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bend-over-backwards
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 Posted - 03/29/2006 : 21:51:25
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Did anyone see the PBS special on "New Medicine"? It aired tonight.
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I only saw bits and pieces of it, but it talked a little bit about mindbody stuff. I am curious do hear what others thought. I think it may have be somewhat on board with Sarno but definitely not all the way.
New Medicine -- A report on medical treatments that combine high-tech tools with nontraditional practices, including acupuncture, meditation and self-hypnosis. Included: the importance of a patient's mental health, lifestyle and support systems, and relationship with doctors. Hosted by Dana Reeve (widow of actor Christopher Reeve), who died of lung cancer on March 6, 2006.
It airs again on PBS locally in the NYC area again on 4/1 at 2pm.
b-o-b
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Jim1999
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Posted - 03/29/2006 : 22:23:26
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I watched more than half of it. I didn't see anything particularly Sarno-like. The doctors did have some relatively broad things in common with Dr. Sarno, like saying that medicine is too focused on technology like CAT scans. Instead, doctors should spend more time listening to patients and treat the whole person. It's good to hear that being said.
But, in the most important ways, the show's doctors stuck with traditional medicine. According to them, psychology makes physical symptoms worse, but does not cause such symptoms. Psychological treatment involves things like biofeedback and hypnosis, not uncovering repressed emotions. Psychological treatment should be used with multiple physical treatments. Blah, blah, blah. It's the same type of stuff I was told when I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1991. It's the type of stuff that helps patients cope, not recover.
Well, like I said, I didn't see the entire show, so if there was something more hopeful, just let me know.
Jim
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ssjs
USA
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Posted - 03/30/2006 : 05:50:12
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it was boring
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Scottydog
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/30/2006 : 08:15:14
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I thought it was interesting - but suspect you cannot correct a patient's problems such as poor housing, loneliness, poor diet without a backup social program (VERY expensive).
But training doctors to look at the whole picture must be a good thing.
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molomaf
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Posted - 03/30/2006 : 09:25:19
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I liked it even though it wasn't exactly Sarno-like but it at least for those uninitiated to Sarno, the idea that the mind does affect the body was shown in a way many people could relate to. I was intrigued by the woman who was able to carry her baby 4 weeks longer closer to term by relaxing and doing guided imagery after her water broke. They said usually an infection starts within one week and she went 3 weeks longer.
Not sure if anyone else was screaming to the guy undergoing back surgery for "degenerative disks" DON'T DO IT!!!!
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