I am a 46 year old mother of 11 and am in the best health of my life, or so I thought until I was diagnosed with breast cancer last week. Over the last year I have been on several cleanses and limit intake of sugar and white flour in my diet to once or [...]
Alternative Solutions in Breast Cancer
September 13th, 2010 · 8:29 AM
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“Alternative” Medicine is Mainstream?
February 20th, 2009 · 7:27 AM
The Wall Street Journal
‘Alternative’ Medicine Is Mainstream
Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, Rustum Roy, Andrew Weil
The evidence is mounting that what was formerly called ‘alternative medicine’ should be combined with ‘traditional medicine’ and focus on the science—what works and is cost-effective. Last year $2.1 trillion was spent on health care in the U.S., or 16.5% of the [...]
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Health Care: Innovative Systems
November 19th, 2008 · 7:16 AM
Forbes Magazine recently featured an interesting article by Clayton M. Christensen: How to Heal The Health Care System. In it you will find some of the challenges of our ‘Sick Care System.’ Christensen quotes Brian Spear, author of Trends in Molecular Medicine: “modern medicine is still little more than a
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My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: