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Niche Radio — Hey guys! I’m so excited to start podcasting about health topics for Niche Radio and to kick things off I attended the Pan African Congress on Integrative Medicine (http://integrativemedicinecongress.com) out at the Spier Wine Estate & Farm in Cape Town. Health and medical practitioners from all over the world descended upon the Mother City to discuss the future of healthcare: Integrative Medicine. According to the South African Institute of Integrative Medicine (http://integrativemedicine.co.za/about/), “Integrative Medicine recognises the holistic and unique nature of human beings, which encompasses physio-energetic information systems. It investigates the multifactorial causes of disease. In this approach the practitioner and the sick individual form a team working towards an integrated protocol of management best suited for that person. The priority is to support health using the least invasive and most natural approach; this does not exclude symptomatic treatment of disease, wher