Mavericks of Medicine: Exploring the Future of Medicine with Andrew Weil, Jack Kevorkian, Bernie Siegel, Ray Kurzweil, and Others

In interviews with brilliant and controversial medical researchers and practitioners, David Jay Brown reveals “proposed solutions for what’s wrong with modern medicine, ideas about reversing the aging process and suggestions that can lead to a future in which all diseases are easily curable.” Interviews with Andrew Weil, Jonathan Wright, Barry Sears, Garry Gordon, Jacob Teitelbaum, Marios Kyriazis, Peter Duesberg, Kary Mullis, Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw, Joseph Knoll, Leonard Hayflick, John Guerin, Michael Fossel, Michael West, Aubrey de Grey, Ray Kurzweil, Bernie Siegel, Raphael Mechoulam, Rick Strassman, Larry Dossey, and Jack Kevorkian. Cover ......Page 1 Table of Contents ......Page 8 Acknowledgements ......Page 14 Introduction ......Page 16 The Transformative Power of Integrative Medicine ......Page 28 The Frontiers of Natural Medicine ......Page 40 Dining in the Zone ......Page 60 Elation Over Chelation ......Page 72 Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ......Page 90 Exploring the Frontiers of Anti-Aging Medicine ......Page 108 Manufacturing the AIDS Virus ......Page 118 Redirecting the Immune System ......Page 128 The Life Extension Revolution ......Page 134 Shattering the Barriers of Maximum Life Span ......Page 164 Pushing the Hayflick Limit ......Page 176 Learning from Ageless Animals ......Page 198 Countdown to Telomerase Therapy ......Page 210 The Technology of Immortality ......Page 228 The Seven Lively SENS ......Page 240 Reprogramming Your Biochemistry for Immortality ......Page 262 Unlocking the Secrets of Mind-Body Medicine ......Page 282 The New Science of Cannabinoid-Based Medicine ......Page 304 Exploring the Thereaputic Benefits of DMT ......Page 320 Medicine and Sprirituality ......Page 332 An End to Suffering ......Page 344 Glossary ......Page 354 Index ......Page 362 Presents a collection of interviews discussing the future of medicine with such notable persons as Andrew Weil, Jack Kevorkian, Barry Sears, and Ray Kurzweil