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Children’s Hospitals: A national leader in integrative medicine

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Last in a series on integrative healing in the Twin Cities Dr. Tim Culbert, director of Integrative Medicine at Children's Hospitals, is a nationally recognized leader in integrative medicine and currently heads up the longest running pediatrics program in North America. Early on in his training, Dr. Culbert had the opportunity to work with Dr. Karen Olness, a renowned pioneer who documented and implemented an approach to help children with chronic pain and illness through self-regulation … [Read more...]

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Penny George Institute for Health and Healing

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Sixth of a series on integrative healing in the Twin Cities The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing has been providing complementary services bedside to patients at Abbott Northwestern Hospital since 2003, and to clients in an outpatient clinical setting since 2004. The institute's executive director, Lori Knutson, realized early on that integrative healing - a blend of conventional medicine and complementary techniques and programs - is the true path to healing. Knutson's broad … [Read more...]

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Regions Hospital commits to holistic care

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Fifth of a series on integrative healing in the Twin Cities Regions Hospital in downtown St. Paul has been offering complementary care therapies to patients since 2006, and Renee Sauter has been there since the beginning. With a background in health, wellness and social work, she is a perfect fit for managing this new program. The Complementary Care Therapies Department (CCTD) was launched with an internal grant opportunity. Nursing professionals, as well as others within the hospital … [Read more...]

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Woodwinds Health Campus supports Integrative Care

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Fourth of a series on integrative healing in the Twin Cities Woodwinds Health Campus is the brainchild of the HealthEast Care System organization. It is an 86-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital that opened its doors in August of 2000 as an unprecedented healing environment that blends the best of traditional allopathic medicine supported by natural approaches to wellness and health through integrative services. Woodwinds was just named one of the top 100 hospitals in the … [Read more...]

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Hennepin Integrative Health Services offers a Visionary Approach

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Third of a series Pat Culliton began her career in the 1970s as a psychologist in Colorado, practicing at a forward-thinking mental health center that wanted to incorporate guided imagery, self-hypnosis and biofeedback to help alleviate suffering. She volunteered to get the necessary training and spent time with the founders of biofeedback. This was her introduction to holism, reflected today in health care as complementary medicine or integrative healing. Soon, Pat felt a calling to … [Read more...]

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The U’s Center for Spirituality & Healing

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Second in a series on Integrative Healing in the Twin Cities The Center for Spirituality & Healing (CSH) at the University of Minnesota is a pioneering leader and resource in complementary healing practices, with a mission to transform the health care industry through educating health professionals and students, collaborating with innovative community partners, conducting rigorous scientific research and empowering consumers. The center opened in 1995, and its goal today remains the same … [Read more...]

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Integrative Medicine in the Twin Cities Metro

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First of a series Integrative medicine began appearing in Minnesota more than 20 years ago. Such programs here are at the forefront of the complementary medicine movement in the United States. This series of articles will focus on the conventional medical systems in the Twin Cities metro area that are integrating complementary therapies into their health care models. AN OVERVIEW An overview of how complementary medicine expanded in this region of the country begins with the Hennepin … [Read more...]

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