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Integrative Medicine • Vol. 14, No. 6 • December 2015 3Table of Contents

8 The Path Ahead—The Kidney Dysfunction Epidemic, Part 1: Causes Joseph Pizzorno, ND, Editor in Chief

14 Creating Synthesis—When Is a Disease a “Disease”? Jeffrey Bland, PhD, Associate Editor

64 BackTalk—Confessions of a Narcissist Bill Benda, MD, Associate Editor

18 Harvard Team Finds 43% Reduction in Use of Health Care Services via Mind-Body Intervention … plus more John Weeks

26 Sixteen-year-old Female With Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report Kara Fitzgerald, ND

31 Cannabidiol Oil for Decreasing Addictive Use of Marijuana: A Case Report Scott Shannon, MD; Janet Opila-Lehman, ND

22 Bernard Fox, PhD: The Promise of Immunotherapy in Curing Cancer Interview by Craig Gustafson

36 Kara N. Fitzgerald, ND: Case Reports—Informing the Practice of Systems Medicine Interview by Craig Gustafson

40 Author Index

44 Subject Index

59 Conference Calendar

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