Energy Medicine on Oprah
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Kathy A.1 Comment
Wow, I just saw Dr. Oz on Oprah taking about Energy Medicine being the new frontier in medicine. Very exciting! Here is a quote from Oprah's web site: Alternative medicines, Dr. Oz says, deal with the body's energy—something that traditional Western medicine generally does not. "We're beginning now to understand things that we know in our hearts ...
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There is no Alternative Medicine…
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Dr. Brett K.1 Comment
“There is no alternative medicine. There is only scientifically proven, evidence-based medicine supported by solid data or unproven medicine, for which scientific evidence is lacking.” — Fontanarosa P.B., and Lundberg G.D. “Alternative medicine meets science” JAMA. 1998; 280: 1618-1619.This quote was recently presented to me. While I understand wha ...
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The Feminization of Medicine
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
[Hat tip, Sean Philpott] From the Boston Globe, an article about the changing face and character of medicine: Over the last quarter-century, women have entered the field of medicine in unprecedented numbers, changing not only its face but its character...Nearly half of medical school students nationwide are now female, and as they enter the profe ...
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The Practice of Medicine
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epistemocrat
In her book, How Doctors Think, Kathryn Montgomery analyzes clinical judgment and the practice of medicine. Montgomery is an erudite who develops her thesis thoroughly, with wonderful prose, to argue the following: Two and half millennia of scientific discovery - including the advances of the last two and half decades - have not altered medicine's ...
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The Medicine Peddler
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Jennifer Nordin
Ten years ago when started my Young Living Essential Oils business, aromatherapy wasn't quite a hot trend yet. Being an aromatherapy lover before it was "cool", I often felt that people viewed me like this guy! When I found this photo recently it sure made me laugh!
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Chinese Medicine and Stress
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Marilyn Yohe, L.Ac., MAOM
It’s official. A recent survey by the American Psychological Association found that 80% of Americans are stressed about the economy, 60% are angry about it, and 52% are having trouble sleeping.It’s not news that most of us are stressed out about the economic situation. But these numbers suggest a serious health concern. In the West, we tend to ta ...
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Medicine Question
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Dayzofrain
I know!!! Two posts in less than five minutes! (actually that would make three posts today if you count todays post in Fiber Haven ).But I do have a question for you ladies out there:Tonight is my last dose of progesterone. I am wondering when I should expect dear Aunt Flo to show?I definitely do NOT want to be surprised
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Potent Medicine
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Francine H.
A recent article in Wired Magazine documents what Big Pharma already knows: one of the most powerful pills on the market is the placebo, and it’s getting more effective every day.From 2001 to 2006, the percentage of new products cut from development after Phase II clinical trials, when drugs are first tested against a placebo, rose by 20 percent. ...
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Rain Medicine
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Courtney P.
The rain is full force today, and I am resisting the temptation to call this rain “awful” and “terrible.” I am trying to embrace autumn after all, not be cruel and call it names. This morning I drove my partner to Granite Falls, WA to the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America where he received a Shingan Joju Kigan ceremony (a Shinto ceremony for “real ...
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Spring in Chinese Medicine
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Marilyn Yohe, L.Ac., MAOM
In Chinese medicine, each season is associated with one of the 5 elements (add “late summer” to make 5 matching seasons — more on that in a few months!) Spring, not surprisingly, is paired with the wood element, as plants and trees start showing signs of new life. Wood exemplifies the energy of growth, change, and pushing through obstacles. ...
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