Slow medicine is a growing trend in healing and has become more available in nursing homes.
Slow medicine typically uses less aggressive care toward the end of life.
Your whole body is connected, and when part of your body is out of sync with the other parts, it can create a domino effect on your health.
To achieve and sustain optimal health, you might need a perspective that goes beyond the obvious symptoms and to become aware of what is happening in each area of your life.
How can you "multitask" healthy living?
Listen in as Michael Finkelstein, MD, shares what slow medicine is and how it can help with healthy multitasking.
Wednesday, 14 October 2015 10:11
The Slow Medicine Approach to Healthy Living
How can slow medicine help your overall health?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 2
- Audio File: healthy_talk/1542ht3b.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Michael Finkelstein, MD
- Book Title: Slow Medicine: Hope and Healing for Chronic Illnes
- Guest Website: The Slow Medicine Doctor
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Guest Bio:
Dr. Michael Finkelstein, The Slow Medicine Doctor®, is the author of Slow Medicine: Hope and Healing for Chronic Illness, endorsed by Andrew Weil, MD and Mehmet Oz, MD.
Dr. Finkelstein is the founder and medical director of SunRaven: The Home of Slow Medicine; he is an adjunct professor at SUNY Binghamton; he has been featured in top media outlets including he New York Times and CNN; he has presented at leading venues including GE Corporation and Omega Institute; and he blogs on the topic of Slow Medicine for the Huffington Post.
Dr. Finkelstein was trained at premier institutes for both conventional and integrative medicine, and he is the recipient of numerous distinctions. Drawing from his diverse medical expertise, Dr. Finkelstein offers both a micro and macro point of view on today's healthcare needs and challenges, and he provides a tried-and-true solution for healing individual patients and the medical system as a whole: Slow Medicine. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Host: Mike Smith, MD
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