The News Review:
- HMAA joins Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Healthcare
- GISP studies traditional Eastern medicine
- Breast cancer patient foregoes traditional treatment for raw diet
HMAA joins Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Healthcare
Bizjournals.com, NC
HMAA describes itself as the state’s leading insurance company to cover naturopathic medicine for its members. “Studies have shown that Hawaii residents seek complementary and alternative medicine treatment at a greater rate than the rest of the country,” said John Henry Felix, HMAA’s CEO and chairman of the board, in a prepared statement. “We recognized this trend several years ago and it’s why HMAA is committed to providing alternative-care coverage in our medical insurance packages. ”HMAA has approximately 32,000 members.
GISP studies traditional Eastern medicine
The Brown Daily Herald, RI
“It’s a lot of reading,” Liou said, adding that it’s been difficult to acclimate to the Eastern way of thinking about medicine and the human body. The group meets regularly to discuss readings and hear from guest speakers and practitioners, such as acupuncturists and herbalists. About half of the students involved in the GISP said they are pre-med, and a handful said they hope to practice alternative medicine as a career. Regardless of how they hope to integrate the aims of the course into their career, students agreed that taking the class was about broadening perspectives and thinking alternatively. “It’s good food for thought,” Dan Woolridge ‘10 said. “It’s good to take away that whole sense of holism that Eastern medicine prides itself on. “William Chen ‘10, who said he plans to pursue a career in Western medicine, said he is drawn to these ideals of holism and patient interaction in his study of alternative medical practices.
Breast cancer patient foregoes traditional treatment for raw diet
Daily Herald, UT
“It wasn’t necessarily tasty at first. Another setback came when one of Shelley’s friends, a fellow breast cancer sufferer, succumbed to the disease in the midst of trying a holistic approach. She had tried chemotherapy and radiation three times before trying alternative medicine, but it was still a shock to see someone trying similar methods pass away during the fight, Shelley said. But still she forged on, never reversing her decision. “Every individual has their own journey,” she explained. The first year of the diet was the toughest, Shelley said. Not only was she new to raw food preparation, but the cancer was continually hampering her spirits.
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