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What if everything we thought we knew about depression—and how to heal from it—was wrong? A holistic psychiatrist explains.

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Rewire your brain to break out of old habits & establish physiological balance.

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In the technology-driven, fast-paced era we live in, it is commonplace for people to run on fumes, ignore their internal alarms, and exhaust themselves to a point of seemingly no return. We’re here to tell you that it’s never too late to change, and never too late to implement adjustments that will alter your body’s ability to recoup and regenerate - as it is naturally meant to.

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To restore health and end the disease, a medication or treatment must address all areas of dysfunction, on all levels of the human body. These 3 levels, when corrected simultaneously, provide the key to disrupting the pathophysiological cycle of illness and ensuring long-lasting health. This is the modern-day, scientific understanding of Body, Mind, & Spirit.

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Patients are curious by nature, and often have a variety of questions to ask their practitioner before, during and after their appointments. However, in our conventionally-inclined world, patients have been ingrained with questions that don't necessarily prompt the answers they should be looking for - answers that will truly help them get to the bottom of what is causing them to feel sick, and the steps they need to take to regain health. We’ve compiled a list of the top 5 wrong medical questions patients ask their doctors, along with the questions they should be asking.

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According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies approximately 100 million U.S adults are burdened by chronic pain in the United States alone, with the most common pain issues being lower back pain, neck pain, nerve pain, sciatica, and fibromyalgia. Fortunately, Innovative Medicine has searched the world and found the most advanced and effective alternative therapies for pain relief. Here are the top five.

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According to recent surveys and statistical trends, more than one third of Americans are now seeking out alternative medical options to conventional treatment and as the collective wisdom of patients increases, when it comes to cancer, it's no surprise as to why. Here are the top 5 alternative cancer treatments utilized in advanced integrative medicine.

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Computers and medicine may seem like a perfect union, but we outline the limitations in clinical practice

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Examining the debate of a systemic vs symptomatic approach to healing. Much of medicine has become obsessed with alleviating symptoms, but at what expense? As more patients exhibit complex chronic conditions, a focus has to be on systemic healing over symptomatic relief.

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Integrative medicine is defined as an approach to care that seeks to integrate the best of Western scientific medicine with a broader understanding of the nature of illness, healing and wellness. But much of what is practiced as integrative medicine is not all that integrative, and can be seen as an incomplete approach to healing. A truly integrative medical approach must make use of ALL viable healing options, and aim to unify medical choices for a single comprehensive treatment plan that restores proper functioning on all levels of the body.

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Optimizing immune system and supporting our natural “healability” trumps pharmaceuticals for combating flu viruses. Consider nature as a system that has been designed for health – shaped over millennia with flawless execution; the beings it produced – encoded with healthy information; the plants that evolved – encrypted with health-giving codes. Now what if we could unlock this information and harness this healing power through the proper cultivation and special preparation of these plants? In short – we would have the ultimate medicine for the 21st century.

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