What’s Missing in Healthcare- Mind and Heart

This week’s
blog on my homepage discussed the downfalls of basing healthcare on diagnosis
and managing diseases and sickness symptoms. In it, I reviewed the importance
of individualizing treatment and considering the interplay between genes and
environment. In fact, I reported on a pivotal study that provided evidence that
even in those with a genetic mutation that could result in disorders such as
cystic fibrosis and Tay-Sachs disease, there were individuals found who were
healthy in spite of them.

We have a
current epidemic now in painkiller abuse. Recently, Health Day reported:

The Obama administration …read more