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Article: Psychoneuroimmunology--can we control our immune systems?
- Article from:
- Subconsciously Speaking
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 COPYRIGHT 2009 Anna H. Spencer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This is Part II of a two-part series continued from the May-June issue.
Summary:
This article looks at the controversial issue of mind-body therapy. In particular it will examine the relatively new science of Psychoneuroimmunology, its formation and its relevance to the medical community in finding potential cures for disease through the immune system. This article also looks at some of the alternative therapies, which have proven to be successful, and for which Psychoneuroimmunology provides a potential scientific reason for their success.
For this is the great error of our day that the physicians separate the soul from the body. Hippocrates
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