Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future

by Mehmet Oz, MD with Ron Arias and Lisa Oz

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New York: Plume/ Penguin 1998   201 pp  12.95

This is an easy read by a most interesting surgeon who shares the story of his personal journey into and through a holistic surgical practice. Oz is Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College. His claim to fame, besides having been featured recently over an extended period on the Oprah show (well after this book was written), is that he incorporates a spectrum of complementary therapies in his practice. These include homeopathy, nutritional and vitamin supplements, acupuncture, massage and bioenergy healing. The open-mindedness of Oz to these therapies is very unusual for a surgeon.

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