medicine

I Didn’t Set Out to Be a Rebel

May 23rd, 2011 · 2:16 PM

I didn’t set out to be a rebel. I wanted to be a doctor so I could help people. That was the honest truth. When the time came to interview for medical school and residency, one of the questions they asked me was “why do you want to be a doctor?” When I told them [...]

“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 [...]

This Just In on Zetia (Part of the Vytorin Story Below)

September 5th, 2008 · 6:20 PM

When it rains it pours. Where will the madness end? I just read an interesting article on Natural News that verifies and amplifies the information I shared with you last night. Zetia has been shown to be damaging to liver, and the “testing” that supposedly proved it was safe was in actuality only done for [...]

The Habits of Highly Healthy Humans, Part 3

July 20th, 2008 · 9:38 PM

Proverbs 23:7 “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
In that rather fascinating scripture that represents a philosophy as old as time, assume we have a concept called the placebo effect. A certain percentage of patients in trial studies are given “placebo” medicine. Theoretically, if