I wish there were easy answers to people's health questions. There aren't. There are answers, all right, but they are not easy.

Doctors frequently get it wrong. One out of five patients today is in the hospital because incorrect treatment by a physician put him or her there.

It is a distinguishing feature of natural therapies that they are straightforward and reliable enough to safely do on your own, at home.

Medicine is aptly described as an art, not a science. To this end, four different doctors may have up to four different diagnoses or prescriptions.

he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will not pass muster with me.

No person knows your body better than you. The world's most sophisticated and sensitive diagnostic apparatus is your own body's feelings.

Self-care means accepting some risk, and accepting much responsibility. It is not for all people or all cases.