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Expensive Health Care, Producing Poor Results

Posted by continuum wellness on Jun 24 2010

What an interesting report! Although the United States spends more on health care, the results are not coming through. IMHO it could have something to do with a need for including holistic medicine in the health care system. Health is also about the whole person. However, a few American hospitals are enlarging their scope to [...]

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Why No Cure for Heart Disease?

Posted by continuum wellness on Feb 15 2010

Former President of the United States Bill Clinton received quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2004. Four blocked arteries were propped open by inserting tubing, know as stents, into blocked arteries. According to cardiologists this is par for the course. This procedure is not a cure, it is a fix; a patch. Seen as a progressive [...]

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Chris Rock – Doctors and Drugs

Posted by continuum wellness on Jan 13 2010

A comedic view of conventional medicine in America. True of false? Be forewarned, the language is a bit raw.

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Research: Inexpensive Method for Stroke Detection

Posted by continuum wellness on Sep 23 2009

Is this the kind of innovation that American health care needs? – Small study demonstrates possibilities of reducing unnecessary MRI tests and improving safety September 18, 2009-In a small “proof of principle” study, stroke researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the [...]

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Enter the “Polypill” to reduce heart problems, hbp and stroke

Posted by continuum wellness on Mar 30 2009

The “miracle” of modern medicine has led to bizarre side effects such as a treatment for restless legs, that has caused compulsive gambling. A medicine for Parkinson’s has a similar problem for some. Sleep drugs that cause people to stumble out of their home and drive. Fertility drugs that lead to multiple births. Hallucinations are [...]

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Why you should read the drug package inserts

Posted by continuum wellness on Mar 04 2009

If for some reason you need to take pharmaceutical drugs, protect yourself and loved ones by reading the package inserts. According to this research adverse drug events happen to the the tune of $3.5 billion dollars, and those are the reported incidents. The new Food and Drug Administration drug package insert: implications for patient safety [...]

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Reducing Drug Dependence Can Save the Planet

Posted by continuum wellness on Jan 27 2009

The following article has a definite slant against the pharmaceutical industry. Read it and see if it makes sense to you. The article highlights the huge downside of the way drugs are produced and the impact of its processes. The creed “do no harm”, should extend itself through the whole process of healing including the [...]

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More Americans Turning to Herbs

Posted by continuum wellness on Jan 19 2009

Sour Economy Sweetens Americans on Herbal Meds The choice between $75 prescription sleeping pills or a $5 herbal alternative is a no-brainer for Cathy and Bernard Birleffi, whose insurance costs have skyrocketed along with the nation’s financial woes. The Calistoga, Calif., couple seem to reflect a trend. With many Americans putting off routine doctor visits [...]

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The NIH is Targeting Stress Related Illnesses

Posted by continuum wellness on Dec 16 2008

It appear that the approach taken is analytical using a segregative approach in search of “active components”. Most likely to produce drugs. The methodology of a holistic approach is that all of the components of a root or an herb, etc. work in a synergistic way, together to produce the healing effect. To read about [...]

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Alternative and Complementary Medicine (CAM)Use is Growing

Posted by continuum wellness on Dec 12 2008

I posted a government survey here on this blog which concluded that 38 percent of American adults and 12 percent of American children use complementary and alternative medicine (here). The Washington Post did an article on this topic too (here) Critics of these health care approaches are up in arms, claiming that acupuncture is a [...]

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