Whole Person Care for Cancer and Healing with Dr. Wayne Jonas PH299

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Wayne Jonas, MD, is a widely published investigator, practicing family physician, and professor of medicine at Georgetown University and at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is also a retired lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Dr. Jonas was the director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 1999 and led the World Health Organization’s Collaborative Center for Traditional Medicine. Prior to that, he served as the director of medical research fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He now advises national and international organizations on ways to implement evidence-based healing practices in their medical systems. He serves as the President of Healing Works Foundation and participates with Primary Care for All Americans. His newest book is Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Care, co-authored with Alyssa McManamon, MD, released April 23, 2024 by Rodin Books. You can connect with Dr. Jonas via Instagram. @drwaynejonas Related Episodes: Ep 242 - Exercise to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Dr. Allison Betof Ep 288 - From the Vault: How Healing Works with Dr. Wayne Jonas If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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0:00.0	The third part of Whole Person Care is focusing on what creates health.
0:05.2	You know, when I was in medical school, probably same with you.
0:08.8	I studied from the textbook of pathology and I studied pathogenesis the creation of disease and there's a flip
0:17.9	side of that that's going on all the time in us that we wouldn't be around
0:22.0	and that's salutagenesis, okay?
0:24.4	That is the creation of health.
0:26.4	We have this inherent healing capacity,
0:29.2	but usually what we do is say here, you've had your surgery go home get better.
0:34.1	When what we could do is that we can say hey here's some ways to
0:37.0	facilitate that getting better and facilitate healing. Hello and welcome to pursuing health.
0:47.0	I'm Dr. Julie Fushe, family physician and former Cross Fit Games athlete.
0:54.4	Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and
0:59.1	medicine and support your journey toward your healthiest self.
1:02.7	Thank you so much for joining me.
1:04.3	Now let's get started with this week's episode.
1:10.0	Welcome back to pursuing health.
1:12.0	I am very excited to be here today with a repeat guest on the
1:15.8	podcast, Dr. Wayne Jonas. For those of you who don't know Dr. Jonas, he is a widely published investigator. He's a practicing
1:24.3	family physician. He's a professor of medicine at Georgetown University and at
1:29.0	Uniform Services University of Health Sciences. He's also a retired lieutenant colonel
1:33.8	in the medical core of the United States Army.
1:37.0	As a little more background on his medical career,
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