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[...]antidotes to volume. Pizzorno's remarkable contributions-besides leadership of this publication- include cofounding and leading Bastyr University, authoring and coauthoring books that grounded the movement for science-based natural medicine, and serving on 2 key federal health care panels.9 * In a move away from investing in hospital integration, the George Family Foundation donated $12.5 million to a YMCA-based wellness center, believing the center's location and focus were better aligned with their mission.10 * Speaking of the Georges, former Penny George Institute integrative health leader Lori Knutson, RN, BC-HN, is leading a full-court press to provide a support system for well-being and resilience at the Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey.11 * Women are presently leading virtually all of the top integrative health organizations. Amy Mack was hired recently as chief executive officer at the Institute for Functional Medicine.12 Alyssa Wostrel, MBA, is the new executive director of the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health.13 And Tabatha Parker, ND, is the new interim executive director for the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine.14 * The University of California, San Diego, integrative medicine received a gift of $30 million philanthropic for research and education to support its integrative team on healthy diet and nutrition.15 * Those seeking to understand the US Food and Drug Administration's recent actions against homeopathy can access one via homeopathic partisan Begabati Lennihan.16 * The multidisciplinary Southern California University of Health Sciences, with programs already for DCs, LAcs, and another under consideration for NDs, has bet there will be a need and a market in a new area. With the exit of Tom Harkin (D-IA) in 2014, the top 2, powerful politicians for natural health will no longer be in office.19 * The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has released a report via JAMA from Dan Cherkin, PhD, and RAND's Patricia Herman, ND, PhD, that shows positive value for mind-body therapies in neck and low-back pain.20 * Integrative men's health expert Myles Spar, MD, is among a small team of integrative medical doctors who are contracted to provide special health care services to all National Basketball Association teams.21 * Those who think US birthing outcomes are less the optimal will be interested in this boost for a core role for midwives at Kaiser Health News.22 * The Institute for Natural Medicine has pub