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Integrative Medicine Alert addresses healing-oriented approaches to health and wellness, addressing mind, body, and spirit, which are growing exponentially in the United States. Integrative Medicine Alert, an 8-page monthly publication, is dedicated to providing physicians and other clinicians with evidence-based, clinically sound information on integrative medicine.

Physician authors review recent clinical data supporting or refuting the use of integrative therapies and provide subscribers with a quick explanation of how popular therapies are supposed to work, potential beneficial uses, and possible dangers. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Integrative Medicine Alert.

Integrative Medicine Alert Covers:

• Nutrition and diet
• Exercise and movement therapies
• Acupuncture and manipulative therapies
• Mind-body medicine and spirituality
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Integrative Medicine Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Integrative Medicine Alert Include:

• 12 issues per year
• Earn up to 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ or 24 AOA Category 2-B credits per year.

Awards:

• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1999  

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Suhani Bora, MD
Director of Integrative Health, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Director
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Lawrence, MA

Peer Reviewer:

Eugene C. Lee, MD, CYT
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine
Chilcago, IL

Editorial Advisory Board:

Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN
Director of Pain Management
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
La Jolla, CA

Donald Brown, ND
Managing Director
Natural Product Research Consultants
Seattle

Russell H. Greenfield, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ

David Kiefer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona

Patricia Lebensohn, MD
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Medical Director, Commitment to Underserved People Program
The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson

David Rakel, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Founder and Director
University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI

Nancy Selfridge, MD
Professor
Clinical Foundations Department
Ross University School of Medicine
Barbados, West Indies

Craig Schneider, MD
Director of Integrative Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Present evidence-based clinical analyses of commonly used alternative therapies;
• Make informed, evidence-based recommendations to clinicians about whether to consider using such therapies in practice;
• Describe and critique the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of useful, current, peer-reviewed clinical studies in alternative medicine as published in the scientific literature.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for physicians and researchers interested in complementary and integrative medicine.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 annually). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2 AOA Category 2-B credits (24 per year).

Expiration:

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.