Integrative Care

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Research News

Integrative Care Cut Need for Pain Drugs in Half

15 May, 2014 by David Finer

After integrative care for pain at the anthroposophical hospital Vidarkliniken in Sweden, prescriptions for pain medications could be halved. Patients in conventional care however, purchased twice as many analgesics as before treatment. These are some results of a unique comparative study published in the high impact journal PLOS One. Physician Hans Johansson, Södertälje Hospital (not involved with the study), says that it is interesting and important. Read more

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Policy News

NGO: “Sweden Lagging Behind in Health and Food Field”

28 February, 2014 by David Finer

- Ignorance and fear are at the heart of the resistance to our proposals. Sweden is at least ten years behind in the field of diet and health. Our politicians must be bold enough to allocate more resources, says Dr. David Stenholtz, President of the recently formed NGO Physicians for the Future in this interview. Read more

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Research News

Concern over link vitamin C supplements – kidney stone

15 March, 2013 by David Finer

A Swedish study links regular supplements of vitamin C to an increased risk of men getting kidney stones. The association is not a causal relationship, but for safety’s sake, consumers should refrain from taking high doses, says Agneta Åkesson, principal author of the study, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Read more

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Policy News

Seeing the human being prevents burnout

19 September, 2012 by David Finer

– In a caring conversation with a patient, we may suddenly see them as fellow human beings with their own life story. That is a good prescription against burnout, said kidney specialist and author Astrid Seeberger during a theme day on altruism in Stockholm recently. Read more

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