October 2007 - Posts

• A systems approach to breathing problems

  Doctors fail to conquer disease, in the main, because they are not taught to think globally. They usually consider each system in isolation. A heart attack is due to clogged pipes feeding the central engine. A pain in the arm must originate in the arm. Read More... Posted 24 October 2007 14:35 by Lynne McTaggart | 4 Comments Filed under: breathing problems, ADHD, memory, modern medicine

• The problem with asthma treatments

  The gold-standard treatment for asthma rests on the assumption that asthma is an inflammation. Consequently, doctors usually treat it with steroids, the main drug for inflammation. Indeed, by the mid-1990s, steroid use for asthma had more than tripled Read More... Posted 09 October 2007 15:06 by Lynne McTaggart | 17 Comments Filed under: asthma treatment, John Mansfield, steroids, lynne mctaggart, asthma