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Center for Health and Healing

The Continuum Center for Health and Healing, which opened its doors in June 2000, is committed to improving the health and well-being of men, women, and children through safe and effective integrative health care, as well as to conducting rigorous research and providing innovative educational programs for health care professionals and the public. Under the leadership of Woodson Merrell, MD, the Center for Health and Healing is recognized as a model of enlightened health care and remains the nation's largest and most comprehensive academic center devoted to complementary and alternative medicine. The Center is proud to be helping define the future of medicine.

Philanthropic support is essential to help further our work. Please click on any of the following links to learn about programs you can support. To make a gift to the program of your choice, please click on Donate Now on the left and make your choice from the drop-down list. Thank you!

General Support Research Fund
Helping Hands Fund Nursing Approaches for Patients Facing Surgery
Center for Health and Healing Web Site

General Support
Unrestricted gifts provide the most flexibility in helping to maintain our current work and create new programs for patients, the community, and health care professionals.
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Research Fund
Nearly 50 percent of Americans are using complementary modalities as a routine part of their health care. A great need still exists, however, to conduct scientifically rigorous research in this emerging field of medicine. The Center is conducting outcome studies and randomized clinical trials which seek to scientifically determine which integrative treatments are clinically effective, safe, and cost-efficient. Our research currently focuses on therapies such as acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and mind/body interventions such as guided imagery.
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Helping Hands Fund
This special fund helps to provide integrative health care for the underserved, which includes patients who are uninsured or underinsured, such as older adults and recent immigrants. This fund reflects the Center's strong commitment to providing the highest quality patient care and treatment options to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.
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Nursing Approaches for Patients Facing Surgery
Offered in collaboration with the Department of Surgical Services, this pilot program assists patients during the pre- and post-operative surgical period through the use of mind-body interventionsincluding guided imagery, relaxation techniques, aromatherapy, Reiki, and Therapeutic Touch. These interventions are believed to help patients achieve improved surgical outcomes, while reducing anxiety, stress, discomfort, and pain.
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Center for Health and Healing Web Site
The Internet is a powerful resource through which we are able to reach, educate, and train health care professionals and students, build awareness of our programs, and help meet the public's need for high quality health information. Future plans for the Center's website include posting summaries of clinical research, organized by health condition, and a professional education section covering workshops, conferences, and professional training courses offered in integrative medicine throughout the U.S. Just two months after being launched, the site won the Editor's Choice Award from Healingwell.com, acknowledging its exceptional design, reliable and quality information, and patient accessibility. We are able to provide this service with the help of charitable gifts.
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