I just received an article about one of the best treatments for chronic disease that I’ve seen in a long time—the use of small community support groups where people help each other make lifestyle changes that improve their illnesses.
Dr Mark Hyman MD created such a program in his community after reading a book by the former head of the National Health Service in Great Britain called Turning the World Upside Down, which tells what we can learn from developing countries about putting patients and communities at the center of health care, instead of doctors and hospitals. Yay for that idea!
“I realized we had to decentralize healthcare,” writes Dr Hyman, “and put patients and communities at the center of the solution empowering them to create health, not simply treat disease. I realized that if you were sick, the best place to create health might not be the doctor or clinic but your own community.”
One year ago, Dr Hyman launched a program in his own community to help patients help each other to lose weight and improve their diabetic conditions. So far, participants in the program collectively have lost about 250,000 pounds and also reduced medication use, hospitalizations and doctors visits. And the program was free.
You can read more about this at: New Cure for Chronic Disease Discovered.
This type of health care is available to EVERYONE. There is nothing stopping anyone from forming a local group, getting some good health care information, and start helping each other do it.
