Monthly Archives: December 2009

Gifts from Aviation to Western Medicine

My son is a pilot, now a captain for American Eagle with 25 years of flying experience.  Years ago, both he and his wife, who was at the time a flight attendant, taught their co-workers a required course called “Crew … Continue reading

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An Economc Perspective of Health Care Reform

Not too long ago, I was very excited about health care reform because our President declared that it would encourage the use of interventions that WORK.  That’s good for me since Hypnotherapy works, has only positive side effects, helps many … Continue reading

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Nocebo or Placebo?

I still remember an article I read many years ago that said many studies showed that the success of a prescribed drug was impacted by the words the doctor spoke when prescribing it. If a patient was told, “This is … Continue reading

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Five Steps to Better Health Through Integrative Medicine

Ode Magazine has a rather lengthy but informative article about focusing on prevention rather than treatment  of disease and integrating both lifestyle changes and complementary healing modalities to reduce health care costs. According to this article “Health care costs are … Continue reading

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