CURE Quote
In the management of the body with allergy, specifically, the clock-body view has led to some important discoveries—adrenaline, histamine, and antihistamines. But nothing in western medicine has ever cured allergy and likely never will because it is rooted in a flawed doctrine. To quote Foucault, from Birth of the Clinic: “That which is not on the scale of the gaze falls outside the domain of possible knowledge.”
— Heather Frazer, The Peanut Allergy Epidemic: What’s Causing It and How to Stop It, 2017Archives
Author Archives: Tracy Kolenchuk
When Doctors hate Doctors, we all lose Health
Medicine is broken. Fractured. We need medicine based on love, on caring, on helping each other. Instead, much of modern medicine is based not just on competition, but on hatred. Of course it’s not everyone, and for the most part, … Continue reading
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A Single, Common Theory of Medicine, a Common Theory of Cure
Note: This post has been updated to coordinate the ideas herein with the concepts published in the paper A Theory of Cure and the book: The Elements of Cure. What is the theory of medicine? Is there a fundamental theory of … Continue reading
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A Scientific Theory of Illness and Disease
If a super-intelligent alien was to visit our planet and search for a scientific theory of illness, she might conclude the our prevailing theory consists of “sell the drugs” and “damn the consequences”. She might also know that the scientific … Continue reading
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“Natural Health” does not Exist
There is no such thing as natural health. There are natural medicines, and unnatural medicines. Health comes from nature. It makes no sense to add the adjective “natural” to nature. To do so is nonsense, because it implies that there is such … Continue reading
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Healthicine: The Importance of CURES
Much of today’s medical practice ignores the concept of cure, has no clear definition of cure, no understanding of cure for most illnesses. In healthicine, we recognize that cure is critical to health improvement and maintenance. What is cure? Before we … Continue reading
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