A wise Chinese medical doctor friend of mine made a fascinating point during a dinner conversation the other day. He said that if medicines and medical interventions were ranked according to their effectiveness, cost, invasiveness and side effects - the most effective, least costly, invasive and disruptive being the best - then placebos which produce …
Tag: Medicine
Dehumanization in Medicine
Humanism is the foundation of medicine. This sacred art is altruistic at its core and those drawn to the field of medicine are among the most caring and empathetic people I've had the privilege to meet. A number of longitudinal studies of physicians show that their empathy is at its peak in the early days …
The Test of Time
Never before in human history has such a concentrated release of creative expression occurred in such as short time as in the American experience. Unparalleled technological advances, scientific breakthroughs, athletic dominance, military and commercial superiority just to name a few, all in the space of two and some odd centuries. As is so often the …
Weapons of Mass Construction
It is well-known that fission and fusion, two forms of nuclear reaction, release tremendous amounts of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. Weapons whose explosive energy is generated by fission are commonly known as "atomic bombs," though the name is somewhat misleading as the energy released comes specifically from the nucleus of the atom. …
The Four Phases
Principle, purpose, design and control - the four "phases"of truth - are the building blocks of the physical world. Everything in nature, our bodies, minds and hearts included, was crafted in accordance with these fundamental elements. Nature, be it at the hand of Providence or natural selection, is the tangible, physical expression of truth. The …
The Long Run
I attended a lecture many years ago in La Jolla, California given by Peter H. Duesberg, Ph.D., a professor of molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley. The topic was Duesberg's controversial view on AIDS, which is based on an alternate hypothesis to the dominant one that the medical establishment has pinned …
Branches and Roots
Every once in a while you hear of unusually creative friendships. Such friendships have the dual effect on my consciousness of restoring my faith in humanity and sparking my imagination relative to our collective future. I stumbled across a lovely passage which describes one such friendship between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau in …
Kinetic Fluidity
Have you ever stumbled across a realization in one area of your life that unlocks the door to understanding in another? This can occur with relative frequency to the degree that you view your life holistically, rather than as a collection of compartments. Modern science conditions us to think reductively, to the point that our …
The Big Picture
How often do you take the time to step back and look at the big picture? When a doctor looks at the big picture we use the term "holistic health." When an economist looks at the big picture we call it "macroeconomics." Any system can be broken down into its component parts, but without and …
Health Care for the New Century
One sees what one looks for. One looks for what one knows. ~ Goethe I'm in Chicago at the moment as my company just finished hosting its 13th annual Bioenergetic Lyceum. The Lyceum, a two day training that serves as a culmination of our four part Bioenergetic College series and as a general educational event …
Gregory Hake 