February's Complementary Healthcare Insights & Research Highlights
Free future access to The Well, upcoming Circe events, and much more!
Hi there
I’ve been writing this newsletter for close to 9 months now and it feels like the right time to shake things up! Almost a third of our paid subscribers are students or people going through a career change who’ve requested a free subscription because they’re not in a position to pay at this time. Which made me think that gatekeeping this information behind a paywall isn’t actually serving you, our audience, or Circe’s mission to offer as many practitioners as possible real, actionable business insights that, I hope, you can use to help build, sustain, and grow your businesses. So, drumroll, I’ve decided to make The Well free for everyone to access. From today onwards you’ll be able to freely access all past, present and future newsletter editions, and if you were a paid subscriber your subscription will automatically be cancelled. I’m very grateful for everyone taking the time to read my content, and hope it will continue to spread across your networks, Whatsapp groups and clinics so we can reach many more practitioners who are looking for support, inspiration and community. Thank you sharing this newsletter with colleagues, friends, mentees, and students who might be interested!
In case you missed them, these are our most read articles this month:
Happening at Circe
We’re super excited to be accepted into the Good Tech Accelerator, a support programme for social impact start-ups looking to create meaningful change to build a healthier, stronger society. Led by social impact organisation Catch 22, with support from the UK government and the Greater London Authority, it’s a chance for us to build partnerships and grow our impact by helping more people with trustworthy guidance on complementary healthcare, and treatments from qualified practitioners.
Our upcoming events:
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Industry Insights
‘Spa wars’ in the FT. In the race to be the best retreat in the world, complementary treatments take centre stage.
Obesity in the UK has doubled since the early 1990s, with three in five people now overweight or obese. A new policy recommendation for health targets for major retailers that could reduce obesity in Britain by approximately 23% and help four million people achieve a healthier weight.
Diet and exercise help could increase cancer survival rates in The Times
Greening Democracy: The Transformative Power of Nature on Children and Society in MIT Press Reader
February’s Research Highlights
Integration of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Patients with Chronic Pain, January-February 2024 (Missouri Medicine)
Integrative Medicine for Cancer-Related Pain: A Narrative Review, February 4 (Healthcare)
Heat Therapy May Lead to Better Outcomes in Treating Depression than Cold Exposure, February 5 (Nature)
Efficacy of acupuncture therapy on cancer-related insomnia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, February 13 (Frontiers in Neurology)
Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment, February 22 (Nature)
The endogenous oxytocin after manipulative osteopathic treatment in full-term pregnant women, February 28 (Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci)
A review on traditional Chinese medicine natural products and acupuncture intervention for Alzheimer’s disease based on the neuroinflammatory, February 28 (Chinese Medicine)
Effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative applications on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in youth with major depressive disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, February 29 (Journal of Osteopathic Medicine)
Acupuncture treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis: An exploratory randomized controlled trial, March 2024 (Integrative Medicine Research)
That’s it for this month! If you have any topic requests, news to include or suggestions for future editions - you can comment below or message me by replying to this email.