Keeping Kids Healthy: Holistic Medicine - An Alternative Approach

Is acupuncture right for your child? Will it alleviate his asthma? Can hypnosis help cure chronic her frequent headaches? What about his insomnia? Holistic or Integrated Medicine is an approach to medicine seeking to treat the whole person, integrating both traditional and non-traditional forms of medical care. Many doctors are exploring how these non-traditional forms can support traditional methods. Join host Dr. Winnie King as we explore the ways in which non-traditional therapies can work in concert to keep your kids healthy. Guests: Roberta Lee, MD - Medical Director, Director of Continuing Education and Co-director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, Center for Health and Healing at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY Ben Kligler, MD Associate Medical Director, Center for Health and Healing at Beth Israel Medical Center; Attending Physician, Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor of family medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY; Co-directed the nation's first required residency-training rotation in integrative medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center.