COLCHESTER, Conn., Nov. 5, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In today's world, new drugs come out daily, promising to fix the ills troubling millions. But those fancy commercials boasting relief from disease conditions and anxieties tend to come with a grand list of side effects and toxicities that can be worse than the problem itself. Much of this has lead to the rise of popular interest in homeopathy. In his new book, Understanding Homeopathy and Integrative Medicine (now available through 1stBooks), Jose Miguel Mullen, M.D., details the benefits of homeopathy and its cooperative use with allopathic or traditional medicine.
"Homeopathy is in the cutting-edge of medicine. It is as effective as traditional medicine in many diseases and even more so in some. To boot, it has virtually no side effects and no toxicity," Mullen says.
Created 200 years ago by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, homeopathy has been in constant use globally by people of all walks of life, including generations of the British royal family. With the rising cost of drugs and health care, homeopathy is currently increasing in its usage in America.
"People are very comfortable with the caring and personal doctor-patient relationship characteristic of homeopathy, so unlike the impersonal and distant relationship between a trained medical mind and a disease often found in traditional medicine," Mullen states.
His book explains, in a concise and clear style, what it is and why it can be more beneficial to use this alternative to traditional medicine. He also shows why sometimes it is best to combine both homeopathic and traditional methods for treatment. He explains in detail how and when to use each option.
"This knowledge, in turn, will allow you to seek the treatment, or combination of treatments, that will offer you and your family the maximum benefit and the minimum risk when you are ill," Mullen says.
With 23 years spent working as an oncologist before specializing in homeopathy in 1982, Mullen is uniquely qualified to write about the integration of homeopathy and traditional medicine. Understanding Homeopathy and Integrative Medicine is his first book.
For more information, please visit Mullen's Web site at www.homeopathyandyou.com.
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