Winter 2014 - Alternative Medicine January 1, 2014 General Winter 2014 - Alternative Medicine Pages Winter 2014 - Alternative MedicineFeature ArticlesEDITORIAL: An Antidote to AnecdoteAURAS AND PREMONITIONS: Intimations of MortalityOSTEOPATHY: Nudging the Anatomy in the Right DirectionINTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAP: Holistic Methods for Easing DepressionTHE PLACEBO EFFECT: The Most Powerful Treatment We HaveINTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: Stay Healthy!DepartmentsLOCAL FRONTIERS: Multidisciplinary Treatments for FibromyalgiaHOD 2013: CMA delegates set policy at annual meetingCURRENT BOOKS: Marrying Medicine and PsychiatryCURRENT BOOKS: Separating Fact and FictionCURRENT BOOKS: Separating Fact and FictionHOSPITAL/CLINIC UPDATE: Marin Community ClinicsPRACTICAL CONCERNS: As MICRA Threat Reemerges, Physicians Stand to Defend the LawPRESIDENT’S REPORT: CMA Tackles Governance IssuesCLASSIFIEDS Related Articles Fall 2014 - Medicine & Politics Medicine & Politics: Medicare in Wonderland; a federal update; a report on Covered California, and the latest on Prop. 46. Departments: options for preventing suicide; electromagnetic hypersensitivity; "Inheritance" book review, and an update on Kentfield Hospital. View PDF online Fall-Winter 2016-2017: Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine: Emergency: A view from many angles; will the ER be there when you need it?; what if primary care was as easy to access as the ED?; the Kaiser Permanente telestroke program. Emergency care in Marin: Marin General Hospital; Kaiser San Rafael; Novato Community Hospital. Departments: Experiencing the ED from the "other side;" gun violence and public health; review of A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa; MMS News: Dr. Peter Bretan award; 2016 House of Delegates; letter from the executive director; president's report. View online PDF here. Winter 2013 - Children's Health Feature articles: Children's health; developmental conditions; childhood obesity; pertussis in West Marin; pertussis epidemic; pediatric asthma; child abuse. Departments: Weaving; equestrian sports; CMA House of Delegates; 2012 legislative wrap-up; The Ravenous Brain Spring 2012 - Medicine, Gender, Politics Feature articles: Medicine, gender, politics; LGBT care; heart disease in women; HPV vaccine update; Plan B One-Step; interview with Richard Carmona, MD Departments: Emergency department care; retirement planning for physicians; "The Worry Solution"; Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital; poems by Catharine Clark-Sayles, MD Fall-Winter 2015-16: The Spine Editorial: Spinal Motion Restriction Needs to Be Restricted The Spine: When is spine surgery needed?; minimally invasive spine surgery; percutaneous vertebral augmentation; malingering in chronic pain patients. Special Feature: Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Marin County Clinicians. Departments: Art of M.C. Escher; Novato Community Hospital update; reflections on Burning Man; 2015 House of Delegates; review of Oliver Sacks' On the Move: A Life. View PDF online Winter 2015: The Brain The Brain: Editorial: Our Squiggly Blob; bipolar disorder and cannabis use; exercise as a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease; headache update. Departments: Rx: emotional support dogs; the boating life; the unsustainable SGR; Being Mortal book review; Kaiser Permanente San Rafael update; Peter Bretan AMA Award; letter to Marin County physicians; 2015 new health laws. View PDF online