Telemedicine and Patient Experience Ratings at an Academic Integrative Medicine Practice: Retrospective Examination.

Background: The use of telemedicine (TELE) increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic. While patient experience with TELE has been studied in other medical disciplines, its impact and applicability to integrative medicine practices remain unknown.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of visit modality, TELE versus face-to-face (F2F) encounters, on patient experience at an integrative medicine practice at a single academic medical center.

Physical treatment of migraine.

Physical modalities, including acupuncture, massage therapy, physical therapy, and spinal manipulation, are commonly sought for migraine headache management. Acupuncture has been helpful in management of migraine, particularly as an adjunct to standard therapy. Some studies support acupuncture in combination with electroacupuncture and a traditional Chinese medicine form of massage called tuina as beneficial.

Introducing Lifestyle Medicine Within the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona.

High-value care is becoming increasingly important as the United States shifts toward a more sustainable health care system. Lifestyle medicine (LM) may be the highest-value model of care. Surprisingly, however, it is taught in a minority of medical schools.

Dietary supplements and herbal medicine for COVID-19: A systematic review of randomized control trials.

Background: The world is currently struggling with the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Dietary supplements (DSs) and herbal medicine provide a potentially convenient and accessible method for its recovery, but direct evidence is limited.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of DSs and herbs in patients with COVID-19.

Viral Respiratory Infections: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure.

The sudden outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 demanded a tremendous amount of attention for viral respiratory infections (VRIs) in modern times. Evidence accumulated over the past few decades increasingly suggests the importance of recognizing the background and context of lifestyle factors in the prevention of VRIs recurrence. The focus of attention has specifically been on how to optimize respiratory barrier function and immune function during the period of the pandemic outbreak.

The benefits of a standardized approach to opioid prescribing.

This initiative increased patient acceptance of controlled substance agreements and random urine drug screening, and it led many patients to discontinue opioid therapy.

Acute respiratory tract infection: a practice examines its antibiotic prescribing habits.

Purpose: We wanted to better understand our practice behaviors by measuring antibiotic prescribing patterns for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs), which would perhaps help us delineate goals for quality improvement interventions. We determined (1) the distribution of ARTI final diagnoses in our practice, (2) the frequency and types of antibiotics prescribed, and (3) the factors associated with antibiotic prescribing for patients with ARTI.

Methods: We looked at office visits for adults with ARTI symptoms that occurred between December 14, 2009, and March 4, 2010.

Mitochondrial myopathy presenting as rhabdomyolysis.

A 37-year-old white woman presented with acute bilateral hamstring pain after hiking. She had a creatine kinase level of 11,144 U/L. Rhabdomyolysis was diagnosed and the patient was admitted for intravenous fluid hydration.