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It would be so much easier to care for our patients if we were omnipotent. Omnipresence would be useful too! We are all too constrained by the limitations of our giftedness and time. Most of us are too busy. We face multitudes of demands, usually all at once, and they are...
Investigation into the use of herbs in medicine is a vast subject. Even the descriptions used - phytotherapy, herbal medicine, herbalism, traditional and natural medicines - are confusing, meaning different things to different people. Herbal reference books may add to this confusion by including natural products such as vitamins, minerals...
Is religious belief bad for your health? Many Triple Helix readers may be interested in the answer to this question, and happily it is a question that can be answered from the results of a large volume of good research. The evidence for the effects of religious belief, or spirituality,...
When I began my medical training, just over 40 years ago, we spent two and a half years learning the basic medical sciences - anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. Our teachers informed us that all medicine depended on these basic laboratory sciences. Later, clinical sciences such as pathology, immunology, medical imaging...
Introduction I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing often-times The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten or subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more...
A report to the Chief Medical Officer by an independent working party has considered best practice in managing Chronic Fatigue.[1] But the working party’s conclusions caused six resignations from its committee. The four medical specialists who resigned constituted the majority of the expert medical members. The working party had used...
