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Shiitake mushroom extracts may help prolong the lives of stomach cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; maitake (hen-of-the-woods), scaly wood, and Turkey tail mushrooms seem to strengthen the immune system of some breast cancer patients; and psilocybin-assisted therapy is proving to be an…

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have allowed for the discovery of a whole new world inside out guts. This microbial ecosystem inside us—our gut microbiome—has now been linked to aging, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease (IBS), bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression, rheumatoid…

Resilience is defined as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, workplace and financial stressors, racism, or armed conflicts.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Office of Integrative Medicine and Health (OIMH) is among the institutions, organizations, and groups that released a letter asking the National Institutes of Health to use the NIH director’s discretionary fund to support the Office of Nutrition…

Resiliency is defined as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. As much as resiliency involves “bouncing back” from…

Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS, CERT ’20, is ascending to a new role: associate director of the George Washington University (GW) Resiliency & Well-being (R&W) Center. She currently serves as the director of Integrative Medicine Programs, executive director of the GW Office of Integrative…

Join us for the GW Biomedical Cross-disciplinary Seminar Series: Connecting Academic Research & Inquiry Across Disciplines. The 2021-22 virtual seminar series will address the biochemical, translational, clinical, and public health aspects of metabolic syndrome.  The goal is to promote…

Health care worker burnout has reached epidemic proportions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation released a survey of 1,327 front-line health care workers (HCW) in the United States that reported 55 percent of them are mentally and…

Hélène Langevin, MD, director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health, is among the health care thought leaders who will speak at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences' premier Integrative Medicine event—the 4th…

The GW Office of Integrative Medicine and Health is a proud educational partner of this year’s International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, which is jointly provided by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.