Continuum Wellness News

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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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 [...]

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

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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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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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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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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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 [...]

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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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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