Research and Education

There is a need for more evidence behind the application of non-conventional or integrative therapies in patients.  While research in this field is increasing, there is still much more that needs to be done.  One of the challenges in researching many of the traditional or natural therapies used in non-conventional approaches to health care is that there is a lack of commercial interest in them.  This means that most research conducted in this field is done so using grants compared to large pharmacological corporations.  Additional challenges is most research is conducted using reductionist approaches which, while providing better controlled results, do not represent the way integrative therapies utilize holistic principles.

At the Marsden Centre we strive to add to the knowledge behind many of the therapies we use through case reports, literature review and clinical studies.

To find more about the clinical research conducted at the Marsden Centre click here.