Holism & Health

“The Placebo Effect”

In clinical research, one of the most annoying problems— one may even call it a “side effect”—is that known as the placebo effect. In numerous trials of drugs for hypertension, anxiety, insomnia, or the like, it has been found that up to one-third of the test subjects achieve the same desirable effects with a physiologically inert substance as are achieved with the wondrous new miracle drugs of the research laboratory.

“Spiritual Medicine”

Thanks to modern medical advances, the mechanical body marches on, but the spirit has died. As doctors, we must judge our results from quality of life.

“An Understanding of Holistic Medicine”

A true understanding of a patient is an understanding of his total universe. This is holistic medicine.

“A Note on Being ‘Holistic’ ”

"Holistic" concerns the way you treat a patient, in which you assess all factors influencing him – spiritual, mental and physical – as he goes through life.

“What Is Homeostasis?”

Homeostasis is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as "the ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium."

Video: Introducing Aspiration

Aspiration, the belief that life has a Higher Purpose, is at the basis of holistic healing. Dr. Diamond here introduces the concept.

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Video: A Tribute to Sidney J. Baker

Dr. Diamond pays tribute to the great philologist Sidney J. Baker (1912-1976), discussing their friendship and the remarkable work that resulted from it.

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“The Turbine”

When as a medical student I tried to study biochemistry, I became overwhelmed by the hundreds of equations and diagrams. They were so confusing because they seemed not to make broad sense. There seemed to be no overall perspective, just so many little independent facts.

I spent nearly a year preparing a large master flowchart showing all the biochemical reactions in our textbooks, all displayed out there before me in a way that made it so all-encompassingly logical.

“See Deeper by Viewing Upside Down”

When I want to study the structure of a sufferer’s face, for this determines so much of his vitality, I have him lie down and I sit above the vertex of his head.

Video: Pain vs. Hurt

Australia’s greatest psychiatrist, Ainslie Meares (1910-86), asked the wise man of Kathmandu, “Do you feel pain?” He said, “Of course I do, but it doesn’t hurt.” Dr. Diamond discusses how we too can live in this enlightened state.

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