Whole-Person Cancer Care: Alternative Approaches to Treating Cancer

Is it within our power to prevent cancer and other serious illnesses? Should medicine focus on treating the disease or treating the person? Are there alternative ways to treat cancer that can be added to standard regimens?

Leigh Erin Connealy, MD—who is the founder and medical director of The Center for New Medicine and The Cancer Center for Healing, and a leader in the integrative/functional medicine field—believes in treating people rather than diseases, while determining the origin of illnesses.

Find out about Dr. Connealy’s perspective on cancer and more in her interview with Life Extension’s Michael A. Smith, MD, by clicking here to download this Live Foreverish podcast episode for FREE on iTunes!

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