One of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine--and how understanding these principles can empower everyone.

"True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of theNew York TimesMagazinearticle about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"-- "THE OTHER SIDE OF IMPOSSIBLE is about people facing...

"The Five Forces (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) are derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy of how nature grows and evolves. It applies to the seasons, to farming, to human development, illness and healing, relationships, and serves as the seat of most of Chinese Medicine practice today. This simplified and practical guidebook uses these core forces as a basis for helping people navigate the tides of life-whether at your workplace,...

"Thomas Cowan was a 20-year-old Duke grad--bright, skeptical, and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism--when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two-year tour in Swaziland. There, he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price--two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was--and continues to be--practiced in the...