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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Healthy Medicine #180: Food and Health

Dr Zieve talks with Andrea Lambert about the health effects of a raw vegan diet. Andrea Lambert is one of Arizona's preeminent raw vegan chef, teacher, instructor, and coach. For over 20 years Andrea has been studying health, nutrition, biology, chemistry and psychology. Andrea is certified through the Creative Health Institute and an Alissa Cohen Certified Live Food Chef, Instructor and Teacher. She offers Live Food Chef and Instructor certification classes, raw vegan food preparation classes and is available for health consultations, health coaching, training, and demonstrations in your home for friends and family. Andrea has worked in raw food teaching and preparation at An Oasis of Healing Integrative Cancer Clinic in Mesa, Az, and is now collaborating with Dr Zieve in the care of patients with cancer at Arizona Integrative Cancer Therapies in Prescott, Az. Read more at sncrawnicity.com."

Healthy Medicine #179: Food and Health

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Kelly Sutton about a variety of issues in family practice and nutrition. Kelly Sutton MD provides primary care medicine for the family in her medical clinic in Fair Oaks, CA. Her anthroposophic medical approach is unique in its scientific basis and its spiritual depth and breadth. She treats acute and chronic illness using the least toxic effective treatment for the condition. Read more at raphaelmedicine.com.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Healthy Medicine #178: Fibromyalgia

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Jonathan Murphy about the fibroylgia and other difficuly chronic conditions and how to address and treat them. Jonathan Murphy MD is certified in internal and pediatric medicine, with extensive and varied experience in emergency and critical care as well as pediatric and gynecological medicine, and won certification in American holistic medicine in 2000. Early experiences with allopathic oncology led him to search for more effective and safer methods for treating and for healing cancer patients. Today he concentrates on integrative medicine and integrative oncology, relocating to Arizona in 2011. Read more at anoasisofhealing.com.

Healthy Medicine #177: Food and Community

Dr Zieve talks with Cathryn Couch of the Ceres Community Project about creating and reinforcing community through food and nutrition. Professional chef and activist Cathryn Couch MBA is executive director of the Ceres Community Project, focused on helping people connect with local, seasonal and whole foods, discover the joy of cooking for themselves, and find meaningful ways to engage in their communities. She has worked in the corporate and not-for-profit worlds, including four years as Director of Communications for The Hunger Project-U.S., an educational organization focused on changing our understanding of the causes of and solutions to hunger in the world.

Healthy Medicine #176: The Business of Baby

Dr Zieve talks with writer Jennifer Margulis about how commercial factors and conventional thinking affect our choices in pregnancy and childbirth. Jennifer Margulis PhD, a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, is an award-winning travel, culture, and parenting writer, the author of The Business of Baby: What Doctors Donít Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby BEFORE Their Bottom Line. She has been a contributing editor at Mothering magazine and her writing has appeared in many of the nationís most respected publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian magazine. She was awarded a highly competitive and prestigious Fulbright fellowship in 2006. Read more at jennifermargulis.net.

Healthy Medicine #175: Young Invincibles

Dr Zieve discusses health care issues for young people with Christina Postolowski of the nonprofit Young Invincibles. Christina Postolowski is a senior policy analyst at Young Invincibles focusing on higher education and health-care policy, drawing on extensive legal and policy experience in the fields of immigration and womenís rights, both domestically and internationally. As co-president of the Georgetown chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Christina was part of a successful national campaign to ensure that all student health insurance plans cover womenís preventive services under the Affordable Care Act. A native of Colorado, Christina holds a JD from Georgetown Law (í12) and an AB from Princeton University (í07). Read more at younginvincibles.org.

Healthy Medicine #174: Are Supplements Really Effective?

Dr Zieve talks with Dr Dwight McKee about media and scientific controversy over the use and effectiveness of various nutrition supplements. Since completing training in medical oncology, hematology, and immunology, Dwight McKee MD has been involved in the development of integrative cancer care, working to create a synthesis between conventional cancer medicine and alternative/complementary medicine. His experience in medical research, nutritional science, immunology, chemistry, oncology, and complementary medicine make him one of the most knowledgeable researchers and clinicians worldwide. Read more at dwightmckee.com.