Molecular Medicine - Articles
Energy Medicine on Oprah
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Kathy A.
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 ...
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There is no Alternative Medicine…
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Dr. Brett K.
“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 ...
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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 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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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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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, w ...
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Forecasting in medicine
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epistemocrat
Nassim Taleb and Spyros Makridakis are co-editors of an upcoming special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting. The theme for this issue is intriguing: "Decision Making and Planning Under Low Levels of Predictability." On his website, Taleb has issued a call for papers from all disciplines and fields, including medicine. But w ...
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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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Chinese Medicine for Stress
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Marilyn Yohe, L.Ac., MAOM
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Whatever your lifestyle or personal challenges, stress is something all of us experience! And, as we all know, it is something that affects our health and happiness in many different ways. Chinese medicine excels in understanding and relieving stress and its effects on the body. We may think of stress as a modern issue; but classical Chinese medic ...
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