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Press Release: All MDs in Study Highly Rate Medical Intuitives as Accurate, Influential, Useful to Clinical Practice
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 15, 2026
All of the physicians participating in a newly published study in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health reported that professional medical intuitives’ sessions provided highly accurate patient assessments, positively influenced their clinical decision-making, and were services they would continue to use in their practices and recommend to colleagues.
The objective of the study, Physician and Patient Perspectives of the Usefulness and Accuracy of Medical Intuition: A Prospective Pragmatic Trial by the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in collaboration with the National Organization for Medical Intuition, was to evaluate the perceptions of physicians and patients regarding the usefulness, accuracy, and satisfaction with medical intuition sessions as compared to usual care medical visits, including physicians’ perceptions of the medical intuitives’ influence on their clinical processes. The study was conducted between April and August, 2024. [1]
“Medical intuitive” is defined by the U.S. National Institutes of Health Institute of Medicine as “the utilization of a focused, intuitive instinct to... ‘read’ energetic and frequency information in and around the human body.” Medical intuition is designed to provide a unique perspective in healthcare for an enhanced view of the origins of a patient’s health issues, not all of which may be solely physical. It offers a targeted approach intended to decipher between health conditions, assess underlying root causes, and perceive life events that may correspond to illness or disease, in order to help promote holistic health and well-being. Although medical intuition uses the word "medical," it is not to be considered the practice of medicine, psychotherapy, or any other licensed healthcare practice, and is not a substitute for licensed medical or psychological care, diagnosis, or treatment, but rather a skill to support all healthcare practices. [2]
Methods
Six physicians recruited a total of 40 patients who had symptoms of no known cause or conditions that had been resistant to treatment. Five professional medical intuitives had each completed 200 hours of education and/or certification in medical intuition. An online usual care medical visit with the patient and their physician was followed by an online medical intuition session with the medical intuitive, the patient, and their physician. The medical intuitives had no knowledge of the patients’ health information or life histories prior to or during the sessions, and patients’ cameras were turned off, blinding the patients’ identities and any visual cues. After each of the usual care visits and medical intuition sessions, participants filled out quantitative and qualitative surveys.
Key Findings
Physicians reported high overall usefulness ratings for the medical intuition sessions, exceeding those associated with usual care. They reported very high accuracy in the medical intuition assessments, and 79.5% found the information linking patients’ life experiences to their health conditions to be valuable. All of the physicians stated that they would recommend the use of medical intuitives to colleagues and were likely to continue utilizing their services.
Physicians further reported that the medical intuition sessions had a meaningful influence on their clinical decision-making and often helped to redirect diagnoses and treatment strategies, confirm existing management plans, reduce unnecessary diagnostic testing, identify possible emotional and life-event factors affecting patients’ health, suggest avenues for follow-up testing and more targeted evaluations, and encourage exploration of new options. [3]
Physicians’ statements included:
“The information I received was absolutely crucial to understanding the patient.”
“This gave me diagnostic consideration and helped support working diagnoses.”
“There is no question that medical intuition would be of great benefit to healthcare ... decreasing laboratory and other diagnostic evaluations by targeting underlying causes of health issues based on medical intuitive insights.”
Patients also rated the medical intuition sessions favorably, reporting high overall accuracy and high to very high accuracy in relation to specific health concerns. In addition, patients expressed very high levels of satisfaction with the sessions, noting feelings of validation, gratitude, and insight, and felt the sessions were beneficial for their emotional and mental well-being. [4]
Patients’ statements included:
“A very powerful session—blown away.”
“The medical intuitive read me like a book. I cannot believe how accurate my reading was…”
“Extremely beneficial and confidence-boosting.”
Conclusion
This groundbreaking study supports the potential benefits of integrating professional medical intuitives into clinical healthcare to provide physicians and their patients with key insights regarding the patient’s clinical condition.
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[1] Physician and Patient Perspectives of the Usefulness and Accuracy of Medical Intuition: A Prospective Pragmatic Trial. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2026;15. doi:10.1177/27536130261450860
[2] Definition of Medical Intuition. National Organization for Medical Intuition (NOMI). https://www.nomimedicalintuition.org/what-is-medical-intuition-1 Accessed 6.15.2026
[3] see Footnote 1
[4] see Footnote 1
Press Release: Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness honored as Nautilus Book Awards Winner, International Books Awards Winner, American Book Fest Best Book Award Winner, and American Legacy Book Awards Winner.
The Practical Path®, Inc. is pleased to announce that Wendie Colter’s book, Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness, has won the prestigious Nautilus Book Awards Silver Award, and honored as winner of the International Book Awards (IBA), American Book Fest Best Book Award (BBA), and American Legacy Book Awards (ALBA) Winner.
LOS ANGELES, APRIL 27, 2024
Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness, (2022, Watkins Publishing/Penguin-Random House) by Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP, has won the prestigious 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Award in the category of Body-Mind-Spirit Practices. This honor brings a spotlight to Colter’s ground-breaking contribution to the fields of medical intuition, body-mind-spirit wellness, and integrative healthcare.
Her book has garnered additional notable awards, including Winner of the the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards, 2023 International Book Award (IBA), and the 2023 American Book Fest Best Book Award (BBA) in the categories of Health: Alternative Medicine.
Aimed at wellness professionals who want to use their intuition in their practice, and anyone seeking answers to their health issues from their own body and energy systems, Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness is the most comprehensive and nuanced guide to using Medical Intuition to promote wellbeing. Intended to uncover the hidden sources of energetic resistance that may be blocking optimal wellbeing, medical intuition is now being increasingly discussed in integrative healthcare, its efficacy supported by innovative, growing research and case studies.
For 23 years, the prestigious Nautilus Book Awards has celebrated books that inspire and connect our lives. The Nautilus Book Awards honor and provide wider recognition to authors within areas like personal growth, conscious living, wellness, spirituality, and social justice. The detailed and intensive selection process has three independent teams of expert reviewers in a three-tiered process. Past winners include Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Marianne Williamson, Caroline Myss, Gregg Braden, Eckhart Tolle, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, and Andrew Weil.
The International Book Awards (IBA) is one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles. Over 500 winners and finalists are announced in over 100 categories. Essentials of Medical Intuition won the category of Health: Alternative Medicine. Author Wendie Colter joins a prestigious group of past laureates, including Pope Francis, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Anne Lamott, Mark Nepo, Dawson Church, PhD, and many others.
The American Book Fest Best Book Awards (BBA) has an impressive 20 year history of celebrating the best in genres, and receives thousands of entries for their annual book awards. With a strong media presence and a highly respected record of supporting all sections of the publishing industry, Wendie Colter is now included amongst such lauded authors as Rhonda Byrne (The Secret), Sue Grafton, Amy Tan, Julie Andrews, John Land, Anne Geddes, and more.
The American Legacy Book Awards (ALBA) winners are award-winning author laureates. Thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world are narrowed down to the final results. Wendie Colter’s book Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness is named as the 2024 ALBA Winner in Health: Alternative Medicine.
Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP, is a Certified Medical Intuitive Practitioner, a Master Certified Wellness Coach, and founder/CEO of The Practical Path, Inc., presenting intuitive development programs for wellness professionals. Her accredited certification program, Medical Intuitive Training™, has successfully trained doctors, nurses, and health and wellness practitioners from every discipline.
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Press Release: Today's Practitioner Launches Medical Intuition Resource Center
Announcing the launch of the Medical Intuition Resource Center at Todays’ Practitioner: It is the first hub for both those practicing medical intuition and healthcare providers interested in this new perspective in mind-body wellness, with the latest studies and research, information for integrative healthcare providers, and other related content.
LOS ANGELES (PR WEB) DECEMBER 06, 2022
Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP, founding president of the National Organization for Medical Intuition (NOMI) is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Intuition Resource Center at Todays’ Practitioner. The new resource center, created in partnership with Today’s Practitioner and curated by Colter, provides the first hub for both those practicing medical intuition and healthcare providers interested in this new perspective in mind-body wellness.
The Medical Intuition Resource Center answers the growing demand for accessibility of the latest studies and research, information for integrative healthcare providers, and other related content. Today’s Practitioner has been an information resource for the integrative healthcare industry since 2013.
Colter, whose own ground-breaking research in medical intuition has been published in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (formerly Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine); is the author of Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness, published in 2022 by Watkins Publishing/Penguin-Random House; and is founder/CEO of The Practical Path, Inc. offering the accredited Medical Intuitive Training™ Practitioner Certification Program–intuitive development for wellness professionals.
For more information, contact The Practical Path, Inc.: info@thepracticalpath.com
https://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/12/prweb19017971.htm
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