AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 • VOL. 14 NO. 4

Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal

Integrative Therapies and Cardiovascular Disease in the Breast Cancer Population •

The Health Professions’ Continuum Cleft • Nothing Boring About Boron • Presenters

2015—Andrew Campbell, MD: Mechanisms of the Gut–Brain Axis • Interview With

Michael Smith, MD: Treat the Underlying Causes of Weight Gain to Facilitate Successful

Weight Loss • Interview With Mark Blumenthal: Quality and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines

• Editorial—Is Challenge Testing Valid for Assessing Body Metal Burden?

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Integrative Medicine • Vol. 14, No. 4 • August 2015 3Table of Contents

8 The Path Ahead—Is Challenge Testing Valid for Assessing Body Metal Burden? Joseph Pizzorno, ND, Editor in Chief

68 BackTalk—No Satisfaction Bill Benda, MD, Associate Editor

16 Casey Health Institute: Integrative Center Marches Into PCMH and ACO Worlds … plus more John Weeks

22 Integrative Therapies and Cardiovascular Disease in the Breast Cancer Population: A Review, Part 1 Khara Lucius, ND, FABNO; Kristen Trukova, MS, RD, CSO, CNSC, LDN

30 The Health Professions’ Continuum Cleft Clyde B. Jensen, PhD

35 Nothing Boring About Boron Lara Pizzorno, MDiv, MA, LMT

20 Andrew Campbell, MD: Mechanisms of the Gut–Brain Axis Interview by Craig Gustafson

50 Michael Smith, MD: Treat the Underlying Causes of Weight Gain to Facilitate Successful Weight Loss; Part 3 Interview by Craig Gustafson

54 Mark Blumenthal: Quality and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines Interview by Craig Gustafson

60 Conference Calendar

EDITORIALS

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