The News Review:
- HMAA joins Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Healthcare
- Cancer patient found own medicine
- GISP studies traditional Eastern medicine
- Alternative Medicine Pioneer and Author, Nancy Lonsdorf, MD, Helps …
HMAA joins Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Healthcare
Bizjournals.com, NC
HMAA describes itself as the state’s leading insurance company to cover naturopathic medicine for its members. “Studies have shown that Hawaii residents seek complementary and alternative medicine treatment at a greater rate than the rest of the country,” said John Henry Felix, HMAA’s CEO and chairman of the board, in a prepared statement. “We recognized this trend several years ago and it’s why HMAA is committed to providing alternative-care coverage in our medical insurance packages. ”HMAA has approximately 32,000 members.
Cancer patient found own medicine
Peoria Journal Star, IL
Diagnosed in 1989 with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system, Yudenfriend underwent a variety of medical procedures to rid his body of the tumors developing in his neck, underarms and abdomen. Chemotherapy shrunk and killed off the lumps, but whenever he experienced stressful moments in his life, they returned in force. Eventually, he turned to alternative medicine, diet and dietary supplements to fight the recurrence of his non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He exercised, stopped eating meat and began drinking distilled water. And when the tumors would shrink his doctors explained the change as a spontaneous remission, which is what it’s called when a patient recovers without a clear, known reason or cause. Yudenfriend did not always agree. "Every shrinkage is not a spontaneous remission," the 57-year-old Metamora resident said.
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GISP studies traditional Eastern medicine
The Brown Daily Herald, RI
“It’s a lot of reading,” Liou said, adding that it’s been difficult to acclimate to the Eastern way of thinking about medicine and the human body. The group meets regularly to discuss readings and hear from guest speakers and practitioners, such as acupuncturists and herbalists. About half of the students involved in the GISP said they are pre-med, and a handful said they hope to practice alternative medicine as a career. Regardless of how they hope to integrate the aims of the course into their career, students agreed that taking the class was about broadening perspectives and thinking alternatively. “It’s good food for thought,” Dan Woolridge ’10 said. “It’s good to take away that whole sense of holism that Eastern medicine prides itself on. “William Chen ’10, who said he plans to pursue a career in Western medicine, said he is drawn to these ideals of holism and patient interaction in his study of alternative medical practices.
Alternative Medicine Pioneer and Author, Nancy Lonsdorf, MD, Helps …
MarketWatch
com is pleased to
announce that Nancy Lonsdorf, MD has joined its Scientific Board of Advisors. Lonsdorf is a leading expert in Ayurvedic Medicine and other
alternative approaches to health care and herbal prevention therapies. She has
been named by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the nation’s most prominent
Ayurvedic doctors. ”
Dr. Lonsdorf received her Medical Degree from Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine and her residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University. She
is the author of A Woman’s Best Medicine and The Ageless Woman: Natural Health
and Beauty After Forty.