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A Vision To Heal Health Care

I once wrote a whole book that is yet unpublished called BROKEN: One Doctor’s Search For The Lost Heart Of Medicine. It’s still unpublished, but I now know the real reason – because my role is not jus…

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Romney vs. Obama: The Health Care Debate

Obama stands firm on his views that every American deserves the right to affordable and reliable health care and it's up to the federal government to ensure that service is provided. For this reason, …

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Fruits and Vegetables Are the Doctor’s New Orders

By Lacy Hansen for Diets In Review If you’re like me, you grow quickly irritated with how our country treats illnesses and symptoms with pills for 'this' and 'that,' yet we never prescribe preventa…

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The Role of Hospitals in Communities

I had a fascinating conversation recently about the role that hospitals play in communities and how that could evolve. Currently, of course, hospitals are places we go when we get sick. We associate t…

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Is Getting Sick Like Being Raped?

A patient I saw recently, who has been sick on and off for the past 16 years, spent the better part of the past two years in the hospital, under the knife, and once released, shuttling between doctor’…

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How Broken Does Health Care Have To Get?

I am sitting here in tears, gut-wrenchingly grieving, as I sit in witness to the slow death of my profession. First I read this article, which says that this year, the cost of insuring a family of …

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A Patient Contract

Imagine if you and your doctor signed a contract like this: As patient and doctor, you and I are entering into a partnership. As such - and with all due respect - I’d like to clarify a few things a…

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8 Ways To Get The Most From Your Doctor’s Visit

You may wish you could spend a whole hour with your doctor, feeling relaxed and unhurried while your doctor lays healing hands on you. You may fantasize about asking all of the questions on your list,…

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The Healing Round Table

If you’re a patient who has incorporated complementary and alternative medicine into your health care regimen, you may have bumped up against some resistance on both sides of the healing fence. Your d…

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Will Congress Protect Polluters or Our Children?

Please note deadline to make your voice heard to stop the TRAIN Act is Tuesday, September 20th! Imagine this scene: Some maniacs have tied your children to a train track–then hopped on t…

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