A Production of Middlemarch Films and Twin Cities Public Television
Produced and Directed by Muffie Meyer

Extraordinary changes are taking place in American medicine today. Driven by new scientific evidence, doctors are coming to understand that treating the body alone is not enough – the mind can also play a critical role in the healing process.

Many physicians are embracing a more holistic form of healthcare, seeking to heal the whole person. Treatments once considered fringe, including visualization, meditation and hypnosis, are being prescribed alongside high-tech western medicine. And medical schools are placing new importance on teaching the “softer side of medicine”: listening and communicating.

Hosted by Dana Reeve in one of her last public appearances, THE NEW MEDICINE is a revealing look at physicians on the cutting edge of this approach.

“Watch this program and it will change your life.”
– DR. MEHMET C. OZ, MD, NY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Approx 114 minutes, color, 2006

The New Medicine Paperback

By Ronald H. Blumer & Muffie Meyer
Foreword by Dana Reeve

This is the companion book to the widely acclaimed Public Television Series THE NEW MEDICINE and features in depth interviews with the participants of this program -- world experts in their fields. These physicians and scholars work in leading medical schools and clinics across the country, including Harvard, the University of California and Duke. They present the hard scientific evidence behind the fact that our mental state has a direct influence on our physical health. Together they make a compelling case that physicians must treat the whole person with an illness, not just the illness alone in order to promote true healing. Many are practitioners of Integrative Medicine and make the convincing case that listening to a patient's concerns and building rapport is essential for an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plan.

128 pages with 40 illustrations