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

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"In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Oz describes his pioneering work combining cutting edge Western medicine with such Eastern techniques as acupuncture, yoga, and chi-gong, as well as such controversial therapies as hypnosis, music, massage, reflexology, aroma therapy and energy healing. For the first time, these "complementary" therapies are being systematically studied on his high-tech surgical unit--and patients are making real breakthroughs. Their inspiring and affecting stories are the heart of this book-- from the extraordinary discipline of Frank Torre, who used his pro sports training to "psyche" himself into healing after heart-transplant surgery, to the "impossible" recovery of blues great Johnny Copeland, who was roused from a seemingly impenetrable coma through the force of his own music. In recounting his patient's experience, Dr.Oz offers a blueprint for a radically innovative medicine for the new millennium, drawing the best from Eastern and Western therapies and empowering patients to become partners with doctors in promoting their own recovery."