Reprinted in part from Sozial Hygiene, Nos. 19 and 26 MD Summer 1999, Cancer: A New Approach - Issue #16 How Does Cancer Arise? Time and again doctors are asked: "What really is the cause of cancer?" This question can't be answered in a sentence. The increase in incidence indicates that the disease is related to our changed customs and ... Read More ►
By Dr. Martin Schuepbach Summer 2000 - Issue #20 Next time you meet the glorious colors, curves and scent of an iris flower, look carefully. This is a plant recognized for millennia to have special meaning and benefits for humans. Its name is the key: Iris, the Greek goddess who was the messenger of the gods. Her symbol, the many-colored ... Read More ►
By Gerald Karnow, M.D., MD Fall 2000: Chronic Illness - Issue #21 Click Here to Buy the Issue! Everywhere in the media we read about the increasing incidence of diabetes. In the last decade, diabetes rose by 3.3% nationwide to 6.5% of the population. The immense increase of a chronic illness, with its personal, social and economic consequences, poses many questions. ... Read More ►
By Philip Incao, MD Summer 2001, The Child - Issue #24 All of the common illnesses of childhood are inflammations. "Infection" is the wrong word for them because it suggests that we get sick because germs invade us. This is misleading. We are always exposed to, and often harbor, germs and yet we only occasionally get sick. Why do we ... Read More ►
By Andrea Schaeffer-Pautz, MD Issue: Spring 2002, A Rich Offering of Therapies - Issue #27 A physician or osteopathic physician who has completed a conventional training with all its external qualifications, who fully acknowledges the benefits and accomplishments of modern medicine, but does not stop there. The anthroposophical physician extends traditionally taught medicine, based on a study of the human ... Read More ►
By Andrea Pautz, M.D. Issue: Spring 2003, Stress - Issue #31 Most of us stress every day at home or work. Stress can also appear in our inner life as discontentment with the world and with ourselves. Life overloads and we are too busy to nurture the inner child. Though we can change certain life circumstances to some degree, our ... Read More ►
By Sue Jarboe Issue: Summer 2003, What Gives You Hope and Courage? - Issue #32 Pleroma Farm is a therapeutic retreat located in upstate New York close to the Hudson River. Initiated in 1999 by Ana Lups, M.D. and her husband Arthur Lups, it integrates the work on its biodynamic farm with that of the anthroposophical medical practice. Pleroma Farm ... Read More ►
By Bertram von Zabern, M.D. Issue: Fall 2003, Sleeping and Waking - Issue #33 Almost one-third of our lifetime is clouded in a state of unconsciousness or dream. Sleep powerfully commands us to its domain when, after an extended day, it stops us from continuing earthly work. While scientific research has provided many details of the chemical and electrical activity ... Read More ►
By Heidi Harding, L.Ac. and Tim Aitken, L.Ac. Issue: Winter 2003, Form and Structure - Issue #34 In Classical Chinese Medicine, the Kidneys give us our foundation for life. The Kidneys represent that which pushes the organism to the actualization of its potential. They are the “pilot light” that ignites the body’s primary activities. The Kidneys store and activate our ... Read More ►
By Robert Sardello, Ph.D. and Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, Ph.D. Issue: Spring 2004, Digestion - Issue #35 Digestion refers to a process of taking in something from the world, where it undergoes complete transformation, and in this transformed activity, life is maintained. A similar process takes place with whatever we take in from the world. Digestion is not limited to food. We ... Read More ►
