More Evidence that Mediterranean Diet Healthful
The most definitive study yet shows conclusively that the Mediterranean diet—including olive oil and nuts, wine, and fish—is good for your health. The five-year study, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that people on this diet were 30%...
7th Search for the Healthy City in Padua and Venice, Italy
September 2 – 12, 2012 The theme this year is Healing through the Ages. During this residential seminar we will discuss classics of medical history and public health, visit healing and cultural sites, and examine how health systems and medical educators have...An Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse
More Americans are addicted to prescription drugs than every before. Aggressive marketing by drug companies of prescription narcotics, ADHD drugs, depression and anxiety drugs, and sleep aids has contributed to the problem. More than 27,000 people died in the U.S....Atul Gawande tells us “How to Heal Medicine”
The Harvard surgeon and writer Atul Gawande explains that the routine mistakes and extensive waste in modern medicine result from a longstanding “cowboy” mentality in medical practice. Because medicine has become so complex he suggests that healing...New Release Available in Bookstores
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