MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health says more than 30 percent of American adults and about 12 percent of children use health care approaches developed outside of mainstream conventional medicine. Dr. Santisree Tanikella is a pediatrician at UPMC Primary Care in Mountoursville who uses integrative medicine to help children.

"Integrative medicine is a sub specialty of medicine that brings together conventional allopathic osteopathic medicine with holistic medicine in a coordinated, evidence-based way to optimize care for our patients," said Dr. Santisree Tanikella, M.D., UPMC Primary Care Montoursville Pediatrician.

Dr. Tanikella says integrative medicine is a patient-focused approach to health care. She say

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