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A Return To Healing Chapter 4: How Well Is America's Health Care System Working?
Half of all Americans have a chronic disease, we cannot sustain the cost of health care, and the safety of medical practice has been called into question. Profit, not service, has become the metric for success. Corporate America now controls health care.
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America is Sleep Deprived
Most Americans only get between 6 to 7 hours of sleep a night. People really need 7 to 8 hours of sleep and teenagers need even more. In a recent survey 95% of the people surveyed used some type of electronic device such as televisions, computers, or video game an hour before going to bed most nights during the week. This ...
American Cancer Society Waffles on Need for Screening Tests for Cancer
In a field plagued by frequent controversy, the American Cancer Society (ACS) claims to have taken a major step forward to provide transparency in how justified it is in recommending cancer screening tests. It blames oncologists with a conflict of interest...what would you expect from an organization that depends on income from big pharma ...
American Psychiatrists Says No to Big Pharma Gifts
There is a huge conflict of interest between Big Pharma and medical education. The American Psychiatric Association recognizes this and pledges to refuse financial support for their educational seminars. Psychopharmacology is replacing psychology! Medical education has moved from the couch to a pill box!.
American Society for Integrated Medical Practitioners with Russell Jaffe, MD
This new approach to medicine is based on integrative, holistic, person-centered care where the relationship between the patient and practitioner is sacred. Both an evidenced based and pragmatic approach is taken, which means that they look at causes first and not last. They must also compassionately set the example rather than preach treatments ...
Conflicts of Interest with Pink Ribbon Leaders
Most people think that "Pink Ribbon" leaders are doing a great job in helping prevent the breast cancer epidemic. However, they are sponsored by cosmetic companies that include products that cause cancer; this includes Estee Lauder, Avon, and Revlon. Breast Cancer Awareness Month was started by a drug company, Astra ...
Conversations with Chief Black Horse
The Chief explains the Native American Way and how it is a holistic practice that involves who we are in every way and how we relate to the entire world and universe. Relationship with the unknown and the ancestors is central thoughts.
Health Crisis in America
We don't even address health, we focus on disease. By examining cultures with longevity and good health teaches us that living a healthy lifestyle is the key. We have fundamentally undermined a healthy lifestyle and are now sick.
Honoring the Tribe with Phillip Scott
Any one or thing that has passed on from the earth or is yet to come is an ancestor. "All my relations" pays tribute to the fact that the breath of life was breathed into everything. Humans are the last to be created and have the most to learn. There are nations of plants and animals and humans...everything is honored in the Native ...
Is the Mercury In Amalgams Dangerous?
Is mercury really an issue with amalgams? Amalgams are the silver fillings we have in our teeth. Just one filling exceeds the EPA’s limit for an adult and has for over a hundred years. While you chew, an amalgam can release toxic vapors. Inhaled elemental mercury vapor is more toxic that if you were to swallow liquid ...
Mammograms: A Ten Year Study Shows no Benefit Under age 50
Many studies show that mammograms in women under 50 are not useful. The US is the only country that does mammograms in this age group. The reasons are explained. Too many biopsies result and many cancers are missed that lead to stress and unnecessary costs.
McDonald's in Pediatric Hospitals: What is the Message?
Follow the dollars and you'll understand why this has happened. Today's medicine does not appreciate the value and importance of good nutrition. Mainstream medicine doesn't practice nutritional medicine, not even GI MD's.
MDs Teach Lifestyle
The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is now here but only has a few hundred of the 700,000 MDs supporting it. We must shift from disease oriented medicine to wellness and prevention. This is discussed.
Mercury: Is There Poison in Your Mouth?
For over 150 years there has been a debate between the American Dental Association, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine about whether or not amalgam dental fillings are safe. Amalgams are the silver fillings we have in our teeth. After the dentist has prepared the cavity in your tooth for filling, ...
Most Cancers are Preventable Today
An article published in Science Translational Medicine in March of 2012 concluded that 1/3 of all cancers were caused by smoking and another 20% from being overweight or obese. However, diet, exercise, sleep, and exposure to environmental toxins likely account for another 30-40% of all cancers. Genetic factors are not that common. The American ...
New Guidelines for Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
The American Academy of Neurology has issued new guidelines for effective treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. It involves the use of multiple drugs that include anti-seizure medications, antidepressants, and narcotics. While it is sometimes necessary to use this toxic polypharmaceutical approach, there are newer highly effective, safe, ...
Reciprocity and the Spirit of Christmas with Phillip Scott, MA
There are similar values between Christianity and the Native Way that Chief Black Horse shares. Christ is regarded as an awakened warrior who was a peace keeper and protector.
Selling Cancer Screening
Medical professional groups and cancer advocacy groups need to refocus on educating rather than persuading about cancer testing. The harms of screening have been largely dismissed. It is easy to sell screening, just magnify the benefit, minimize the cost, and hide the data about their value.
These tests are big business and ...
Sensible Protection Against Skin Cancer
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, and the American Academy of Dermatology are urging MD's to counsel fair-skinned youth about sun protection. They are pushing for tanning booth regulation for minors. The risk for vitamin D deficiency is highlighted. One person in 50 will get melanoma and there are 3.5 ...
Shifting Health Care to Healing with Davi Pakter, MD
There is a pressing need to move forward from a symptom relieving to a healing tradition. The Native American Tradition states that our leader is within, not outside. The time for the lone wolf is over; now we must enter a journey in the inside for the benefit of all. This Hopi poem is about love and letting go of the fear that separates us ...
