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In recent decades, an intrepid group of physicians has worked to provide improved solutions to people suffering from chronic diseases. Understanding that such ailments are largely affected by lifestyle choices as well as environmental conditions, these physicians have developed an impressive array of interventions that are scientifically grounded, effective, and persuasive. The 2020 Program is dedicated to documenting such findings in ways that can be readily used by people facing chronic and potentially life-threatening diseases.

Members of this group refers to themselves as integrative physicians. Integrative physicians can be found in many well-founded research institutions, medical schools, hospital, and private groups. Integrative medicine is taught in about a third of the medical schools in the United States. Its methods embrace many longstanding practices from ancient cultures. These include nutritional practices, yoga and other activities to improve mind-body connectedness and reduce stress, targeted physical exercises, mindfulness activities, the use of herbs and other preparations and foods, and other practices that have shown to be effective based on scientific, medical criteria.

In the integrative medicine practice, traditional as well as integrative therapies are offered to clients, giving them the choice of which to follow. Such choices are offered in the spirit of full disclosure, comparing anticipated results from the use of drugs, surgery, and other traditional techniques to those of integrative approaches. Integrative physicians are trained to make use of available data from tests, results of diagnoses and checkups, and vital signs to first inform the client, then provide realistic options with support and guidance regardless of the person's choice of which interventions to follow. This is considered to be in line with the spirit, purpose, and implementation of the 2020 Program.