Cardiac Care Beyond Pills and Procedures

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"Stephen Devries, M.D., a preventive cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Northwestern Medicine, is taking sides in the decades-long debate over the merits of traditional medicine versus alternative treatment for cardiac care---both sides!

A new breed of cardiologist, Devries shares an approach to heart health that is gaining popularity in the book “Integrative Cardiology” (Oxford Press, October 2010), co-authored by James E. Dalen, M.D., of the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

His new book offers a comprehensive compilation of scientifically validated information on integrative cardiology -- the combination of modern medicine and alternative therapies -- in one place. “This is an emerging field and we wanted to demonstrate the science that supports it,” he said."

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