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Healthy Medicine #40: The Stress Response

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:08

Dr. Zieve talks with international consultant and nutritionist Larry Wilson MD about understanding and rebalancing the stress response using hair analysis and other techniques.

Hm-cover_small Larry Wilson MD, FICB is founder of The Center for Development in Prescott Arizona. Read more at www.drlwilson.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #36: Radiation Hormesis

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:02

Dr. Zieve talks with Jay Gutierrez about the use of natural, low-dose earth radiation in healing.

Hm-cover_small Jay Gutierrez is a nationally recognized expert in radiation hormesis, the use of natural, low-dose earth radiation in healing. Read more at nighthawkminerals.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #31: Weight Management

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:07

Dr. Zieve discusses weight management with Dr Donnie Yance, Director of the Centre for Natural Healing in Ashland, OR.

Hm-cover_small Dr Donnie Yance is an internationally respected herbalist and nutritionist, Director of the Centre for Natural Healing in Ashland, OR, and developer of the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System (ETMS), an integrative approach to supporting effective wholistic healthcare, especially for those affected by cancer, heart disease, and other chronic health conditions. Read more at centrehealing.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #32: Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:53

Dr. Zieve explores the five levels of life and how we integrate them for health with internationally respected teacher Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, founder of the Klighardt Academy of Neurobiology in Boulder, Colorado is an internationally respected teacher and practitioner well known for his work on Lyme disease and mercury toxicity, winner of the Physician of the Year award from the Global Foundation of Integrative Medicine in May 2007 and author of many standard texts and protocols. Read more at klinghardtneurobiology.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #33: Health-Care Reform

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 51:52

Dr Zieve has a lively discussion with radio host and investigative reporter Stephen Lendman about health-care reform.

Hm-cover_small Stephen Lendman is an investigative reporter, regular contributor to the Centre for Research on Globalization, and radio host in Chicago. Read more at www.populistamerica.com/stephen_lendman.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #34: Integrating the Integrative Approach

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:57

Dr. Brian M. Berman of the University of Maryland School of Medicine talks with Dr. Zieve about how conventional medicine is adopting the integrative approach.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Brian Berman is Professor of Family Medicine and the founder and Director of the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, the first center for research, education and clinical care in complementary and integrative medicine based in a US academic health center. Read more at compmed.umm.edu.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #41: Taking Charge

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 46:54

Dr. Zieve discusses ways of thinking outside the box and taking responsibility for our own health.

Hm-cover_small Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #42: Modern Homeopathy

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:04

Dr. Zieve talks with Dr. Todd Rowe, president and a founder of the American Medical College of Homeopathy, about training homeopathic doctors and how modern medicine is integrating homeopathy for a more comprehensive view of human health.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Todd Rowe is president and a founder of the American Medical College of Homeopathy in Phoenix AZ.  Read more at www.amcofh.org.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #43: Food and Health

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:59

Dr. Zieve talks with dietitian and nutritionist Ana Maria Quispe of the Organic Consumers Association and Via Organica about strategies for economical organic eating, healthy aging, food value and organic farming.

Hm-cover_small Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #41: Taking Charge

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 46:54

Dr. Zieve discusses ways of thinking outside the box and taking responsibility for our own health.

Hm-cover_small Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #37: Collaborative Oncology

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:27

Dr. Zieve discusses collaborative oncology, the science of dealing sensibly and naturally with cancer, with integrative cancer specialist Dr. Dwight McKee.

Hm-cover_small Dwight McKee MD, is a nationally recognized integrative cancer specialist and consultant who has practiced medical oncology at the San Diego Cancer Center and is a consultant to the San Diego Cancer Research Institute, bringing a comprehensive perspective to the practice of Oncology and Hematology in the forefront of the application of integrative medicine to the field of cancer care. Read more at www.sdcancer.com/mckee.html.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #30: Family Systems Therapy

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:05

Dr Zieve talks with Mark Wolynn, director of The Hellinger Institute in Western PA and co-director of The Hellinger Learning Center in NYC, about how events in your family's past can cause health problems today.

Hm-cover_small Mark Wolynn is a family systems therapist, a medical hypnotherapist, a regression therapist, a mediator, a meditation instructor, and certified in several bodywork disciplines. His approach to healing is multidimensional, unique and deep. Read more at wolynn.com and hellingerpa.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #35: Indoor Environments

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:03

Dr. Zieve talks with Vicki Warren, executive director of the Institute for Bau-Biologie and Ecology (IBE), about healthy homes and workplaces.

Hm-cover_small Vicki Warren is executive director and consultant on indoor environmental issues at the nonprofit Institute for Bau-Biologie and Ecology (IBE), an educational institution that integrates technical knowledge, biological understanding and ecological sensitivity to help build healthy homes and workplaces. Read more at buildingbiology.net.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #44: A New Look at Heart Disease

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:07

Nationally known integrative physician assistant David Overton talks with Dr. Zieve about America's epidemic of cardiovascular disease, which cuts across all age groups, and how cholesterol can be an indicator of more subtle problems.

Hm-cover_small David Overton PA-C has more than 20 years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant, licensed and Board Certified by the state of Washington, and works at the Natural Medicine & Family Practice in Olympia, WA, near Seattle. Read more at natmeds.net.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #45: Integrative Dentistry

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:03

Dr. Dino Paulos joins Dr. Zieve to discuss dental health with an integrative perspective and how subtle dental problems can affect overall health.

Hm-cover_small Dino Paulos BS DMD practices in Victoria BC, specializing in biological and occlusive dentisry and pain management.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #46: Living Lighter with Swami Beyondananda

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:01

Dr. Zieve talks with Steve Baehrman, aka cosmic comedian Swami Beyondananda, about how a lighter perspective can help us be healthier both in ourselves and our society.

Hm-cover_small Steve Bhaerman is an internationally known author, humorist, and workshop leader. For many years he has written and performed as Swami Beyondananda, the “Cosmic Comic.” Swami’s comedy has been called “irreverently uplifting” and has been described both as “comedy disguised as wisdom” and “wisdom disguised as comedy.” As the Swami, Steve is the author of four books: Driving Your Own Karma, When You See a Sacred Cow, Milk It For All It’s Worth, Duck Soup for the Soul, and his latest, Swami for Precedent: A 7-Step Plan to Heal the Body Politic and Cure Electile Dysfunction. Along with his comedy performances, Swami’s nationally syndicated spoof advice column Ask the Swami have found a wide and appreciative audience. Most recently he collaborated with biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton to write Spontaneous Evolution, Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here. Read more at www.wakeuplaughing.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #47: Integrative Oncology

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:56

Dr. Zieve discusses new directions in cancer care with Dr. Donald Abrams, Director of Integrative Oncology Research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.

Hm-cover_small Donald Abrams MD is the current Vice-President of the Society for Integrative Oncology, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, Chief of Hematology/Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital and Director of Integrative Oncology Research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. He is a member of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Executive Committee and co-chairs the Center's developing program in Symptom Management, Palliative Care and Survivorship. He co-edited the textbook Integrative Oncology with Dr. Andrew Weil, published by Oxford University Press. Read more at http://www.osher.ucsf.edu/bios/abrams.html.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #48: Children's Issues

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:59

Dr. Zieve talks with pediatric specialist Dr. Amy Derksen about the special needs of children in a discussion ranging from antibiotics to autism.

Hm-cover_small Amy Derksen ND is an expert in autonomic testing and autism practicing in Bellevue, WA.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #49: Leading from the Future

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:55

Dr. Zieve talks with Dr. Otto Scharmer of MIT about addressing crises by leading from the future, the importance of listening and how to listen, and the practical utility of opening up to possibility and connecting with out deeper selves.

Hm-cover_small Dr. C. Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at MIT, the founding chair of the Presencing Institute, and a founding member of the MIT Green Hub. Scharmer has consulted with global companies, international institutions, and governments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has co-designed and delivered award-winning business leadership programs for client firms including Daimler, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fujitsu, and Google. He also facilitates cross-sector programs for leaders in business, government, and civil society that focus on building people’s collective capacity to achieve profound innovation and change.

Scharmer holds a Ph.D. in economics and management from Witten-Herdecke University in Germany. He introduced the theoretical framework and practice called “presencing? in his book Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges (2007), and in Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society (2005), co-authored with Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers. With his colleagues, Scharmer has used presencing to facilitate profound innovation and change processes both within companies and across societal systems. More information about Scharmer and his work can be found at: www.presencing.com and  ottoscharmer.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #50: Walking Barefoot on the Earth

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:03

Dr James Oschman talks with Dr Zieve about energy medicine, the physics of energy work and how free radicals work in the body.

Hm-cover_small James L. Oschman, Ph.D., President of Nature’s Own Research Association has been studying the body and the scientific basis for complementary and alternative medicines since 1965, and publishing regularly on the science and experience of a variety of bodywork, energetic, and movement therapies.  More recently he is also involved as a consultant in the design of medical devices, relying on his experience in biophysics and complementary medicine. Read more at energyresearch.us.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #51: Toxic Beauty

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:03

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Samuel Epstein of the Illinois School of Public Health about the unknown risks associated with cosmeceuticals and about his latest book, "Toxic Beauty."

Hm-cover_small Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.  is an internationally recognized authority on avoidable causes of cancer, particularly unknowing exposures to industrial carcinogens in air, water, the workplace, and consumer products--food, cosmetics and toiletries, and household products including pesticides--besides carcinogenic prescription drugs.   He is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. He has published some 260 peer reviewed articles, and authored or co-authored 11 books including: the prize-winning 1978 The Politics of Cancer; the 1995 Safe Shopper's Bible; the 1998 Breast Cancer Prevention Program; the 1998 The Politics of Cancer, Revisited; the 2001 GOT (Genetically Engineered) MILK!  The Monsanto rBGH/BST Milk Wars Handbook;  the 2001 Unreasonable Risk.  How to Avoid Cancer from Cosmetics and Personal Care Products: The Neways Story;   the 2005 Cancer-Gate:  How to Win the Losing Cancer War; the 2006 What's In Your Milk?; and the 2009 Toxic Beauty (with Randall Fitzgerald). Read more at preventcancer.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #53: Humanizing Ourselves

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 46:56

Dr Zieve talks with author and healer Dr Carl Hammerschlag about the mind-body connection and a deeper approach to health care.

Hm-cover_small Carl A. Hammerschlag MD is a master storyteller and internationally recognized author, physician, speaker and healer. A Yale-trained psychiatrist; he has spent more than twenty years working with Native Americans. He is an expert on how to survive in rapidly changing cultures. Now one of the worlds leading proponents of Psychoneuroimmunology (mind-body-spirit medicine), he is a faculty member at the University of Arizona Medical School. He is a faculty member at the Univ. of Arizona Medical School, and founder of the Turtle Island Project, a non-profit, multidisciplinary organization whose programs integrate the principles of mind/body/spirit medicine with Native American rituals and ceremonies. Read more at www.healingdoc.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #52: Brain Integration

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:58

Dr Zieve discusses problems related to attention, including attention deficit disorders and dyslexia, with Dr. Samati Lynn Keehan of Prescott AZ, focusing on a revolutionary, comprehensive system called Crossinology’s Brain Integration Technique.

Hm-cover_small Samati Lynn Keehan has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has taken over 100 clients through the BIT process.  Her teacher, Susan McCrossin AP, along with a team of inventive scientists from around the world, developed the system in 1988. Read more at prescottbi.com and crossinology.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #54: Environment-Savvy Living

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:47

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Bill Chameides of Duke University about environmental awareness, seeking positive solutions and strategies for health in a hazardous world.

Hm-cover_small Dr Bill Chameides is Dean and Nicholas Professor of the Environment at Duke University, with more than 30 years in academia as a professor, researcher, teacher and mentor.  He  is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and a recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s MacElwane Award.  He has served on numerous national and international committees and task forces, including three years as chief scientist of the Environmental Defense Fund,  and in recognition was named a National Associate of the National Academies for "extraordinary service." In November 2008 Bill was appointed vice chair of the Committee on America’s Climate Choices [http://americasclimatechoices.org/], commissioned by Congress to develop a multi-decadal roadmap for America’s response to climate change. Read more at thegreengrok.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #55: Creating a Positive Future

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 01:04:07

Dr Zieve talks with Dr. Bruce Lipton about genetics, stress, the no-cebo effect and how everyone is a "cultural creative."

Hm-cover_small Bruce H. Lipton, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. His pioneering research in cell biology and quantum physics led to better understanding of how cells "think" and presaged the modern science of epigenetics.  Read more at www.brucelipton.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #56: Living in the EM Cloud

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:55

Dr Zieve discusses the pervasiveness and effects of electromagnetic signals in our environment with researcher and activist Camilla Rees.

Hm-cover_small Camilla Rees MBA is a marketing communications consultant, environmental activist and radio host covering health topics and the green economy. She co-authored the book Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution. Read more at www.ElectromagneticHealth.org.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #57: Natural Detoxification

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:01

Simple ways to reduce costs and promote health are the topic as Dr Zieve talks with registered nurse Andreanna Rainville about detoxification techniques and the importance of drinking water.

Hm-cover_small Andreanna Rainville RN is an instructor in the Institute of Neurobiology of the American Academy of Neural Therapy and the Klinghardt Academy of Neurobiology, and works as a full-time RN for Dr Dietrich Klinghardt, MD. With over 20 years of healthcare experience, she is certified in a broad variety of health disciplines and co-founder of FoodPharmacy, creators of Diet Therapy Software for healthcare professionals. Read more at nurseandi.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #58: My Stroke of Insight

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:55

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor talks with Dr Zieve about her experience with stroke, the importance of exercising our intuitive side, and her best-selling book, My Stroke of Insight.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a respected and published neuroanatomist specializing in the postmortem investigation of the brain as it relates to schizophrenia and severe mental illness. In 1996 Dr. Taylor experienced a rare form of stroke and underwent major brain surgery to remove a golf-ball sized blood clot from the left hemisphere of her brain. As the swelling and trauma of the stroke placed pressure on her dominant left hemisphere, the functions of her right hemisphere blossomed. It took her eight years to rebuild her brain - from the inside out. Her book about her recovery and the insights she gained into the workings of her brain became a New York Times bestselling memoir, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey. In May 2008, Time  Magazine ranked Dr. Taylor among the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Currently she serves as President of the Greater Bloomington Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Bloomington, Indiana. Read more at drjilltaylor.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #59: Building Social Infrastructure

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:52

Dr Zieve talks with local community organizers about creating and maintaining organizations to support healthier communities.

Hm-cover_small Al Carter is an organizer for Americorps. He and Gary Stokes work with the Yavapai Community Collaborative, an organization working to "develop and support collaborative partnership opportunities that vitalize our communities." Read more at yavcc.org.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #60: Sick and Tired

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:41

Dr Zieve discusses some of the systemic problems with health-care today with Helene Jorgensen, author of Sick and Tired: How the U.S. Health Care System Fails Its Patients

Hm-cover_small In 2003 economist Helene Jorgensen was bitten by a tick and began a new, unpaid, and full-time job—sojourner through the US health care system. Her five-year odyssey reveals the many inefficiencies and irrationalities that both characterize the system and put lives at risk. In her new book, <i>Sick and Tired: How the U.S. Health Care System Fails Its Patients,</i> Jorgensen takes a closer look at institutional failures at every stage of the health care system, iand offers practical ideas for reform. read more at sickandtiredbook.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #61: Treating the System, Not the Symptom

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:05

Dr Zieve discusses the many aspects of functional medicine with Dr Mark Hyman MD, including why antidepressants don't work, the importance of Vitamin D, and what he calls the "metabolic tune-up."

Hm-cover_small Bestselling author, lecturer, and practicing physician Mark A. Hyman MD is a leader in the emerging field of functional medicine, which moves beyond diagnosis-based medicine to incorporate new research that for the first time allows treatment of the underlying causes of disease. Read more at www.ultrawellness.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #62: Moving Toward Optimal Health

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:59

Dr. Dickson Thom DDS returns to Healthy Medicine to talk with Dr Zieve about daily practices and finding the right health-care partner for your optimal health.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Dickson Thom DDS, ND lectures extensively and has written and collaborated on many articles dealing with energy medicine and nutrition. He is the author of <i>Coping with Food Intolerances</i> and <i>Unda Numbers: An Energetic Journey to Homeostasis and Wellness.,/i> and he operates the Bamboo Clinic in Portland, OR. Read more at www.wholisticsolutions.net.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #63: Mindfulness and Health

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:59

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Charles Gant, an MD, naturopath and integrative physician, about the four-part-brain, letting go of pain and how mindfulness practices can reduce stress and provide benefits for all sorts of health challenges, from cancer to addiction.

Hm-cover_small Dr. Charles Gant has practiced Integrative, Complementary/Alternative and Functional Medicine for over three decades, and teaches mindfulness-based meditation, incorporating Gestalt, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Transpersonal and other mindfulness-based psychotherapies into his medical practice. His doctoral research in the 1980s predicted that mindfulness-based therapies should evoke consistent neurophysiological changes in brain function (especially frontal lobes), which should be measurable with brain neuroimagery, and this has essentially been proven in the last decade in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography research. Dr. Gant is the Director of Integrative Medicine of the neuroimagery group, Brain Enhancement Solutions and Technologies Inc. (brainenhancement.net ), which applies quantum EEG neuroimagery to diagnose and treat brain disorders and clarify the effects of brain nutritional restoration, detoxification and neurotransmitter restoration. He is also medical director and CMO of Synaptic Connections (synapticconnections.org ), a research-focused, nonprofit neuroimagery group studying the effects of neurofeedback on brain disorders and how nutrition, detoxification and neurotransmitter balancing enhance brain function and improve outcomes for various neuropsychiatric disorders. He has written several books for general readers, including <i>End Your Addiction Now</i>. Read more at charlesgantmd.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #64: Mindfulness and Health, Part 2

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:16

Dr Zieve discusses the larger concepts of mindfulness with therapist and "mindfulness student" Neil Pinholster, exploring the mind-body connection and ways to reroute neural pathways for healthier living.

Hm-cover_small Neil Pinholster has studied and practiced energy medicine since 1976. He has been studying since 1997 with the International School for Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with added focus on non-cathartic shock and trauma release with Peter Levine’s trauma-resolution methods. He has studied and taught in Peru with Don Theo Peredez. Neil maintains a private clinical practice and teaches in Prescott, Arizona.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #66: Exercise Makes You Smarter

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:38

Dr Zieve talks with Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey MD about using physical exercise to build and maintain a healthy brain and improve cognition.

Hm-cover_small John J Ratey MD is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, research synthesist, speaker, and author,  as well a clinical psychiatrist with a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has lectured and published 60 peer-reviewed articles on aggression, autism, ADHD, and other issues in neuropsychiatry.

Dr. Ratey authored <i>A User¹s Guide to the Brain</i> (2000) and co-authored  Shadow Syndromes (1997) with Catherine Johnson PhD.  Between 1994 and 2005  he co-authored the series Driven to Distraction (1994), Answers to Distraction  (1995) and Delivered from Distraction (2005) with Edward Hallowell MD, all published by Pantheon/Random House.  He has also edited several books, including The Neuropsychiatry of Personality Disorders (1994), published by Blackwell Scientific.

Most recently, Dr Ratey has penned Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, published by Little Brown. In <i>Spark</i> Dr. Ratey guides readers to an understanding of neurobiology and inspires readers to reach for their full potential and embrace exercise, which is crucial for the peak performance of both brain and body. Read more at www.johnratey.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #67: The Fourfold Path to Healing

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:52

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Tom Cowan about the role of diet in healing and consistent health, and the Westin Price dietary approach, including some especially thought-provoking ideas about heart disease.

Hm-cover_small Tom Cowan MD has served as vice president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophical Medicine and is a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. He is the principal author of the book The Fourfold Path to Healing, published in 2004 by New Trends Publishing. He writes the "Ask the Doctor" column in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the foundation’s quarterly magazine, and has lectured throughout the United States and Canada. He  currently practices medicine in San Francisco.read more at fourfoldhealing.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #68: Teaching Integrative Medicine

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:49

Dr Zieve looks into the current state of integrative medicine in medical schools with Dr Tanya Edwards of the Cleveland Clinic and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, exploring the expansion of professional interest in and acceptance of alternative disciplines.

Hm-cover_small For ten years Tanya Edwards MD has taught courses on complementary and alternative medicine at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where she established the Area of Concentration for Alternative Medicine. For the past year she has been active in integrating complementary medical education into the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. As a family physician Dr Edwards sees patients at the Cleveland Clinic Independence Family Health Center. She provides integrative medicine consultations at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine, which opened in 2004. She was recently elected Chair of the board of Mind Body Spirit Connected, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to educating Northeast Ohioans about integrative medicine. Read more at clevelandclinic.org.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #70: Premonitions and Health

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 48:04

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Larry Dossey about his research into the surprisingly substantial role of hunches, intuition and "business sense" in our health, how we can exercise our natural intuitiveness, and his book, The Science of Premonitions.

Hm-cover_small Larry Dossey MD is an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Larry Dossey offers panoramic insight into the nature and the future of medicine. Read more at dosseydossey.com

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #71: Integrative Medicine as the New Mainstream

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 47:52

Dr Zieve Talks with Dr David Riley about how conventional medicine is integrating complementary and alternative therapies to maximize the healing response and looking at healing in new ways.

Hm-cover_small David Riley MD is the founder of the Integrative Medicine Institute, which conducts research on the effectiveness, safety, patient satisfaction, and costs of health services that integrate complementary and alternative therapies with conventional medicine. The goals of IMI are to help improve healthcare decisionmaking through research, analysis, and clinical practice, and combine the best of complementary and conventional medicine in a holistic and collaborative model of care for patients. Read more at integrativemed.org.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #72: Is Your House Making you Sick?

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 54:54

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Erica Elliott about the rapidly growing field of environmental medicine, the hidden hazards that can cause serious, complex and difficult-to-diagnose symptoms, as well as strategies for reducing the body's toxic load.

Hm-cover_small Erica Elliott MD is board-certified in both family practice and environmental medicine, practicing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has more than two decades of experience in successfully treating people with complex and perplexing chronic ailments. Dr. Elliott has lectured extensively on nutrition, the role of hidden food allergens, environmental toxins, and detoxification with infra-red sauna. She is co-author of Prescriptions for a Healthy House, New Society Press, 2008. Read more at www.ericaelliottmd.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #73: Yoga and Your Health

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 55:02

Dr Zieve talks with writer, teacher and coach Wayne Lehrer about the purpose and practice of yoga and how it relates to health and well-being.

Hm-cover_small Artist, writer, inventor and educator Wayne Lehrer has taught hatha yoga for over 25 years. His book The Prodigy Within: Discovering the Gift You Have to Give offers principles for connecting with and manifesting one's own special gifts. Read more at theprodigywithin.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #74: Science vs Commerce in Pharmacology

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 54:55

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Beatrice Golomb of UCSD medical school about the science of pharmaceutical studies and how conflicts of interest can bias your prescriptions, as well as her research on Gulf War Syndrome.

Hm-cover_small After receiving a bachelor's degree in physics summa cum laude at USC, Prof Golomb received her PhD and MD in 1988 and 1989 at UC San Diego. Following a medical residency and chief residency in Los Angeles, and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholarship at UCLA/RAND, she joined UC San Diego in 1996, where she is currently Associate Professor of Medicine. She has studied illness in Persian Gulf War veterans, for which she received international attention first for her work at RAND and more recently for work by the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War veteran's illnesses, on which she has served as Scientific Director and now Chief Scientist. Her other main area of study has been the benefits and particularly the risks of cholesterol reduction. These areas have converged, leading to her interest in mitochondrial function and aging.

Healthy Medicine #75: Amygdala Retraining

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 54:36

Dr Zieve discusses retraining the brain and the pioneering approach of therapist Ashok Gupta to chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and other puzzling disorders.

Hm-cover_small Ashok Gupta, a researcher and therapist in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS),  has dedicated ten years of his life to understanding and treating the condition. He suffered from ME/CFS himself and, having overcome his own problem, runs a clinic in Central London where he successfully treats patients with the condition. Read more at guptaprogramme.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #76: Saying No to Conventional Cancer Treatment, part 1

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 54:41

Dr Zieve talks with Hollie and Patrick Quinn, authors of "You Did What? Saying No to Conventional Cancer Treatment," about Hollie's personal experience of taking responsibility and control over her condition and building an unconventional team to help her work through breast cancer. Part 1 of two.

Hm-cover_small From the book cover: "This is a story about a young woman with a very common but deadly illness who did a very uncommon thing when faced with that disease. She disagreed with her doctors, rejected their treatment advice, and chose her own path to getting well again. She did this in the face of paralyzing fears of dying and leaving behind a motherless daughter. She did this in the face of the daunting task of researching and choosing a better treatment. She did this in the face of the intense pressures of social conformity telling her to listen to her doctors. What she did was extraordinarily brave and forward-thinking. In effect, she forged a better path through a thicket of fear, complexity, and pressure. She forged this path with the help of her husband, working as a team and exhibiting unyielding togetherness. This book chronicles the journey they took together, back to health." Read more at youdidwhatbook.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #79: The Drugs Are the Problem

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 55:03

Dr Zieve discusses how standard pharmacological treatment can lead to physical and mental illness with physician and educator Dr Gary Kohls, author of the recent article "America’s mental illness epidemic: It turns out that the drugs are the problem."

Hm-cover_small Gary Kohls MD retired in 2008 from private independent practice. His special area of interest was in helping people recognize the connections between physical and emotional symptoms, psychological trauma, brain malnutrition and neurotransmitter/brain chemical depletions. His interest was in discovering the root causes of his patient's symptoms, working towards prevention and risk reduction. The toxicity and frequent loss of effectiveness of many anti-depressant drugs led him to new methods of treatment, including the use of more natural and well tolerated amino acids, prescribed on an individualized basis, which replenish the brain's natural anti-depressants. Dr. Kohls continues to present lectures and seminars to healthcare professionals and the general public, as well as editing the popular e-newsletter Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter (PPEN). Read more at mindbodymedicineduluth.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #80: The Vitamin D Revolution

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 55:06

Dr Zieve talks with Dr. Soram Khalsa, author of The Vitamin D Revolution, about this vital hormone, how it works in the body and its importance in maintaining health.

Hm-cover_small Board certified in internal medicine, Soram Khalsa MD is is an associate physician in the Division of Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Environmental Medicine Center of Excellence at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association, a member of the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Council for the State of California, and serves as Medical Director for the East-West Medical Research Institute.  In his private medical practice, he integrates phytotherapeutics, homeopathy, acupuncture and environmental medicine with traditional internal medicine. Read more at www.drsoram.com and www.vitamindrevolution.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.

Healthy Medicine #81: Energize Your Life

From Steven Ayres | Part of the Healthy Medicine series | 54:35

Dr Zieve talks with Dr. Stephen Barrie about the common denominators in successful self-care and dealing with chronic health problems, as well as new directions in laboratory testing.

Hm-cover_small Stephen Barrie ND is an international lecturer, writer and thought leader on making integrative medicine a valuable part of modern western healthcare. He founded the Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory, co-authored The 7-Day Detox Miracle and Energize Your Life, and has published frequently in medical journals such as The Lancet, Agents and Actions, and Medical Hypothesis. Read more at www.detoxologie.com.

Each week Healthy Medicine brings you an hour of intelligent, incisive professional-to-professional discussion on the many aspects of health and health care today, exploring new ways of looking at health, diagnosis and treatment as well as health-care economics and wellness. Host Dr Robert Zieve MD practices integrative medicine -- combining standard medical techniques with alternative disciplines new and old -- at Pine Tree Clinic in Prescott, Arizona. Read more at the Center for Healthy Medicine website, www.healthymedicine.org.