RESEARCH NEWS

A Mindset Shift Is Beginning to Turn the Tide on Chronic Disease. Here’s How We Keep the Momentum.

Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, July 23, 2026, Helene M. Langevin, MD

Excerpt: “American healthcare has a persistent numbers problem. Despite ballooning health care expenditures, the rate of chronic disease in the U.S. keeps increasing and life expectancy continues to lag behind other industrialized nations. Health sector leaders in the U.S. have an opportunity to inform and drive a long-overdue shift from disease care to healthcare.”

Solving evolutionary mystery of how humans came to walk upright

The Harvard Gazette, August 27, 2025, Kermit Pattison, Harvard Staff Writer

Excerpt: “New study identifies genetic, developmental shifts that resculpted pelvis, setting ancestors apart from other primates.”

What Is Fascia? Experts Explain the Tissue That’s Crucial to Preventing Pain

Prevention Magazine, January 30, 2023, Meryl Davids Landau

Excerpt: “HOW TO FIND A FASCIA-FOCUSED PRACTITIONER

BODYWORK that focuses on the fascia goes by a few names, including structural integration, myofascial release, and Rolfing. You can find practitioners through the International Association of Structural Integrators (theiasi.net) or the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (rolf.org), named for the woman who pioneered fascial treatment a century ago. Some physical therapists, massage therapists, and osteopathic doctors also focus on the fascia. Therapists’ approaches can differ. Some treat just a specific problem, but others, especially Rolfing structural integrators, address the whole body over a series of sessions. Ask about their experience with problems like yours.”