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This post is part of our forum on David H. Freedman’s July/August story, “The Triumph of New Age Medicine.” Follow the debate here . The principal problem highlighted in David Freedman’s article is not a clash of medical philosophies but confusion over terminology. Arguments that don’t begin with precise definitions invariably generate more heat than […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

“From everything we understand about patient safety, the best way to achieve it is through a multidisciplinary approach – this involves four different professions all of whom have one area that overlaps,” said Sunita Vohra, professor in the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research scholar. “Approximately half our population in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

“Research continues to show us how intricately the mind and body work together in patients with gastrointestinal illness and emphasizes how important it is to treat the whole patient, not just the disease,” said Robynne Chutkan, MD, FASGE, assistant professor of gastroenterology at Georgetown University Hospital. “Exercise and meditation are just a few of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Funded by The Wellcome Trust, the conference brings together experts from across the world to Birmingham to answer questions around the regulation of herbal medicine and other complementary health systems and to drive forward debate on this issue.The question ‘does the government have the right to decide what you do to manage your own health?’ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

JEBCAM is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed biomedical journal publishing hypothesis-driven and evidence-based articles concerning observations or studies (both positive and negative) in all fields of healing practices encompassed by the terms complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. JEBCAM is edited by Dr. Roger A. Brumback, an internationally-renowned clinical neuroscientist,    .. more …