Author and integrative medicine guru Dr. Andrew Weil is scheduled to speak at a free event at Tucson's Fox Theatre next Wednesday night — Dec. 8 — at 6:30 p.m.
While there's no charge to attend, seating is limited. Anyone wishing to attend is required to RSVP at cimdev@email.arizona.edu
Weil, a Tucson resident, will speak after a screening of the film The Science of Healing, which follows Dr. Esther Sternberg to a village in Greece, where her personal experience of the power of place in healing inspired research that led to this film.
She explores the ruins of ancient Greek healing temples and visits science labs. Her journey uncovers the scientific basis of the mind-body connection, and the role of environment and emotion in the healing process.
Sternberg, a well-known expert in the mind-body connection, is currently section Chief of Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health. She will also be at Wednesday's event.
CAM evidence is really good, one author asserts:
Conventional and integrative practitioners alike are striving to work with 'evidence-based' care. This is a great thing, but if you ask the typical doc in this country, they'll likely say that conventional medicine has a great deal more science behind it than integrative and holistic practices. However, according to Clincal Evidence, a website from the British Medical Journal, 51% of conventional practices have 'unknown effectiveness' while only 33% are 'beneficial' or 'likely to have benefit'. This site doesn't rate practices typically used by integrative holistic physicians, so a head-to-head comparison isn't possible, but the text Integrative Medicine edited by David Rakel, MD lists interventions by degree of evidence, and many of the techniques and practices listed have at least as good (or better) stats than listed on Clinical Evidence.
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