Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 In their paper, the team reports that the number of people who died in 2001 as a result of "iatrogenic" conditions (those brought on inadvertently by either medical treatment or diagnostic procedures) was greater than that of the number of people who died in that same year of either heart disease or cancer, the number one and two leading causes of death in the United States respectively. The numbers were as follows:
Deaths from cancer 553,251
Deaths from heart disease 699,697
Deaths from medical treatment 783,936
The report further states that "over 2. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Asthma Survival: The Holistic medical treatment Program for Asthma by Robert S. Ivker, D.O.
Sinus Survival: The Holistic medical treatment Program for Allergies, Colds and Sinusitis by Robert S. Ivker, D.O.
Asthma Free in 21 Days by Kathryn Shafer, Ph.D.
Clinics
The Palm Beach Holistic Center for Natural and Integrative Medicine Jupiter, Florida 561.799.6789
This is where you'll find Kathryn Shafer, who is the founder of image therapy for asthma, discussed in the book. If you want to try image therapy with the originator of the technique, this is the place to go. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Probably the oldest form of medical treatment, massage was used by ancient Chinese, Indian and Egyptian cultures to prevent and cure diseases and heal injuries. The ancient Greeks and Romans advocated massage before and after sport, instead of exercise during recuperation from illness, or as a medical treatment for such diverse conditions as melancholia, asthma, digestive problems and even sterility. The Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, wrote in the fifth century BC, The way to health is to have a scented bath and an oiled massage each day. |
David Steinman
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 Two families who went to the middle school were told they were going to get medical treatment but never did. In total, more than twenty people went for medical treatment. But the hospital people wouldn't mention pesticides as the cause and wouldn't tell them that, well, so and so was there, too, and had come from Earlimart, too.
We traced our way back to Lane Road to meet another victim.
Edelmira Alcazar lived around the corner from Teresa. |
Lynne McTaggart
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 In addition to ordinary medical treatment one group in each of the two categories was to receive the prayers of five people once a week for 26 weeks. The two other groups would simply continue with standard medical treatment.
At the end of the study, the investigators concluded that prayer made no difference in mortality, future heart attacks, or the need for further intervention or hospitalization. Although there were small differences between the treated and untreated groups, particularly among the low-risk patients, these results were not deemed to be significant. |
Andreas Moritz
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 They have nothing to do with the medical treatment itself.
The Placebo in Action
Medical doctors have the status and power to inspire in their patients the confidence to believe that, for their condition, they are receiving the most suitable and best treatment available. The hope to find relief and to get better may be the main motivation behind a patient's visit to the doctor. Also, the doctor is likely to believe that his prescription will produce the desired effect, that is, relieve his patient's symptoms. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 APPROPRIATENESS
The 1986 Emergency medical treatment and Labor Act mandates emergency screening, and, if necessary, emergency treatment, at least enough to stabilize the patient for transfer to another facility. The 1997 Balanced Budget Act requires Medicaid and Medicare Programs to reimburse hospitals for what is called "reasonable care." Thus, although it was never planned that way, emergency departments have emerged as "the ultimate safety net for those whom other providers turn away,"4 as well as "the most important and least recognized federal health care safety net program. |
| Indeed the concept was for most of history (and prehistory) the cornerstone of medical treatment. In the past few decades, there has been renewed interest in so-called mind-body medicine, defined as "interventions that use a variety of techniques designed to facilitate the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms."24 Common mind-body treatments include relaxation, meditation, imagery, hypnosis, and biofeedback.25
We might assume that psychological problems, such as those reviewed in the previous chapter, are amenable to such therapies. |
Bill Sardi
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 Newspaper columnist Art Buchwald, at age 80 years, opted out of medical treatment, lived a year longer than anticipated, and said his final months were spent "having a great time."
"In our culture, we have a unique, almost religious, faith in medical technology," says Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. More patients are opting for no care rather than being tethered to a machine in their last days, she says.
Unanticipated survival can be treacherous. Failure to die poses problems. |
Ray D. Strand
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 He stated that antioxidants that have good "bio-avaiiability" (are easily used in the lung) may therefore be potential therapies that would not only protect against the direct injurious effects of oxidants, but also may favorably alter the events that have a central role in the development of COPD,4
The progression of COPD is relatively resistant to traditional medical treatment, especially the use of steroids. Obviously, the first task of the physician is usually to help smoking patients to quit. This is not an easy task. |
Andreas Moritz
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| A major study found that most people who underwent surgery did not actually need it, and half of them did not even require medical treatment. Many were children suffering tonsil infections. Parents rarely object to the removal of their children's tonsils, especially since not many side effects are recorded for this type of surgery. The death rate from tonsil operations amounts to only 1 in 3,000 or even less, statistically insignificant, unless the one child happens to be yours. |
| Tylenol 3 contains both acetaminophen and codeine (the most widely used narcotic in medical treatment in the world). Codeine is metabolized to morphine in the body.
Mothers cannot expect doctors to protect them and their babies from the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The doctors didn't make these drugs and often have no clue about what's in them. Most doctors never even look at the list of side effects. Patients need to inform themselves about the side effects of the drugs they take. |
| Patients who don't receive any medical treatment at all still do better and have significantly higher survival rates than those who do. Yet, dozens of cancer trials, including some randomized ones, claim that these therapies are effective and save lives. In October 2007, the mass media spread the news that for the first time mortality rates for breast cancer and some other cancers had dropped by a few percent, indicating that real progress is being made in the fight against cancer. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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 The most amazing thing though that this combined medical treatment has done to me is that it helped me to separate the lines of memory. Before taking medication I was so overwhelmed that I would start a session with crying without context and then straight drop into first-line reactions; that is, not breathing, feeling crushed, etc. I could hardly feel any separated emotions from happenings in my childhood (second line). Everything turned straight into birth feelings, but they hardly connected to emotions in my childhood or in my present life. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 But by making some basic changes in your diet, you may be able to avoid medical treatment and other costly interventions. And your overall health will benefit, too.
Caffeine
Caffeine—present not just in coffee but also nonherbal teas, many sodas, energy drinks, chocolate, and even some foods—can have a pronounced effect on sleeping habits. Even just Dietary Recommendations a few cups of coffee in the morning for Better Sleep can have a major effect on quality and quantity of sleep at night, especially „ Eliminate stimulants from your diet for sensitive individuals. Caffeine has . |
Eric R. Braverman
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 If you fall into the moderate deficit range, you probably have already sought medical treatment for any number of ailments related to that deficiency. Minor and moderate deficits can be treated without medications and usually respond to a combination of natural/nutritional, hormonal, and lifestyle changes.
Major deficits warrant medical treatment and should be addressed immediately. |
Ray D. Strand
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| Since there really is no medical treatment for fibromyalgia, what was going on? Was this one of God's mysterious miracles or was it possible that Liz's newly recovered health was due to those—horror—nutritional supplements?
For a person trained in medical science I did what comes naturally: I decided to run my own clinical trial. I culled my records to find five of my worst fibromyalgia patients and asked them to visit my office. (How's that for a twist—a doctor calling a patient to make an appointment? |
Andreas Moritz
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| Today these conditions account for over 50 percent of all deaths, excluding those caused by medical treatment.
Although fat consumption among vegetarians is not lower than among meat eaters, vegetarians have the lowest death rates from heart disease. The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that a vegetarian diet could prevent 97 percent of all coronary occlusions. The reason for the virtual absence of coronary heart disease among vegetarians is their more balanced carbohydrate consumption and low intake or complete absence of animal protein. |
Ray D. Strand
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| She had sought answers at the Mayo Clinic and two different pain clinics, but because there really is no effective medical treatment for fibromyalgia, she found no consistent relief. A year earlier pain had so beaten her down that she had attempted suicide. Now, after taking these vitamins, she called and left a message on my home answering machine. Obviously in tears and struggling to speak, she said: "Dr. Strand, thank you for giving my life back to me."
Every doctor loves to hear words like that. But just what was happening to these patients? |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 Several years ago, she tested a radical therapy called deep brain stimulation (DBS), in which she inserted an electrode into the subgenual cortex in a half dozen severely depressed patients, for whom every other form of medical treatment had failed. "These people are stuck," Mayberg says. "They have an inability to put thought to action because they're not in gear. We need to find a way, metaphorically, to unstick them. |
Ron Garner
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 RISKING OUR HEALTH
When we become ill and seek medical treatment, we place our lives in the hands of someone else. Except for unexpected trauma situations, do we really want to give total control to someone else?
The medical term used to describe a condition induced in a patient by a treatment given by a health practitioner is "iatrogenic." A July 2000 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (jama) presented statistics to show that doctors are the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer, in the United States. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR medical treatment.
Consult a physician to find out if you have a blood sugar condition such as prediabetes, diabetes, or hypoglycemia. (Visit my website, www.Sugar Shock.com, for tips on finding an educated, sugar-savvy doctor.) If you're beset by mysterious ailments such as fatigue, headaches, severe PMS, angry outbursts, and/or anxiety, ask your M.D. if he or she thinks a five- or six-hour Glucose Tolerance Test might be useful to learn if you have hypoglycemia.
If you experience frequent urination, excess thirst, and excess hunger, find out if you have prediabetes. |
Tom Bohager
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 The traditional medical treatment for GERD is to prescribe antacids. Antacids not only mask the problem, rhey also can cause long-term digestive difficulties. Antacids are merely Band-Aids and do nothing to correct the problem.
For people with GERD, it is important to make lifestyle changes, such as reducing stress; stopping smoking; losing weight and getting regular exercise; eating smaller, more frequent meals; chewing food thoroughly; and avoiding lying down for three hours after eating. |
David Brownstein M.D.
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 REPPED: INTRODUCTION
For over 25 years, the media and nearly all mainstream medical organizations promoted the use of conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as the miracle medical treatment. Conventional HRT was touted as an effective regimen for treating menopausal symptoms, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis.
During this time, there were headlines in the newspapers which consistently pointed to the positive effects of conventional HRT therapy. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 I remember thinking that, at his age, none of this was a favorable sign because this kind of chronic frailty of the heart also puts a lot of pressure on the function of the lungs. The medical treatment then was to wait and see what happens, but she had taken him to see a NES practitioner, and the scan had indicated the most needed Infoceutical was Bone Driver. |
Ron Garner
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| Any change in diet or medical treatment should be made in consultation with your personal holistic physician. Realize that drugs are for emergencies and should be taken only as long as the emergency persists. Your goal should be to strengthen your body with natural nutrition and rejuvenating lifestyle practices.
FOOD PREPARATION TIPS TO MAXIMIZE NUTRITION AND DIGESTION
Grains should be sprouted.
Breads made from sprouted grains are best.
Raw nuts and seeds should be soaked overnight to deactivate the enzyme inhibitors that are in them to prevent premature sprouting. |
Ray D. Strand
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| Although they may receive maximum medical treatment, most will remain totally disabled. Only one in ten patients who are eligible for a heart transplant will actually receive one; the other nine usually end up dying from their disease fairly soon. These numbers don't include the hundreds of thousands of patients who suffer from congestive heart failure/
Drs. Folkers and Langsjoen reported a study in the medical literature in 1992 that I believe brings this dilemma to an obvious conclusion. They placed eleven exemplary transplant candidates on CoQlO. |
Ron Garner
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| Government health insurance was set up, but only for orthodox medical treatment. Health insurance companies were convinced that the medical association treatment methods were the best and that natural healing methods were ineffective.
With these organizations in place, the pharmaceutical cartel's control was complete, and tremendous profits were assured.
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in "alternative" medicine, with its preference for non-invasive and natural therapies, including herbal supplements. |
Ray D. Strand
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| Doctors should use CoQlO in support of the traditional medical treatment, not in place of it. This is complementary medicine, not alternative medicine. Although in the studies many patients improved so much they were able to stop taking several of their medications, they were not cured of their underlying heart disease.
It is important to note that patients should continue taking supplemental CoQlO over the long term. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Unfortunately, many asthma patients delay professional medical treatment in favor of using their OTC inhalers, often because they lack health insurance, to the point where it may be too late. OTC inhalers can increase heart rate and should not be used by patients with heart or thyroid disease. Over the last twenty years, thirteen deaths, mostly cardiovascular, have been reported to be associated with the use of OTC inhalers. If you have a history of chronic asthma or a history of hospitalization for asthma you should not use OTC inhalers. |
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