Vol.5 Issue 1
Obesity

Why did we pick Flyway for our name? It relates to the symbol for the Rush CAM Education Program in Nursing, a crane in flight. The North American Whooping Crane migrates south each winter along a flyway that runs from Alberta to Texas. In an attempt to create a second flyway and, thus increase the endangered crane’s chances of survival, scientists placed Whooper eggs in the nests of Sandhill Cranes in Montana. When the Whoopers hatched, they migrated South along the Sandhill’s flyway. However, the Whoopers never reproduced because they were unable to understand the Sandhill’s language and they never learned their own language.

The story of the Whooping Crane provides us with two morals regarding complementary and conventional therapies. First, communication is critical. We can place complementary and conventional therapies under one roof, but this arrangement will not bear fruit without good communication. Second, Whooper eggs were placed in Sandhill nests not to intermingle genes, but rather to create a second pathway to an end. Our newsletter is an attempt to facilitate communication between conventional and complementary practitioners in order to create a new "flyway."