Unmasking Health, Faith, & Life for People with Chronic Illness
By Jacqueline L. Jones
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Foundation has just ended a pilot study designed to develop a curriculum for including complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) training in MD and DO programs nationwide. [Read more...]
Welcome back. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't done so already. Come back again.One of my readers respectfully disagrees with my last post. Martygrn believes universal health care cannot work in this country.
I’ve never been accused of being a whiz at economics, but indiscriminate outsourcing and corporate greed seem to be destroying American businesses and the American dream. The following are just a few examples that support my theory. [Read more...]
On Friday, Aug. 3, Bill Moyers Journal featured an interview with Barbara Ehrenreich, an independent journalist who holds a Ph.D. in cell biology. In researching her bestselling book Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich worked a series of jobs at $7 an hour to get a glimpse into how workers on minimum wage survive. She fell behind on her rent the first month.
As a pleased consumer of nutritional supplements, I share the concern of skeptics who scoff at “wonder cures.” They give legitimate manufacturers and knowledgeable practitioners a bad name. Nutritional supplements don’t cure anything. The best only help the body heal itself; even then, they have limited success if other, undiagnosed conditions exist or if the primary illness is too advanced.
By Jacqueline L. Jones
The doctor is baffled by your symptoms. Or the doctor has a diagnosis, but isn’t aware of any treatments for your illness. Your doctor sends you to a colleague, who also doesn’t have any answers. [Read more...]
