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Back and joint pain are so common that medical reports estimate four out of every five people will suffer from it during their life. Two brothers who are also physicians have launched SpineZone medical clinics with a holistic approach to help relieve some of that pain.

Drs. Kamshad Raiszadeh and Kian Raiszadeh oversee SpineZone, which works with patients through online technology and clinical treatments to stabilize muscles and increase flexibility.

The brothers said they strive to treat their patients without surgery or opioid use.

There are 10 SpineZone clinics nine in San Diego and one in Orange County. Newer clinics in Rancho Bernardo, which opened March 1, San Marcos, Sorrento Valley and Eastlake/Chula Vista joined the established clinics in Del Mar, Encinitas, La Mesa, Mission Valley, Oceanside and Santa Ana.

Kamshad Raiszadeh, who has 20 years of experience with a broad range of spinal surgeries, founded SpineZone in 2005. His brother, who has spent more than six years in sport medicine, joined in 2015.

Kamshad Raiszadeh, chief medical officer at SpineZone, completed medical school at UC San Francisco, orthopedic surgery residency at UC Davis and his fellowship at the Hospital for Joint Diseases/NYU in New York City. Raiszadeh said over time he noticed a dramatic increase in patients turning to surgery for treatment of neck and low back pain. But many were not getting their desired long-term results, he said.

By treating the whole person, and the various and complex causes of pain in the body, we found we could decrease surgeries and increase the patients quality of life long term, he said.

Kian Raiszadeh, CEO of SpineZone

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Kian Raiszadeh, CEO of SpineZone, graduated from UC Berkeley and completed medical school at UC San Diego, and now works as a sports medicine physician at Kaiser Permanentes San Marcos Medical Center. He said across the industry, he believed patients were being overtreated with surgery, imaging and medication for back and neck pain.

He founded a software company that focuses on helping patients manage their chronic conditions, but said joining forces with his brother was the best strategy. He still sees patients several days a month at Kaiser Permanente to keep his skills sharp, he said.

The SpineZone treatment begins with the patients first visit.

We offer a very customized, hands-on approach, beginning with an initial evaluation that takes about 60 minutes to complete, Kian Raiszadeh said.

The evaluation covers everything from the patients strength and posture to nutrition and emotions.

Our clinics have medical grade equipment allowing them to get very specific strength data, for example, he said.

After the evaluation, a custom, comprehensive treatment plan designed to provide pain relief is started that includes a health coach for patients.

Our medical team evaluates the progress of every patient on a weekly basis and they can step in and recommend any needed services, Raiszadeh said.

Medical oversight in the form of customized care and one-on-one services for issues with diet, sleep, nutrition and opioid use complete the SpineZone experience.

Many times, patients come in our clinics desperate for help, but they arent being given the right tools, Raiszadeh said.

A number of factors need to be addressed, such as strengthening core muscles, the mind/body connection and nutrition, Kamshad Raiszadeh said.

For many patients, fear or other factors can cause avoidant behavior and lead to downward spirals, he said. Nutritional factors, such as weight control, muscle building and an anti-inflammatory diet, also need to be addressed for many patients to feel pain relief.

Raiszadeh put much of this information into a book, Take Back Control, in which he dispenses practical advice and tools for those suffering chronic back and neck pain. The book is sold on http://www.amazon.comand http://www.takebackcontrol.com.

I can give most patients an option other than surgery, he said. We call this slow medicine. Stick with us for six to ten weeks and youll see a difference. Everyone is on one team, helping to manage your condition.

SpineZone is aligned with physicians at Sharp Health, Scripps Health and Providence, and the groups online program has expanded nationally. The brothers have plans to expand their clinics throughout California and beyond.

SpineZone Rancho Bernardo can be reached at 858-381-3858; the clinic is located at 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. Suite 101. Patients can schedule at any clinic by calling 844-316-7979. For more information, visit: http://www.SpineZone.com or the Facebook page.

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Its never been a secret that we at SBM are not fans of Dr. Mehmet Oz. Its hard not to have encountered him before, given his fame and now his full embrace of President Trump for his campaign to become the Republican nominee for the Senate from Pennsylvania. As you might recall, Dr. Oz was a young rising star in academic cardiothoracic surgery in the 1990s, and even I have to admit that his achievements back then were impressive. Then something happened. Dr. Oz embraced reiki, founded Columbia Universitys integrative medicine program, and ultimately, after having met Oprah Winfrey and been featured on her show periodically as Americas Doctor (which led me to start referring to him as Americas Quack beginning years ago), hosted The Dr. Oz Show, which ran for nearly 13 seasons; that is, until Dr. Oz cut the last season short a few months ago and ended his show to run for the Senate for Pennsylvania. Of course, Dr. Oz being the long-time quack and grifter that he was, it didnt faze him in the least that he had lived in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania, and worked in Manhattan for decades; he voted absentee in 2020 using his wifes parents address in the Philadelphia suburbs. When last we discussed him on SBM, unsurprisingly Dr. Oz was pulling a common quack trick by challenging his critics (in this case, specifically Dr. Anthony Fauci) to a debate.

Those of us who promote science-based medicine and try to counter quackery and antivaccine misinformation have long lamented how Dr. Oz, despite promoting misinformation about health for over a decade, maintained his positions at Columbia University as professor and vice-chair of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as the medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program (i.e., Columbias quackademic medicine) program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Its a lament that we tended to repeat almost any time Dr. Oz hit a new low in promoting quackery (which was depressingly not infrequent). We kept wondering why Columbia would continue to employ him in such high level leadership positions for so many years, despite his increasingly awful reputation in medicine for promoting quacks like Joe Mercola and even Mike Adams. Thats why a spate of stories that appeared over the last couple of days caught my eye:

Given Dr. Ozs history, I thought it would be interesting to discuss what happened in relation to his longstanding leadership positions at Columbia University, calls for Columbia to disassociate itself from him over the years, and his general history of having promoted dietary supplement scams, cell phone-cancer pseudoscience, homeopathy, psychic mediums, and other quackery going back decades.

The first story about this appears to have been the Huffington Post report, published in January:

TV doctor-turned-politician Mehmet Oz has apparently retired from clinical practice and his faculty role at Columbia University since announcing his Senate run in Pennsylvania.

Oz, who once served as vice chair of the surgery department, now holds the title of professor emeritus of surgery at the Ivy League school.

The title reflects the fact that Oz, 61, no longer sees patients, according to a Columbia spokesperson, but its unclear how long hes been retired from his clinical practice. Oz didnt have the emeritus title as recently as last month, just after he launched his campaign.

An emeritus status is conferred to retired professors and faculty members in recognition of distinguished service to the university and eminence in their discipline, according to the university.

The university didnt respond to questions about when the change took place or how involved Oz still is with its medical faculty. Oz is also now a special lecturer in the surgery department.

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Columbia Universitys Irving Medical Center maintains a page for Oz, listing an office for him at its Washington Heights campus and noting that he specializes as a board-certified cardiac and thoracic surgeon.

But as of early December, Oz was still listed as a professor of surgery and as director of the Integrative Medicine Center a department that, according to its description, would combine traditional medicine with alternative practices such as acupuncture, meditation and yoga. Its unclear what happened with that role.

I was actually surprised at how long ago this news article was published, as I thought I had become a bit of an expert on Dr. Oz and his quackery. Yet, for some reason, before the more recent reports (the other three in the list, all of which were published over the weekend), I had never heard about the change in his status at Columbia University, nor had I known that he had stopped seeing patients at least a few years ago. Indeed, it made me wonder whether the very convenient resurrection of the Huffington Post story two weeks before the May 17 Pennsylvania primary election next week was the work of one of Oz Senate rivals. Whatever the reason the story resurfaced, Ill mention again how Ive often wondered how Dr. Oz could hold those leadership positions at Columbia and host a daily hourlong syndicated TV show with an insatiable maw for new material, and still maintain competence at a surgical specialty that, even among surgical specialties, is very technically demanding. It requires regular practice to be able to stay slick and smooth sewing those little blood vessels together so that the anastomosis stays open and doesnt clot, for instance.

Its also interesting to note that if you click on the original Columbia webpage link for Dr. Oz mentioned in the HuffPo report, the page is no longer there, and the Wayback Machine at Archive.org gave me an error message searching for it. Interestingly, his former page at the Department of Surgery at Columbia returns an access denied message, but the Wayback Machine does return a version of it as late as December.

As mentioned in the article, it would make sense if Dr. Oz had been kicked up to emeritus status, as that is frequently what happens when long time faculty members retire. It allows them to keep a title, continue to have access to university email and library services, while maintaining some connection to the university for teaching or part-time research. (Indeed, I hope that when I finally retire I can become an emeritus, as one of my partners did a couple of years ago.) However, apparently the HuffPo article got that part wrong. Although a January 26 addendum to the story states that Dr. Oz became a professor emeritus and special lecturer in 2018, the story in The Daily Beast notes:

His name no longer appears in website searches for doctors with the schools Irving Medical Center. A Columbia faculty listing still says Oz has an office, along with the role of special lecturerthough not professor emeritus. But as with a handful of other names on the list, Ozs listing no longer links to his faculty page, as it did one week before he launched his campaign. (Nearly every other faculty member without a link is no longer affiliated with the medical center; one of them died last year.)

The outgoing message on Ozs voicemail for the listed number is quite dated, directing callers to medical services when Oz stopped taking patients four years ago. The message also advertises audience tickets to his now-extinct daytime TV show.

The timeline Im getting here is that four years ago Dr. Ozs position at Columbia changed. Whether he stepped down or was pushed out, apparently he no longer had a leadership position at the medical school, nor did he even (again, apparently) continue to have a position as a full professor in the department of surgery there. What truly happened in 2018 is likely known only to Columbia University administration and Dr. Oz himself. What these reports do reveal is that, whatever happened, both the university and Dr. Oz kept it on the down-low, which led to the headline of The Daily Beast story on Saturday, Chickenshit Move: Columbia Quietly Cuts Ties With Dr. Oz:

Dr. Daniel Summers, a Boston-area pediatrician and writer, called Columbias stealth purge a chickenshit move.

Their handling of his status there is a massive blot on their reputation. What a chickenshit thing to do, Summers told The Daily Beast.

Dr. Summers is not wrong, of course. It was a rather cowardly way of cutting ties with Dr. Oz after he had been there for more than three decades, during most of which he promoted his brand and quackery. However, even after that, Dr. Oz remained a presence on the Columbia website. Knowing how university websites tend to work the way that I do, I rather suspect that the usual slow (or nonexistent) process of updating Columbias website to reflect Dr. Ozs true status ran headlong into the news coverage of Dr. Ozs impending Senate campaign that began in late 2021, leading to a panicked scrubbing of the website. In other words, its unlikely that the most recent scrubbing was anything nefarious, but Dr. Summers does have a point that, if Columbia and Dr. Oz severed ties four years ago, it was rather slimy to have done it so secretly that no one really noticed until Dr. Oz decided to run for the Senate. That, of course, assumes that this severance occurred in 2018 and not a few months ago.

As bioethicist Art Caplan notes in a story from The Guardian yesterday:

The prominent medical ethicist Dr Arthur Caplan, who in 2014 accused Oz of promoting fairy dust, told the Guardian he was not surprised Columbia had quietly eliminated Oz.

They wont have a press conference in the middle of this guy running for the Senate saying they were throwing him out it could be seen as trying to influence an election, it could be risking bad blood should he become a senator, said Caplan, professor and founding head of the Grossman School of Medicine Division of Medical Ethics at New York University.

My question becomes, What took so long? Hes been a huge danger to public health in the US and around the world for a long time with respect to quack cures for Covid and touting quackery to treat diseases.

I was among the voices saying he had to be removed years ago. And I still think its the right thing to do because he really has forfeited credibility as a doctor. Whether that will matter in terms of the election, we shall see.

I think it should, I doubt it will.

All of this is true but assumes that this severance occurred a few months ago, when Dr. Oz first decided to run for the Senate. If it happened in 2018 and the Columbia website just never reflected it until now, then the reasons mentioned by Dr. Caplan dont apply. Whatever happened, though, I think its useful to relate Dr. Ozs history at Columbia and wonder why Columbia defended him and maintained him in multiple leadership positions at its medical school for so long. I also cant help but briefly relate an incident very much like what Dr. Caplan described from years ago when a group of doctors did try to shame Columbia into doing something about Dr. Oz, an effort that backfired spectacularly.

As I said at the beginning of this post, Ive long been extremely critical of Dr. Oz, even having coined the term Americas Quack to describe him, an obvious riff on Oprahs name for him, Americas Doctor. Of course, Dr. Oz didnt catch Oprahs eye for just being a rising star in academic surgery in the 1990s. Rather, long before Oprah ever noticed him, Dr. Oz had made a name for himself by embracing pseudoscience and mysticism in the form of reiki. However, his embrace of pseudoscience goes back to long before even the 1990s, back to his childhood, as related by Julia Belluz at Vox in 2015, in which she noted the disconnect between his promising start and what he had become:

Oz has achieved some of the greatest scientific accomplishments of his career at Columbia. While a resident there, he was the four-time winner of the prestigious Blakemore research prize, which goes to the most outstanding surgery resident. He now holds 11 patents for inventing methods and devices involved in heart surgeries and transplants. This includes helping to research and develop the left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, which helps keep people alive while theyre awaiting a heart transplant. Oz had a hand in turning the hospitals LVAD program into one of the biggest and most active in the world.

Dr. Oz has been a rare beast on one respect. Its pretty uncommon these days for an academic physician or surgeon to spend his entire career after medical school at one institution, but thats what Dr. Oz appears to have done, starting with his residency, after which he became junior faculty and made his way up the academic ranks. Whatever the shape of his career, I always imagine what could have been if Dr. Oz had not been seduced by the siren call of quackery. Can you imagine the scientific and surgical accomplishments that he might have made in an alternate timeline in which, instead of embracing reiki and then other forms of nonsense, he had stuck to science-based medicine and research? Unfortunately, though, as Belluz notes, the roots of Ozs experimentation with alternative techniques go all the way back to his childhood, and that his departures from evidence-based medicine have gotten more extreme as hes become more famous. Although he had had exposure to quackery as a child in Turkey, his turn to the dark side appears to have really accelerated after he met his wife:

There was another influence, too. While he was studying for his medical degree and MBA at the University of Pennsylvania, Oz met his wife, the actress Lisa (then Lemole). Lisas dad was also a cardiothoracic surgeon who embraced alternative medicine and Eastern mysticism, and, according to a profile in the New York Times, her mother believed fervently in homeopathy.

In 1994, Oz launched the Cardiac Complementary Care Center at Columbia-Presbyterian with a certified perfusionist and registered nurse, Jery Whitworth. The center, one of the first of its kind in the nation, was created, in part, as a response to consumer demand for comprehensive care, Oz and Whitworth wrote in a 1998 scholarly article.

I also note that Lisa Oz herself became a reiki master, and later in the 1990s:

They also used audiotapes to try to subconsciously relax patients before surgery and brought reiki or energy medicine into the operating room. Reiki, an ancient Japanese healing art, has never been shown in scientific studies to alter the outcomes of patients. One high-quality study on the effect of reiki on pain in women after C-sections showed that it had no effect. Science-based thinkers have wondered whether its ethical to continue studying reiki, given that we know it works no better than a placebo and we may be diverting funds from treatments that could actually help people.

Ozs work with the center drew critics. One Mount Sinai physician told the New York Times in 1995: I call practitioners of fraud practitioners of fraud. Its my feeling that the [center] has been promoting fraudulent alternatives as genuine.

I cant help but note that Belluz cited an article by Steve Novella and me that questioned whether clinical trials of magic (like reiki and homeopathy) could ever be ethical. (Spoiler alert: We concluded that the answer wasand isno.) I also cant help but note that the problem of academic medical centers legitimizing quackery under the guise of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) or integrative medicine is nowhere near unique to Columbia, although Columbias integrative medicine center under Dr. Ozs leadership was one of the pioneers (if you can call it that) of integrating quackery into medicine. Just look at the examples of the Cleveland Clinic, UC-Irvine, UCSF, Georgetown, the University of Michigan, and many others, if you dont believe me. Dr. Oz, unfortunately, is merely the most famous example (among the general public, at least) of physicians integrating mysticism, pseudoscience, quackery, and just plain grift into medicine.

In any event, instead of Dr. Oz continuing his research prowess to provide actual advancements in cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology, instead we got the huckster Oz, Americas Quack. But why? Michael Specter once noted in 2013, quoting Dr. Oz:

I would take us all back a thousand years, when our ancestors lived in small villages and there was always a healer in that villageand his job wasnt to give you heart surgery or medication but to help find a safe place for conversation.

Oz went on, Western medicine has a firm belief that studying human beings is like studying bacteria in petri dishes. Doctors do not want questions from their patients; its easier to tell them what to do than to listen to what they say. But people are on a serpentine path through life, and that is the way it is supposed to be. All I am trying to do is put a couple of road signs out there. I sit on that set every day, and that is what I am focussing on. The road signs.

As Ive long noted since I read that article, back when our ancestors lived in small villages, medicine consisted of shamans, priests, and magicians who couldnt actually do much for anything other than relatively minor physical injuries, for which they could bind up wounds, sew up lacerations, and splint fractures. Then, they could do little or nothing to treat serious infections and other diseases. If people got better, it was usually because the disease was self-limited or the victims were fortunate. Oz also appears to buy into the false dichotomy that drives me crazy whenever I hear it: Namely that in order to be a good holistic doctor, you have to embrace the quackery that is much of what is now referred to as CAM or integrative medicine. My retort is always that you dont have to become a quack to be holistic. I also question Ozs romantic view of these healers. It sounds all too much like the noble savage myth, a case of Oz falling for romantic primitivism, which he seems to want to fuse with modern medicine.

If you want to know why Dr. Oz promotes so much quackery, Ill refer back to Specter, who explained it by letting Dr. Oz speak for himself and asking Oz how he can feature on his show people like Joe Mercola, who are anathema to science and promote pure quackery. This passage is what I view as the central exchange in Specters entire article, as to me it revealed exactly why Dr. Oz has been the way he is and why he promotes the quackery he promotes:

Im usually earnestly honest and modest about what I think weve accomplished, Oz told me when we discussed his choice of guests. If I dont have Mercola on my show, I have thrown away the biggest opportunity that I have been given.

I had no idea what he meant. How was it Ozs biggest opportunity to introduce a guest who explicitly rejects the tenets of science? The fact that I am a professorone of the youngest professors everat Columbia, and that I earned my stripes writing hundreds of papers in peer-reviewed journals, Oz began. I know the system. Ive been on those panels. Im one of those guys who could talk about Mercola and not lose everybody. And so if I dont talk to him I have abdicated my responsibility, because the currency that I deal in is trust, and it is trust that has been given to me by Oprah and by Columbia University, and by an audience that has watched over six hundred shows.

I was still puzzled. Either data works or it doesnt, I said. Science is supposed to answer, or at least address, those questions. Surely you dont think that all information is created equal?

Oz sighed. Medicine is a very religious experience, he said. I have my religion and you have yours. It becomes difficult for us to agree on what we think works, since so much of it is in the eye of the beholder. Data is rarely clean. All facts come with a point of view. But his spin on itthat one can simply choose those which make sense, rather than data that happen to be truewas chilling. You find the arguments that support your data, he said, and its my fact versus your fact.

The problem, of course, is that Mercola was overjoyed to be on The Dr. Oz Show, recognizing it correctly as a great opportunity to promote his brand. Did Dr. Oz point out all the quackery that Mercola promotes? (I think you know the answer to that one.) Worse, its clear that Dr. Oz bought into what has become known as the post-truth narrative, in which science is just another way of knowing, another religion so to speakbefore the term post-truth was coined. Sadly, it was all of a piece with Ozs other stated desires in the article, namely to have healers the way we used to hundreds or thousands of years ago. Many of those healers were shamans or priests, and much of what they did was little more than placebo medicine and faith healing. So for Dr. Oz to pine for a return to that time made perfect sense in the context of his other activities. Of course, Im sure that Dr. Oz has always imagined that he will integrate those ancient healing practices with modern medicine. Thats what integrative medicine is, after all.

Its long been clear that Dr. Oz is a huckster, dedicated to being a showman more than he was ever dedicated to scienceor even being a shaman-healer. Thats why one consistent thread throughout Dr. Ozs career going back 30 years (at least) is his uncanny ability to promote his brand while defending it quite effectively from attack. Julia Belluz noted that in her article:

Monique Class, a family nurse practitioner and another former employee of the center, said the media attention negatively affected their work. It became about Oz. Not about the project. Not about the patients. Not about the work. That all became secondary to his rise to the top.

It wasnt uncommon, Class said, for Oz to say some version of the following to her or to the other employees: Give me a patient because the cameras are coming in, and tell me what I need to know.

Class said, He was always acting. He didnt know this patient. He was not connected to this patient. Wed give him a two- or three-minute sound bite and hed sit there in front of the cameras like hed done this work and had this deep connection.

Which is actually exactly the opposite of what shaman-healers did and also an indication that its not about the patients but rather about Dr. Oz and his brand. Shamans actually tried to form attachments to their patients based on their long history of living in the same villages and communities, of which patients and shamans were both part. In contrast, Dr. Oz has long used his patients as steppingstones to become famous, which he justified to Michael Specter thusly:

One day, I asked Oz whether he minded that many of his medical peers criticized him for following the dictates of daytime television more than the demands of scientific truth. I have always played offense, he responded. So I dont care what people call me. I used to. I felt that to say I was an entertainer was dismissive. But it is part of what I have to do. I want to get my message across to people who are not going to get it in other ways. And I cant do that if I am not palatable to the people who watch the show.

Im sure he tells himself the same thing about his decision to become a carpetbagger from New Jersey running for Senate in Pennsylvania, just as he did when he invited Donald Trump to appear on his show before the 2016 election. Im equally sure that he told himself the same thing back when he started promoting hydroxychloroquine and other unproven treatments for COVID-19 two years ago, when the pandemic was new.

The perfect example of Dr. Ozs uncanny ability to defend his brand occurred in 2015, when a group of ten doctors led by Dr. Henry Miller wrote a letter to the Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine at Columbia University arguing that Dr. Mehmet Oz shouldnt be on the faculty at Columbia University because of his disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, as well as baseless and relentless opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops and an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. The letter produced a fair amount of media attention at the time, but I predicted that it would backfire for a simple reason, which Ill briefly explain now.

Of the ten signatories, two were from the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank based at Stanford University whose fellows tend to be climate change denialists. In other words, its an institution whose commitment to science is highly questionable to nonexistent in one area, and its attacking Oz for pseudoscience? Two others are affiliated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a group that is pro-science when that science aligns with industry interests, particularly the pesticide industry. ACSHs late president Elizabeth Whelan was known for dismissing any concerns about various chemicals as potential health hazards as chemophobia and even referring to chemophobia as an emotional, psychiatric problem, which is not very skeptical at all. Indeed, as Ive mentioned before, a few years ago, when ACSH invited me to be on its board of advisors, I turned it down because I perceive ACSH as going too far in the other direction (not to mention the problem of its behaving largely like an industry shill) to the point that it takes the germ of a reasonable idea (that theres too much fear mongering about chemicals) and takes a despicable turn with it by implicitly likening concerns about chemical pollutants and other chemicals that might cause health problems to mental illness by labeling them chemophobia. More recently, ACSH demolished whatever credibility it might have had as being about science more than politics when a week after President Trumps inauguration ACSH President Hank Campbell published an article on its website heartily endorsing Trumps picks for key science and medical posts. (I note that the article is no longer there, producing an Error 503 message of This article is temporarily unavailable. Please check back in a few days, but thankfully the almighty Wayback Machine at Archive.org has preserved it.)

I bet you can see where this went. Dr. Oz is nothing if not masterful at propaganda. He struck back on his show, sighing heavily about ten mysterious doctors with industry ties to for trying to shut him up because he criticized genetically modified organisms (GMOs), before predictably attacking the ACSH using predictable lines of attack, many summarized in a TIME interview with Dr. Oz that was so pro-Oz that I thought someone from his staff had written it:

With a few clicks and some simple searches, a remarkable web of intrigue emergedone that the mainstream media has completely missed. The lead author, Henry I. Miller, appears to have a history as a pro-biotech scientist, and was mentioned in early tobacco-industry litigation as a potential ally to industry. He also furthered the battle in California to block GMO labelinga cause that I have been vocal about supporting. Another of the letter signees, Gilbert Ross, was found guilty after trial of 13 counts of fraud related to Medicaid. He is now executive director of American Council on Science and Health, a group that has reportedly received donations from big tobacco and food and agribusiness companies, among others. Another four of the 10 authors are also linked to this organization.

The attacks were particularly devastating, as cheesy as they were on his show, because they were mostly true. ACSH is basically an astroturf organization that represents industry interests, particularly for the food and pesticide industries. Its stances on vaccines, alternative medicine, and GMOs do align largely with those of SBM, but also largely for the wrong reasons (particularly GMOs and pesticides). Basically, the stunt resulted in a lot of attention from the press on ACSHs more unsavory elements and history, to the point that even Ross himself regretted signing the document, saying in an interview:

Given the mistake I made more than 20 years ago, I now recognize that I should not have added my name to (the) letter, Dr Ross is quoted as saying. Even though I believed in the letters content to focus attention on the often-questionable medical advice Dr Oz dispenses on TV I see that by doing so it only opened me up to personal criticism. It also diverted necessary attention away from challenging many of Dr Ozs unscientific claims. My involvement was solely based on trying to protect Americas public health.

Ya think?

I also cant help but note that one of the signatories of the article is someone whos become rather famous since the pandemic hit, Dr. Scott Atlas, the neuroradiologist with no expertise in infectious disease, epidemiology, or public health and was associated with the conservative Hoover Institution think tank who headed up President Trumps coronavirus task force in 2020. He was known for advocating for fewer interventions to slow the spread of the virus, consistent with his admiration for the Great Barrington Declaration and its let COVID rip strategy to achieve natural herd immunity.

Currently, the polls that Ive seen show the contest for the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania Senate to be close, with some polls showing Oz leading and others showing him behind, but none by that much and the overall trend being that Dr. Oz is slightly behind. Its still possible that Oz could win the primary.

Still, if politics is the reason that Columbia finally severed ties with Dr. Oz (or at least led them to finally fire him from his leadership positions), all I can say is that its sad that it took politics, rather than Dr. Ozs long promotion of quackery and pseudoscience to motivate the administration there to do the right thing, something that should have been done at least a decade ago. Unfortunately, if Dr. Oz overcomes the odds and becomes the next Senator from Pennsylvania, hell be more powerful than hes ever been and able to influence health care policy in a major way. Even if he loses (as I suspect that he will), Id be willing to bet that it wont be long before he resurfaces to quack again.

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Columbia University finally cuts ties with America's Quack Dr. Oz - Science Based Medicine

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WEED Australia Ltd. and The Cannabis Institute of Australia (C.I.A.), our Australian non-profit arm, based in Queensland on the Gold Coast. Managing Director Patrick Brodnik stated, "With the new rules out governing cannabis & hemp in Australia and the announcement on 1st of February 2021 to allow over-the-counter CBD medicines in pharmacies, timing is perfect to begin our clinical trials in Israel and Australia to bring new curative products to market as we close out COVID mandates this year. Managing Director Brodnik continues, "This year 2022, we believe the future of decriminalizing cannabis and hemp globally will prove to be a giant leap forward for worldwide cannabis legalization."

WEED Hong Kong Ltd. Director Nicole Breen agrees, "The pandemic has affected all of us on a worldwide basis. Healing our planet with natural therapies, treatments and eventual "cures" utilizing natures' own Cannabaceae plant with its many properties, both with high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) compounds, I believe will change the force of medicine forever in the years to come. We look forward to an exciting year end and a Prosperous 2022."

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UPPER NYACK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new review article from CreakyJoints, the international digital community for millions of arthritis patients and caregivers who seek education, support, advocacy, and patient-centered research, finds that there has been limited progress in understanding the potential of cannabis based therapies for the treatment of pain associated with rheumatic conditions in the past five years because of a lack of standardization of clinical research and barriers to conducting research due to existing federal and state regulations. The article, Cannabis for rheumatic disease pain: A review of current literature, published in the latest issue of Current Rheumatology Reports.

The review found that legalization and decriminalization of cannabis at the state level reflects and promotes changing attitudes about cannabis corresponding to its increased use across a broad range of conditions, including rheumatic diseases. In addition, over 90 percent of Americans overall now support legal use of medicinal marijuana. Unfortunately, while there is strong, preclinical (animal) evidence showing that cannabis-based products play a role in alleviating pain and reducing inflammation, the highly variable state and federal statutes have limited patient-centered prospective research, education of clinicians, and comfort of patients in disclosing use of these therapies to their clinicians.

In 2019, CreakyJoints presented data from our ArthritisPower Research Registry study showing more than half of arthritis patients reported wanting information on or actually had tried marijuana and/or cannabidiol products for a purpose they perceived as medical (often for pain relief and help sleeping) and yet, three years later, theres been virtually no advancement in the research necessary to provide clinical evidence that rheumatologists and patients need to make decisions about cannabis use for symptom relief in combination with approved treatments, said W. Benjamin Nowell, PhD, Director, Patient-Centered Research at CreakyJoints, principal investigator of the ArthritisPower Research Registry.

Without this research, it is impossible to develop clinical guidelines for medicinal cannabis in the U.S., which is vital for patients a seeking the full range of treatment options to explore in partnership with their physicians. The best way to treat rheumatic conditions is through the use of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved medications, which are backed by evidence demonstrating their effectiveness and safety profile, he added.

Only three cannabis-based medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and none of them are for treatment of pain or other symptoms related to rheumatic conditions.

Lack of Research in Arthritis Limits Potential

In the review, researchers explain that many studies have shown that cannabinoids are very effective in the laboratory at decreasing inflammation in cells and reducing both inflammation and pain in mice and rats. In addition, studies in humans that support efficacy are primarily surveys of people using medicinal marijuana who report relief of pain. In rheumatic diseases, there are very few studies of cannabis-based therapies in humans and the clinical trials conducted to date have very small sample sizes and inconsistent methods.

Although the clinical evidence about cannabis for rheumatic disease pain is lacking, it is nevertheless important to educate patients about the known benefits and risks of alternative treatments, including medical cannabis. As a rheumatologist who treats patients with pain, I am aware that some of my patients have found cannabis to be an effective option when traditional medications fail to reduce their pain, said Dr. Stuart Silverman, MD, FACP, FACR, rheumatologist, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine and Medical Director, OMC Clinical Research Center, Beverly Hills, CA. I am open to discussing medical cannabis when patients express an interest in its use. Then, if they choose to use it, I follow them closely to monitor efficacy and any side effects and to ensure that they do not consider it as a replacement for FDA-approved disease-modifying drugs.

CreakyJoints recommends that rheumatologists and healthcare providers be prepared to discuss medicinal cannabis with their patients in an empathetic, nonbiased manner. Suggestions include:

About ArthritisPower

Created by CreakyJoints, ArthritisPower is the first-ever patient-centered research registry for joint, bone, and inflammatory skin conditions, as well as arthritis and rheumatologic manifestations of gastrointestinal-tract (GI) and skin conditions. With tens of thousands of consented arthritis patients, the free ArthritisPower mobile and desktop application allows patients to track their disease and participate in voluntary research studies in a secure and accessible manner. Results from ArthritisPower studies are frequently published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at medical meetings in the United States and around the world. ArthritisPower Patient Governors serve as gatekeepers for researchers who seek to access registry data or solicit the community to participate in unique, voluntary studies. To learn more and join ArthritisPower, visit ArthritisPower.org or, in Spanish, ArthritisPower.org.es.

About CreakyJoints

CreakyJoints is an international digital community for millions of arthritis patients and caregivers who seek education, support, advocacy, and patient-centered research. We represent patients in English, Spanish, and French through our popular social media channels, our websites, and the 50-State Network, which includes more than 1,700 trained volunteer patient, caregiver, and provider health care activists.

Part of the Global Healthy Living Foundation, CreakyJoints also has a patient-reported outcomes registry called ArthritisPower (ArthritisPower.org), which includes tens of thousands of consented arthritis patients who track their disease while volunteering to participate in longitudinal and observational peer-reviewed research. In addition to online and downloadable educational resources, CreakyJoints publishes many arthritis and chronic disease podcast series, available on all major streaming platforms, that provide both patient and provider perspectives. It also hosts PainSpot (PainSpot.org), a digital risk-assessment tool for musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, and eRheum (eRheum.org), for telehealth and virtual-care support. All programming is free, always. For more information, visit CreakyJoints.org.

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Philadelphia, PA, May 03, 2022 --(PR.com)--Dr. Daphne M. Goldberg, M.D., ABIHM, is a highly respected family physician in the Main Line of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Board-certified through the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM), she is revered in the Philadelphia area as a patient-centered physician, and she is well-known for her exceptional diagnosis skills and compassionate care. During her family medicine residency at the Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Goldberg co-founded the Covenant House Health Center, a shelter-based clinic for homeless adolescents. After completing her residency training, Dr. Goldberg worked as faculty at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, where she taught courses on Community Oriented Maternity Care and Medical Frontiers in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She maintained a full family practice that included prenatal care and obstetrics. In 2005, Dr. Goldberg left her full-time faculty position at Penn in order to focus on clinical care. She was one of the first doctors to implement, and quickly grew, a successful retainer-based practice. While building her practice, Dr. Goldberg remained committed to medical education, and has continued to teach and train medical students and physicians.

She has lectured at prominent institutions, including Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Main Line Health System and Drexel University School of Medicine. Recently, Dr. Goldberg co-founded the Center for Integrative and Functional Medicine at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Dr. Goldberg served three consecutive terms on the Board of The American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. She has received numerous awards and accolades throughout her career. Recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2013 and Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors (2018 2021), she received honorary recognition from Exceptional Women in Medicine (2020, 2021). Dr. Goldberg is also the recipient of the CRC Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry in 1990, Ciba-Geneva Award for Outstanding Community Service in 1995, Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation of the American Womens Association in 1999, Phila Academy of Family Physicians Memorial Prize for Excellence Study of Family Medicine in 1999, AAFP Award for Excellence in Residency Training in 2002, and Best Clinician Award in 2005. Dr. Goldberg maintains hospital affiliations with Bryn Mawr Hospital and Lankenau Medical Center. Dr. Goldberg also writes, records, and produces music and she loves traveling, hiking, and spending time with her family.

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Nearly a third of all people use CBD products and tend to prefer non-traditional therapies that are becoming more mainstream such as chiropractic. When considering selling CBD, as you see patients you have a great way to introduce them to CBD therapy and guide them to results that will reduce their pain and bring them back to health as soon as possible.

Cannabidiol is a single component of the cannabis plant widely known to have pain-relieving and other health benefits. It is one of over 80 cannabinoids that help reduce anxiety and inflammation.

The chemicals within the cannabis plants, particularly CBD, stimulate the endocannabinoid system, endogenous lipid-based retrograde neurotransmitters binding to cannabinoid receptors, expressed throughout the central (CB1) and peripheral nervous system (CB2). CBD doesnt appear to bind to these receptors but seems to work by preventing the breakdown of the natural endocannabinoids anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglyerol (2-AG).

The cannabis plant contains over 400 cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, lipids, and the most famous cannabinoid: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Most cannabinoids do not produce as strong or effective an interaction with the endocannabinoid system as CBD, and CBD has no hallucinogenic effect.

The other potent chemical within the cannabis plant is THC, which is the hallucinogenic component and still illegal. Fortunately, strains of the cannabis plant that are commercially and legally farmed for CBD contain low levels of to zero THC.

That doesnt mean all CBD products are pure and free of contamination. Under selected studies, various CBD products were tested for the concentration of CBD and other cannabinoids, including THC. Many products did not contain the CBD listed, with some barely containing 5% of the stated value.

Additionally, when legally selling CBD products, the product must contain less than 0.3% THC. Over half contained levels of THC much higher than this, some going above 10%.

If you are considering using CBD products, or you already are, be sure to obtain the quality control data that is legally required to be available with all products to guarantee the levels of CBD and THC within your product. There could be dangerous drug interactions for many of your patients, as CBD and THC interact with medications for pain, cancer, arthritis, seizures and blood pressure.

CBD is metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 enzymes, specifically the CYP3A4 enzyme. Nearly 60% of clinically-prescribed drugs, including methotrexate, are metabolized by CYP3A4. Metabolism of the drugs could be slowed, possibly leading to a dangerous buildup, particularly in methotrexate used for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, blood pressure medications and blood thinners.

Despite the potential side effects, many people turn to CBD to reduce the side effects and number of medications they take. Many people who use CBD find a significant reduction in the need for prescription medications for pain, anxiety and other health issues.

You should be aware of the side effects of CBD. Although few and very mild, CBD can affect some people negatively. The most common side effect tends to be drowsiness or decreased alertness. CBD can change your patients appetite, for better or worse. Others experience faster-than-normal digestion that can result in diarrhea. Finally, CBD can result in anxiety, mood swings and erratic behavior in some people.

For any of these side effects, you should monitor your patients closely and document their feelings, digestion and any physical side effect to adjust the dosage or cease use altogether.

Any number of reasons exist why people use CBD. The top reasons include:

Of course, there are plenty of false claims out there, including curative solutions for: weight loss, arthritis, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, asthma and breathing disorders (smoking cannabis may help, but causes other health problems), and with autoimmune issues.

But lets not forget potentially the biggest downside of CBD its a palliative therapy in most cases. It may not stop the problem from progressing; instead, it unfortunately may only mask the symptoms. Pain, arthritis, anxiety and other issues often have deeper, systemic origins that CBD does not treat.

Still, given a choice between prescription medication or over-the-counter pain relievers and CBD, many choose CBD.

An estimated 33% of the population already uses CBD, with that number expected to double over the next five years. Some research estimates over half of the population will be using CBD to help control health issues within the next 10 years.

As chiropractors, many balance between what is considered allopathic medicine and that considered alternative medicine. Offering CBD can help increase your patients trust and compliance, while helping to deliver increased results. Many patients prefer to speak to chiropractors and other more holistic-based practitioners about CBD versus their regular medical or traditional doctor, and many trust chiropractors will provide natural and safe solutions over prescription medications.

Fortunately, that puts you in a situation of being seen as an authority and the products you offer and use as higher-quality and worth the price. By using and selling CBD in your practice and educating your patients on safe use, you can help establish your authority and have a potential income stream.

However, you must be very careful so youre not perceived as prescribing CBD or recommending CBD over prescription medications. This is considered illegal in most areas and against most chiropractic association guidelines.

Finding the proper CBD product with the easiest delivery and quality necessary to achieve results can be challenging. Poor-quality products may do nothing for your clients.

Most well-established, reputable companies provide CBD oil as their primary delivery method. Most have documented bioavailability at 20-30% and should indicate that in their materials. Nano-particulate-based oil preparations tend to have a high bioavailability. Established professionals trust CBD oil over other methods and applications.

Capsules and edibles have a wide bioavailability range from 5-20%. And when it comes to edibles, the amount of CBD available can vary within the batch from 0-30%. Edibles include gummies, chewables, food-based snacks (brownies, cookies) and liquid drinks.

Topical application for massage therapy and relaxation can be an integral part of your therapy for your patients. Most CBD topical applications have a 1% bioavailability because of poor transmission to the bloodstream. However, the skin and muscle concentration at the application site is much higher (>50%) and can provide tangible results.

There are multiple other delivery forms, including vapes, sublinguals, injectables and patches. However, these are not recommended, as dosing can vary considerably.

Manufacturers should label how much CBD is present within a product. You should work with your patients to understand a proper dose. A common unit of measurement is a 10-milliliter bottle of oil containing 1,000 mg of CBD. At the recommended starting dosage of 5 mg, you would have 200 doses within the bottle. At 0.5 ml per dose, your client would take one drop to achieve proper dosing (one drop = 0.5 ml).

Properly labeled and tested CBD products will contain the correct amount of CBD and often include cheat sheets for how much to use.

Most medical documentation shows most people tolerate 20 to 1,500 mg of CBD per day well. However, this depends on a persons body weight, illness or condition, individual body chemistry, and previous use. Currently, there is no recommended amount of CBD set for health conditions. The exception is the prescription Epidiolex, used for two specific types of seizures. However, there are some common suggestions found in literature:

Anxiety 300-600 mg/day

Central neuropathic and cancer-related pain A maximum of 30 mg/day

Arthritis and pain A maximum of 30 mg/day or 250 mg applied topically

IBS and gut inflammation 5 mg twice daily

The most important thing about CBD dosing is that it follows the biphasic effect. A certain optimal dosing will react well within the body. If the dosage is too low, the results will not be felt. However, if the dose is too high, the CBD interferes with itself and reduces the effectiveness and relief a person feels.

A person will normally feel the effects of CBD within 5-7 days of taking the dose, as long as daily consistency is maintained.

Providing CBD products for sale within your practice can offer you additional revenue and authority. Choosing the better grade and higher-quality CBD products positions you as someone people can trust.

Fortunately, many quality CBD companies offer training and provide services to help set up a practice, providing educational and marketing materials to sell the product.

Additionally, you can start using and selling CBD within your practice through massage therapy to relax muscles. The proper application of massage therapy combined with CBD can help loosen muscles and tendons before an adjustment and help increase the effectiveness and results your patients feel.

The use of CBD within your practice takes a little bit of effort to get established but can provide additional revenue and health benefits to your patients. A quality company will help you set up and make sales. The pain relief your patients can get from CBD is worth the time and effort you put into it.

ANTHONY CRIFASE, DC, CNS, DACBN, is double board-certified in clinical nutrition and maintains an active virtual functional medicine and chiropractic practice. With experience in multiple different industries and as a seasoned chiropractor who understands the ins and outs of functional medicine, chiropractic and practice management, he is on a mission to help other practitioners maximize their time, revenue and systems. Learn more atdrcrifase.com.

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Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has had a profound love for alternative medicine. Recently, podcaster Joe Rogan was seen advising Tyson to ignore medical advice.

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Tyson was hosting his, Hotboxin with Mike Tyson podcast, along with co-host Sebastian Joseph Day. Rogan was the guest for the episode.

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In conversation, Tyson was talking about how his doctor advised him to undergo surgery for rotator cuff issues. He also added he was unsure why the doctor advised him to do the same. Tyson said, I feel great. I said I feel great before I got surgery, yall just gotta try to make some money there.

However, he admitted that he could see tears during an MRI scan.

In response, Rogan tells him that he saw his sparring video with Rafael Cordeiro. And, that Tysons shoulder function is the best there is.

In fact, he even asks Tyson to not follow his doctors advice, blatantly stating, Ignore it.

Rogan finally gives Tyson advice on conditioning his mind to ignore the shoulder discomfort. He said, I think its voodoo. I think you got to like keep your mind straight. Just pretend your shoulders dont bother you.

The Baddest Man on the Planet has been a passionate proponent of alternative medicine.

Tyson stated that a psychedelic concoction of the venom from the Sonoran Desert Toad paved a way for his return to boxing.

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He mentioned he discovered a traditional healing ritual involving the venom. This, in turn, led to Tyson losing 100 pounds and taking up boxing again. He also reconnected with his wife and children.

Talking about his experience, Tyson said, It speaks for itself. If you knew me in 1989 you knew a different person. My mind isnt sophisticated enough to fathom what happened, but life has improved.

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The Indian wellness industry has been witnessing a growth of 12 percent per annum and is predicted to grow rapidly in the upcoming years as the Governments focus on the fitness and health industry has increased recently. The Central Government has been stupendously embracing a holistic approach towards meeting several health challenges and thus emphasizing more on the alternative medicine theories. The Ministry of AYUSH under the Government including Yoga, Unani, Ayurveda, Siddha, and Homeopathy is built to promote Indian traditional healing and wellness procedures that were mostly followed during the Vedic age. One of the finest techniques for wellness, The Panchakarma of Ayurveda has now become the worlds best theory in providing benefits to the preventive healthcare measures and curing chronic disorders.

The Ministry of AYUSH has the objective to upgrade educational standards of the Indian medicinal systems and Homoeopathy colleges along with strengthening the medicinal research institutes and facilitating the time-bound research programs. It also has the aim to develop schemes to promote, cultivate, regenerate medicinal plants, and evolve pharmacopeia standards of the Indian medicines and homeopathy drugs. This has been one of the significant factors for India today to stand as the second-largest exporter of Ayurvedic and herbal products across the world.

Wellness programs and its significance

Promoting wellness in this time is surely an essential task to bring awareness, efficiency and productivity across the country since Covid-19 has showed us the crisis happened with our physical and mental being during the pandemic. Healthy diet, yoga, basic hygiene, and preventive healthcare are essential to stay fit and battle with any kind of diseases. Yoga and Ayurvedic treatments are certainly powerful in mitigating stress and keeping the body and mind aligned from the virus that is making the world fall sick. A holistic wellbeing is significantly necessary to increase the immune system and battle with different health issues. The Government is also set to develop models in which entrepreneurs can choose conventional businesses and grab opportunities offering wellness to Indian citizens as well as citizens from the foreign land.

Challenges to overcome

The Indian wellness industry also has met with several challenges to be addressed. One of those is inadequate infrastructure and a lack of acute shortage of skilled human resources. Also, the estimated cost for the wellness sector in India stands infraction when compared to the world which is around $4.2 trillion. However, it is predicted that by 2030, India has to increase about 2.07 million doctors to the existing count as it is necessary to treat the increasing population. The Government is thus targeting to increase the spending from 1.3 percent to 3 percent of its GDP in 2022. Again, the Government has to increase its funding for the healthcare sector by 20 to 25 percent during the next five years if it wants to achieve sustainable development goals.

To mention here, the government has made remarkable changes during the last few years by revamping the wellness sector by transforming the existing 1.5 lakh sub-health and primary health care centers across India with comprehensive primary health care and a holistic model for wellness. A budget of about Rs. 3,400 crores have also been kept for the next five years for Ayush Wellness Centers under the National Ayush Mission.

Another important aspect is the lack of knowledge about ayurveda in India. Yoga and Ayurvedic courses should be given a strong recognition in the education domain making the generation next aware how it is an integral part of keeping healthy and fit. Introduction and regular practice of Yoga in schools and colleges would enhance the value of taking self-care as well as in promoting the wellness activities around our day-to-day lives.

Additional Initiatives by the Government of India

PM Narendra Modi has taken a big movement by promoting Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit. This move will give a boost to Ayurveda industry for making its global footprints. In 2014, where the AYUSH sector was less than $3 billion, today it has increased to more than $18 billion. Ministry of AYUSH actively fueling startup culture in the field of Traditional Medicines, Ayurvedic products etc. Also, India will soon introduce the AYUSH mark to recognise traditional medicine products which will give the authenticity to quality AYUSH products of the country.

ASSOCHAM has been putting continuous a lot of effort into supporting the Government with several health and wellness initiatives. Several other initiatives are implemented of which in January 2020, IIT Delhi and the All-India Institute of Ayurveda together have signed an MoU for studying the therapeutic benefits of herbal formulations and wellness. About seven collaborations are focusing on different Ayurvedic formulations and practices planned for the next two years. These include examining the effects of six Ayurveda juices on gastrointestinal secretions, developing herbal formulations for reducing harmful effects of reusing cooking oil, developing a biodegradable herbal wound dressing, studying the effects of Brahmari Pranayama on the nervous system, examining the impact of ashes on proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, developing a fumigation device for healing wounds, checking through a device if ayurvedic drugs help in early detection of cancer and offer responses to these drugs in treating breast cancer.

However, India should focus on building more awareness of mental as well as physical health and wellness in collaboration with the Ministry of AYUSH. It should also focus more on start-up India to boost the sector during the next few years.

Views expressed above are the author's own.

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Just because you're no longer in your teen years and awkward puberty stage, doesn't mean you're done with acne. Adult acne is a common problem that can happen in your 30s, 40s and even 50s. but there are ways to help manage it. Eat This, Not That! Health spoke with dermatologists who share their advice for helping get rid of adult acne. Read onand to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had COVID.

Dr. Karan Lal of Schweiger Dermatology Group in Hackensack, NJ shares, "Adult onset acne is becoming increasingly common. Some causes include hormonal fluctuations in women, mask use in men and women, taking too many B vitamins(common with B12), hormone supplementation, and increased yeast growth on the skin (more common in those who sweat a lot/ work out)."

Dr. Lilliana Ramrez Garca MD with Nava MD adds, "Hormones play a big role in adult acne. For example, androgens (male hormones that are also present in women) can cause your body to create an excessive amount of sebum. This can clog your pores and causes acne. Chemicals in your hair products, skincare products, makeup, and even your toothpaste can also cause adult acne."

According to Dr. Lal, "Women make up the majority of patients with adult onset acne. Patients with oily/more sebaceous skin are more likely to break out throughout their lives. Patients undergoing transition for gender affirming are also at risk for acne during transition due to hormonal shifts."

Dr. Garcia reveals, "Following a low-glycemic diet (a diet that reduces spikes in blood sugar) can also have a positive impact on acne-prone skin. You see, when your blood sugar spikes, it causes inflammation throughout your body. It can also make your body produce more sebum, or oil. Both inflammation and sebum can cause acne.. To avoid these issues, steer clear of processed foods like white bread, packaged breakfast cereals, and other highly processed foods. Instead, opt for fresh fruits and vegetables, and grains like barley and wild rice, that don't spike your blood sugar."

Dr. Garca says, "Consider a prescription formula containing tretinoin. Tretinoin is a skincare ingredient derived from Vitamin A. It works by speeding up healthy cell turnover, the process of replacing dead skin cells (which can contribute to acne breakouts) with fresh, living cells. It also helps prevent your sebaceous glands from secreting excessive amounts of sebum. Together, these functions make tretinoin effective in preventing and treating acne breakouts. It's also important to mention that tretinoin can stimulate your skin's production of the structural protein, collagen. This can help reduce acne scarring. Nava MD offers personalized prescription solutions containing tretinoin, so it's a great option for women with acne-prone skin."

Dr. Lal shares, "The cure-all for adult acne is Isotretinoin also known as Accutane. This medicine shrinks your oil glands making it inhospitable for bacteria and yeast killing any of your chances of developing pimples. The classic teaching is: If you are over 18 and do a course of Accutane there is an 80% chance you are unlikely to break out in the future. This medicine requires you to see your dermatologist every month. Patients of child bearing potential must also be abstinent or be on two forms of birth control while on treatment due to risk of birth defects."

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"There are multiple new devices that are excellent at treating acne," Dr. Lal states. "One of these includes the Neo elite laser by Aerolase which is a painless Nd-Yag laser. This device heats pimples and reduces inflammation. It is safe for ALL skin types and can also treat acne scarring. Treatments need to be done in a series and are not covered by insurance. It's a great alternative for patients who want to avoid pills."6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e

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Dr. Lal says. "The most common treatments for acne across the board are topical preparations. Medications like tretinoin, benzoyl peroxide, minocycline/clindamycin, when used in combination often result in up to 30-40% improvement in acne. Their efficacy depends on patient consistency and severity of acne. There is a new topical medication called Winlevi which helps address the hormonal component of acne in men and women. It does not cause irritation like some of the other topicals."

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