Think from KERA

Alt Medicine And The Will To Heal


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Acupuncture, yoga and other alternative therapies have helped people worldwide with chronic conditions. Yet the scientific community struggles to understand how these holistic approaches to healing work. Melanie Warner joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why an increasing number of patients are turning away from science – and about how the medical field is engaging with alternative medicine. Her new book is called“The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief”(Scribner).
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