Natural: How Faith in Natures Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science (available in April). The first thing he pointed to was the pictures of fruits and leaves on the bottle, the emphasis on plant-based ingredients and the focus on naturalness. Think about the names medicines have, he said. Atorvastatin! Tramadol! They sound like alien space lords. Then look at supplements with names like Natures Way.

People feel comfortable with herbs and other botanicals, and they feel empowered by the idea that they make these choices for themselves. Youre like a sorcerer, said Levinovitz. Do I want to supercharge my brain or refresh my vitality? There couldnt be a more empowering place than the supplement aisle. The only problem, of course, is that none of its true.

Levinovitz sees ritual in supplement-taking; its a way to counterbalance the disempowerment of modern medicine. Its an unmet need, he told me, and he sees a parallel to prayer. How can we measure the value of those things? It makes no scientific sense, but what do we do about things that make no scientific sense but still matter to people?

Since people like supplements, and often think they do better with them than without them, Id be reluctant to issue an across-the-board no-supplements diktat even if I could. But I cant stop thinking about what people could do with that $35 billion. For starters, you could buy every man, woman and child a hefty (1/2 cup, dry) serving of lentils every single day. Not only would that be 24 grams of protein and 10 grams of fiber, it would be a whole days folate and hefty doses of thiamin, iron, phosphorous and zinc. Also soup. Take that, vitamin pill.

Alas, I dont think I can talk people into lentils any more than I can talk them out of dietary supplements. But maybe if someone could find a way to put them in a pill

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Back in 2008, Dr. Andrew Weil connected with restaurateur Sam Fox, and together they developed True Food Kitchen with its healthy food options. Weil, an integrative medicine expert, envisioned a menu based on the anti-inflammatory food pyramid with an emphasis on wholesome, simple ingredients, as well as nutrient-dense staples, responsibly sourced proteins, and little-known superfoods.

Now 12 years later, Phoenix-based True Food Kitchen has its first True Bar that debuted at the restaurants second Las Vegas location at the Forum Shops at Caesars. And some of those healthy ideas find a home on the bar menu.

True Bar sits atop the reflecting pool at the front of the Forum Shops with a view of the freestanding spiral escalator and in front of True Food Kitchen. Wrapped in natural woods, the space features room for 66 patrons across its 937 square feet.

On the menu, freshly pressed juices, organic teas, and detox drinks, such as Dr. Weils Wellness Shot with sea buckthorn, pomegranate, and ginger; the Hangover Rx with pineapple, orange, honey, and coconut water; and Kale Aid with kale, ginger, apple, celery, cucumber, and lemon.

Cocktails include a ginger margarita; Causemo with organic vodka, prickly pear, and lime; and the Garden of Eden with gin, cucumber, pineapple, elderflower essence, and lemon. Wines, coffee, teas, and beers round out the menu.

For the health-conscious, every item includes the calorie count, and vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are noted on the menu.

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CELINA, Texas (WFAA) At just 11 months, Piper is getting a chiropractic adjustment.

We come once a week and it keeps her pretty regular, said mom Catherine Bright, who started bringing her daughter in to True Light Chiropractic in Celina to address digestive struggles.

Constipation, belly issues, gas, Bright said. I do think that [it has] helped with being able to release the gas in her stomach.

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More parents are getting comfortable with this idea.

Were very open to the holistic approach, said Amy Grabowski, whose four children all get chiropractic adjustments.

Chase Martins 2-year-old daughter Millie has seen a chiropractor since she was two months old.

We come once a week, Martin said.

About half the patient population at True Light Chiropractic is kids and babies.

We always suggest to get the baby in as soon as possible, doctor of chiropractic Colton Wood said.

Wood and his wife Kelsey, also a D.C., use activators and a pediatric toggle headpiece to provide quick and specific adjustments to tiny spines.

Oftentimes, its the moms intuition that brings them in, Wood said. And its the dad or the husband whos likeIts a pediatric massage, like what are they going to do? We hear that all the time and just throughout care, they start to see results and it starts to speak for itself. We dont have to say much. We just do what we do.

Backed by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, the husband and wife team are Webster certified, which is a pregnancy-specific technique.

A lot of it is still cartilage, Wood said. Its not necessarily even bones. So what were doing is holding pressure points on the babies, and we like to describe it as if you were to hold your finger on a stick of butter and wait for it to melt that would be the same exact thing were feeling on our hands. Were holding that and allowing that to release itself, and allowing their body to calm down that way.

The big three conditions that draw parents to pediatric chiropractors are colic, acid reflux and ear infections.

Our daughter has had a lot of trouble with ear infections, so that was our biggest reason for getting her in, Grabowski said.

But is it effective?

The American Academy of Pediatrics pointed to a 2017 clinical report on Pediatric Integrative Medicine, saying: High-quality evidence supporting effectiveness of spinal manipulation for non-musculoskeletal concerns is lacking, especially in infants and children, for whom the risks of adverse events may be the highest because of immature stability of the spine.

The AAP goes on to say: Serious complications are possible with chiropractic treatment of children, but such adverse effects are rare.

Tell that to Troy Sebo, whose son Ryder got his first chiropractic adjustment two hours after he was born.

We chose to do this because as the babies are delivered, theyre having to be contorted in different ways and theres a lot of stress thats put on the spinal column and the nervous system, Sebo said.

Wood explained that relieving stress around the spine signals the body to return to a more calm, resting state a departure from fight or flight mode. Wood said that opens doors for healing, adapting and growth.

The parents we spoke with are using their own anecdotal experiences to tout the benefit of chiropractic adjustments for their children. Theres something about it, they say, thats working. And that keeps them coming back.

It seems like the grander population is starting to look into more natural ways of healing and adapting and looking into health that way, Wood said. And were very excited to be on the forefront of that.

The American Chiropractic Association supports the use of chiropractic care for children.

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Canceris among the leading causes of death worldwide. New cancer cases per year mayrise to 23.6 million by 2030.1 Yet, The American Institute forCancer Research (AICR) estimates that at least half of cancer cases in the UScould be prevented by lifestyle changes.2

According to the results of a survey that waspublished in JNCI Monographs, integrative oncology can be defined as a patient-centered,evidence-informed field of cancer care that utilizes mind and body practices,natural products, and/or lifestyle modifications from different traditionsalongside conventional cancer treatments,including chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and immunotherapy. 3

Thenomenclature could be problematic, as the term integrative is often confusedwith alternative or complementary, despite the fact that these terms are notinterchangeable. Alternative practices not derived from Western medicine are modalitiesused in lieu of any conventionaltreatments. Complementary medicine is the use of supportive practicesas interventional add-ons to conventional treatment. Integrative care, on theother hand a whole-systems approach judiciously and strategically mergesmainstream and complementary interventions.

Approximately30% to 50% of cancer patients use complementary and integrative medicine, in largepart to mitigate symptoms and enhancequality of life.3 Although the use of alternative medicine alone, inplace of conventional treatment, has been shown to shorten survival and theaddition of medicine considered complementary to conventional therapy doesnot appear to influence mortality rate compared with conventional treatmentalone patient-reported measures may tell researchers about quality of lifeand more holistic aspects of care.

Expertsadvise patients exercise caution when considering the use of antioxidant andother dietary supplements prior to or during chemotherapy, as some of these productscause drug-drug interactions and have the potential to negatively affectsurvival or increase the risk of recurrence.4

Thatsaid, interventions such as acupuncture, massage, meditation, yoga, tai chi, orqi gong, for example, are procedures that could increase patient quality oflife and improve physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. In turn,these improvements have the potential to positively influence clinical outcomes.

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A fool shares his knowledge freely is how the adage goes, but many disagree.

In the new world of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs, the new adage should be a fool doesnt share his knowledge freely.

Fortunately, knowledge is based upon wisdom and subjective experience, along with some subtle cold facts. The new atmosphere of knowledge sharing and web-based information overload is a sensational plethora of positive adaptation of the human experience. Every day, our knowledge is increased by the internet, and in this new world, if one is unwilling to share experiences, its almost maladaptive.

Pushing the boundaries of this is cybernetics, the fusion of man and machine.

In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, cybernetics was popularized by TV shows and movies.

Robocop being one such example. But where does all this lead to?

Futurists, imagine a world where we are all connected and nanobots cure all kinds of diseases. The mass overload of information is taking individuals to places theyve never been; inside their minds.

Thats right! Theyre literally going inside their mind seeking out meditation, spiritual experiences, and mystical knowledge. The prowess of information overload is causing people to retreat into their safe place, the world within. After all, the world within is much more fun than cold hard facts.

The world within is the individuals escape from the land mines of knowledge overload, career stress, family stress. Human Development in the emerging adulthood to late adulthood phase is going to require this escape from trivialities of daily life in the future, and even now, people are beginning to take to new ways of managing their stress. Mind, Body, Spirit is the trinity of how one should take care of him or herself, and people are awakening to new and innovative ways to take care of themselves.

We go less and less. Computer workstations, television, excellent customer services, and motorization have made us into motion muffles. Lieschenmller or Max Mustermann, the average German human being, only reaches 1,000 steps per day. Physical activity, however, is very important to our health. Movement deficit is still prevalent in smoking and poor diet as the most common cause of disease.

But I agree, Im a bit lazy. I enjoy the amenities. When Ive to move, take a flight, and use the IAH parking service, they drop me off right at the terminal. Not only this, many other amenities which facilitate us to be relaxed in our day-to-day operations; reduce our physical load.

To be physically active, you do not necessarily have to register in the gym or lace the running shoes. Go, the most minimalist way of moving, it does. The great thing about it is that walking can be easily integrated into everyday life.

Already in 2008, the Charit Ambulance for Prevention and Integrative Medicine launched the project 10,000 Steps in the Land of Ideas Wise Heads. Many sports physicians and the World Health Organization recommend taking at least 10,000 steps every day.

To be physically active is to live simply and consciously. The many walking leads to a win-win situation, in which one can profit by himself, his fellow humans, and the environment in the long term:

Can you manage 10,000 steps or more every day? What sports do you do to keep fit?

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