Orthomolecular Medicine : Finding the Right Treatment: Modern and Alternative Medicine : A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Best of Both Worlds

516 Pages·1999·40.012 MB·English

by  Jacqueline Krohn, Frances A. Taylor

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MODERN and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
A Comprehensive Guide to Getting
the Best of Both Worlds
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MODERN and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
A Comprehensive Guide to Getting
the Best of Both Worlds
JACQUELINE KROHN, MD, MPH
FRANCES A. TAYLOR, MA
Hartley & Marks
PUBLISHERS
Published by
HARTLEY & MARKS PUBLISHERS INC.
p. o. Box 147 3661. West Broadway
Point Roberts, wa Vancouver, bc
98281 v6r 2B8
Text © 1999 by Jacqueline Krohn and Frances Taylor
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Except for brief reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means,
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and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Krohn, Jacqueline, 1950-
Finding the right treatment / J acqueline Krohn, Frances A. Taylor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0-88179-166-0
1. Medicine, Popular. 2. Alternative medicine. I.Taylor,
Frances A., 1938- . II. Title.
RC81.K875 1998
610 — dc2i 98-28774
CIP
Design and composition by The Typeworks
Set in sabon
NOTICE TO THE READER
This book is meant to be a source of information for those who are interested in learning about modern and
alternative medicine, including their various components and treatments. Every person has different health
problems and issues, based on age, sex, lifestyle, health status, genetics, diet, psychological state, and spiritual
maturity. Our intent is to share our experience and offer guidelines to help you become more informed about
your health care choices and options. In cooperation with your physician and other health care providers, you
can then take the necessary steps to maintain optimum health. This book is sold with the understanding that
the publisher is not engaged in rendering medical or other professional services. If m edical or expert assistance
is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Neither the authors nor the publisher
takes medical or legal responsibility for the reader who uses the contents of this book as a p rescription.
DEDICATION
To our families, both immediate and extended:
Particularly our husbands who endured our writing another book
and without whose patience, support, and help neither our work nor
our writing would be possible.
And our parents and siblings whose enthusiasm and encouragement
never fails to cheer us on!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Our sincere thanks to:
Our office staff for the extra steps they took in enabling the office to
run smoothly while we were writing this book, as well as the encour-
agement they a lways offer us.
Cheryl Sedlacek for her word processing labors on the computer.
Alice Kernodle and Susan Deininger for their many fact-finding
phone calls.
Jeanette Meadows for her painstaking proofreading, and Angie
Chipera for the many tasks she performed on our behalf.
Steven Carter, who so capably did the technical read-through.
Elizabeth McLean, our editor, whose enthusiasm, curiosity, insight,
and thoroughness assures our readers an easily understood text..
The staff of Hartley & Marks, especially Susan Juby, whose expertise
enabled the production of this book.
Our colleagues, in both modern and alternative medicine, whose
work, research, and publications allowed us to write this book.