Your heart rules your brain!

Here’s a short clip of Rollin McCraty from the Institute of HeartMath talking about the relationship between the heart and the brain. Did you know that the heart sends far more information to the brain than the other way round? Researchers at the Institute now believe that the heart contains a brain of its own. 

The Institute of HeartMath have produced a booklet describing the history of the research and scientific findings. You can access this on their website here. Even if you don’t read the whole thing, do have a browse through - it’s just incredible. 

[The Institute of Heartmath was set up almost twenty years ago to carry out research on heart-brain interactions, and the effect of emotions on human physiology. Scientists working at the Institute are currently interested in furthering scientific understanding of the human biofield, intuition and the emotional energetic system].

Example of successful integration between GPs and CAM practitioners

I’ve just come across a really interesting website. I was looking for examples of integrated GPs practices in the UK and found the Somerset Trust for Integrated Care (a charity) in Glastonbury. http://integratedhealth.org.uk/home.html

The project began in 1992 and comprises of three NHS GPs and a number of therapists. The GPs refer their patients for 3 hours of treatment (typically 4-6 appointments) of Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Herbal medicine, massage therapy or osteopathy. 

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EU to fund complementary medicine research

The EU is to put €1.5 million into complementary medicine research over the next three years. Called CAMbrella, the plan is to create a network of European research institutes that will focus on the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in healthcare systems, legal regulation, patients’ needs, research methodology and terminology. The project started January 2010.

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