by Don Ingwerson Article first published in the U-T San Diego. Amid the nation-wide debate about health care and each person’s search for a safe, effective, and affordable approach is the realization that being healthy is an individual responsibility and personal endeavor. A synopsis of an article in The Atlantic by Dr. David H. Freedman says, “the medical profession kept
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by Don Ingwerson Would practicing alternative medicine allow her to spend more time with patients and, thus, lead to an environment more conducive to healing? This final question came from a young lawyer turned physician who, like me, attended a recent RAND Corporation meeting on alternative health care. It really spoke to the heart of the conversation that night and
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A guest post written by Robert B. Clark, Committee on Publication for Florida Much is written (and tweeted) every day about how to live a healthy life. Most of it is from the perspective of traditional mainstream medicine. But if you watch carefully, interesting questions sometimes surface: How does spirituality affect health? Can health be restored through prayer? Are alternatives
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by Don Ingwerson Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. The above is the introduction to The Atlantic article “Lies, Damned Lies, and
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