“A
PRAGMATIC MODEL OF HEALTH AND DISEASE UNDER THE INTEGRATIVE PARADIGM
J.C.
Meeroff, MD. PhD Clinical Associate Prof of Medicine UM and FAU
“Everything in excess is opposed to
nature.” Hippocrates of Cos
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction, the world will have a generation of idiots." Attributed to Albert Einstein
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction, the world will have a generation of idiots." Attributed to Albert Einstein
INTRODUCTION
Life and living are very complicated issues for
which we do not have straightforward answers. We know that modern Homo Sapiens
have consciousness and with consciousness come uncertainties and anxieties
originated by the fact that we still don’t know the purpose and meaning of life
(Lanza 2016). We also recognize that the pattern of diseases changes from
generation to generation: some diseases disappear while new ones emerge and
others occur in a different manner. In general terms, our current situation is
that we suffer more from slow accumulation of damage rather than from acute
attacks of strong external agents (Sapolsky 1994). We also recognize that when
confronting a disease, the body has mechanisms to heal itself and to return to
“normality”. This alleged spontaneous healing is assumed to be synchronized via
the subconscious mind, while the conscious mind seems to interfere with self-healing
mechanisms (Weil 2000).
