What’s New!
To Our Dear Reader…
April 30, 2024
I had the opportunity to review Dr. Wayne Jonas and Dr. Alyssa McManamon’s “Healing and Cancer” book. Reading it gave me a sense of optimism, inspiration, and gratitude.
As a Medical Oncologist for 35 years, Medical Director of two cancer centers, and specializing in Integrative Oncology for over two decades, I’ve learned the importance of caring for the Whole Person when we are working with and supporting cancer patients. In this guide to Whole Person Care, Drs. Jonas and McManamon eloquently and in detail, elucidate the steps in caring for cancer patients and their support team: their family members, loved ones, nurses, doctors, and extended medical care team. Treating the Whole Person is essential, not optional.
Fortunately, medicine and science have advanced greatly, yet there is a significant lack in understanding the wisdom of Integrative/Integrated Oncology. Treating the Whole Person and integrating complementary traditions and modalities make a significant difference. Recommending and supporting a comprehensive integrated approach for cancer patients is crucial, not only for their quality of life, but to improve their chances of living longer, and sometimes way beyond the statistics.
It is clear that people with cancer need to be heard, empowered, supported, and encouraged to believe in their intuition and their powerful ability to recover from any condition, including advanced cancer. This guidebook gives everyone those tools. True Healing is multidisciplinary and multidimensional. A truly Integrated approach is essential for all cancer patients.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has cancer and everyone supporting them, especially their medical team. It is a must-have resource for all cancer centers and oncology clinics/units of every institution.
~Daniel Vicario, M.D., ABIHM
Learn about and purchase the book here.
Resource Highlights
We’ve added a new webpage to the Resource page.
TakeCare.org – “When you think of health, what comes to mind? Too often we think of health as only something physical. But our health and well-being are more than that. Finding balance and connection between our Mind, Body, Spirit, and Community can help us truly be healthy – that is what TakeCare calls Whole Health.”
Check out the website here.
November is National Family Caregivers Month! We know how much effort caregivers put into helping their survivors and families. It’s a lot of work and it’s hard to find help with all there is to do. In honor of our Caregivers, we have added a new section of links to our Resource page.
Check out those links here.
Go to our Resource Page for more.
Dr. Brenner’s Musings
“#4 No Thought Is Worth Thinking About”
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While we mourn the passing of our beloved Dr. Paul Brenner we can still enjoy the beautiful and inspiring words he shared with us over the years. We will now begin re-posting his old blogs, starting with the very first one:
The 4th installment of Dr. Brenner’s Musings Revisited has been brought to the front of the line. “No Thought Is Worth Thinking About” is a sweet musing on the negative thoughts in our minds and where they may come from. Please enjoy!
On his personal page is a summary of Dr. Brenner’s professional career.
Expressive Arts Therapy with Alessandra Colfi, Ph.D.
Take a look at Alessandra’s page for projects scheduled for August along with registration information. Read more here!
Mary’s Reality-Based Nutrition
Each one of us is a unique individual on our own unique path. One size does not fit all when it comes to personal healthcare. Therefore, it is important for us to be our own advocates when it comes to our health. The first step is educating yourself about your disease and the role nutrition plays in treating it. Take a look at my page for resources to help you improve your diet. Mary’s Reality-Based Nutrition
Follow me on my Facebook page for recipes: Check it out here! And you can follow me on Pinterest!
Genomic Oncology
Dr. Mark Adler, Institute Director, heads the Genomic Oncology Diagnostics and Second Opinion Initiative, a new generation platform for developing treatments tailored to the individual patient. It involves the application of sensitive genomic tests to the determination of a tumor’s drug sensitivity and resistance. In addition, a person’s hereditary traits and a tumor’s genetic signature will be used to determine how best to eliminate a given cancer with a specific therapy or agent.
We have added 5 new articles authored by Dr. Adler to this page.
Read more here!
Videos and Talks
Gregg Braden Invitational – CHI The Energy that Heals – This is a recent Zoom conversation regarding CHI Initiative’s upcoming documentary “The Energy that Heals”, and CHI’s “amazing ability to bring together diverse practitioners, thinkers, and actors with the goal of empowering individuals, societies, and humanity to build healthier societies and sustainable stewardship of our planet.”
Dr. Vicarios’s interaction starts at around minute 38. The documentary “The Energy that Heals” is under production. This is the link to CHI’s website with a recent Webinar that explains this exciting documentary project: https://www.chi.is/
