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Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, May/Jun 2009

GUEST EDITORIAL

The North American Research Conference on Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Victor Sierpina, MD

COLUMN

The Medicine We Do: Real Reform of Healthcare
Mark A. Hyman, MD

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Understanding Diagnostic Reasoning in TCM Practice: Tongue Diagnosis
Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN, LAc; Leanne M. Currie, RN, DNSc; Gee H. Kim, MA

The Effects of Distant Healing Performed by a Spiritual Healer on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Kenjiro Tsubono, MD; Paul Thomlinson, PhD; C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

The Supply and Demand of Chiropractors in the United States From 1996 to 2005
Matthew A. Davis, DC; Andrew M. Davis, MBA; Jackie Luan, PhD; William B. Weeks, MD, MBA

REVIEW ARTICLES

Metabolic Cardiology: An Integrative Strategy in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, FACN

Cerebrospinal Fluid Stasis and Its Clinical Significance
James M. Whedon, DC; Donald Glassey, MSW, DC, LMT

CASE REPORTS

A Case of Hepatitis Associated With Long-term Use of Cimicifuga Racemosa
Alfredo Vannacci, MD, PhD; Francesco Lapi, PharmD, PhD; Eugenia Gallo, MS; Michele Vietri, MS, PhD; Mario Toti, MD; Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, MS, PhD; Roberto Raschetti, MD; Fabio Firenzuoli, MD; Alessandro Mugelli, MS, MD

CONVERSATIONS

Mary Jo Kreitzer: Inspiring Whole-person Care Through Integrative Models of Research, Education, and Clinical Practice

SPECIAL SECTION

Letter From the Editors: Research, Integrative Medicine, and Healthcare Policy Implication

Abstracts From the 2009 North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine