Tag Archives: Medicine

do you pop a pill when you’re feeling ill?

Posted on September 11, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

…if you do then you’re in the minority.
Pill medicine is not the only medicine.
80% of the world’s population depends on other, traditional healing methods. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese Medicine, Healing, Ideas | Tagged Allopathic medicine, herbal medicine, medicinal plants, Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Truth | 4 Comments

we can’t separate

Posted on December 16, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If we want to understand what leads to people becoming ill, and how better to help them heal, then “we can’t separate the brain from the body and we can’t separate the person from their environment”. Western allopathic medicine is … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas | Tagged chronic illness, environment, Gabor Mate, Health, Medicine, mental health | 4 Comments

The strange powers of placebo effect – TheProfessorFunk

Posted on November 7, 2013 by drkenplacebo

“Placebo effect” is often dismissed as just a fake pill, yet most fancy expensive drug trials often struggle to show that medicines are better than placebo – even when half the unfavourable data is kept out of sight. In North … Continue reading →

Posted in Healing, Ideas | Tagged chemical imbalance, Health, medication, Medicine, Placebo | Comments Off

Dr Joanna Moncreiff, Dr David Healy

Posted on February 29, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Video of a end-of-conference panel conversation in London 2008. includes Dr David Healy, chaired by Dr Joanna Moncreiff Dr Moncreiff was in Toronto in Nov, Dr David Healey will be here soon… 38mins 011 Andrew Herxheimer Talk & Panel Discussion with … Continue reading →