Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) have recently become more popular and accepted worldwide. Integrative medicine can help people with cancer, persistent pain, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and many other conditions to better control their symptoms and improve their quality of life by reducing fatigue, pain, and anxiety.
Given the popularity of CAM, Research Center for Integrative Medicine in Aging was founded in July 2021 at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TBZMED) to:
Promote successful aging,
Improve quality of life for seniors,
Reduce older adults' dependency by focusing on physical, cognitive and social aspects with the approach of common diseases in the field of neurosciences, stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and etc.
Create opportunities for students to engage in research in the field of treating age-related diseases using integrative medicine,
Provide care and treatment through research at this center and with broad collaboration with other TBZMED departments as well as national and international research programs.