Take a moment to make a cup of tea and watch this important film from a former-medical-doctor-turned nun.
Subtitled and comprehensive, so set aside a small bit of time for this. TERESA FORCADES, doctor in Public Health, reflects on the history, and gives scientific data, of A type flu and lists all the irregularities related to [...]
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By Dr. Andrew Weil
The query gripping the nation: “How do we reform health care?”
But I don’t hear anyone asking a far more essential question: “What is health?”
Given that we all want health and spend trillions to “care” for it, it’s sobering how little thought we give to its true meaning. When [...]
Sally Field is a talented actor. But what qualifies her to promote Boniva, an osteoporosis drug that is of limited benefit, has worrisome side effects, and for which there are natural alternatives that merit careful consideration?
In “What’s Wrong with American Medicine?” I point out that many high-technology treatments have a shadow side. In most areas [...]
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By Dr. Andrew Weil
The latest development appears to be that government-run health insurance programs are, if not off the table, at least sliding toward the edge. Meanwhile, town hall debates rage, Washington lobbyists (outnumbering senators and congressmen by an astounding six to one) hector Congress and the signal-to-noise ratio in the [...]
This article originally posted at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/lets-take-the-stomachache_b_257434.html. By Dr. Andrew Weil
In discussing health care reform, it’s easy to become mired in statistics and abstractions, so let’s examine it in personal terms. Here’s the story of a patient I saw recently that provides a specific example of what medicine does now — and what, in my view, [...]
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By Dr Andrew Weil
I’m worried — and if I’m worried, you should be, too.
The reason I’m worried is that the wrong diagnosis is being made.
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution [...]
