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Article: Mind and body; Thoughts affect immune system.(LIFE - HEALTH)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2005
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Byline: Shelley Widhalm, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Dr. Sharon Montes uses two diagnostic manuals to describe patient conditions that involve both the mind and the body. Trained in Western medicine, which, she says, separates the mind and the body, Dr. Montes also includes the ideas of psychoneuroimmunology in her clinical work.
"Everything is chemistry, and everyone can change their chemistry through their thoughts and feelings. When you change your chemistry, you change your body," says Dr. Montes, a physician and assistant professor at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The center is at the Kernan Hospital ...