We need a new science, one that not just cares for the body or to the mind but to the two together, as inseparable parts of the person. The lack of information about emotional stress and the body means that medication is often prescribed in lieu of other treatments. Children and adults are given major medications for an array of syndromes and their symptoms such as chest pain, back aches, neck pain, weakness in limbs and upset stomachs, which can often be successfully treated without medication, particularly with early intervention.

The term most often used for integrative treatments that link the mind and the body is "holistic," a term too broad to be useful and one that often generates suspicion. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that what we consider physical symptoms and what we consider psychological symptoms are intertwined. The work of Dr. Candace Pert on the effects of stress on the immune system, has helped bring attention to the need for a new approach that rejects the false dichotomy of mind and body.

Instinctively, we know that science is broken. Nearly a third of Americans use alternative therapies. It increasingly important to standardize those treatments and show whether and how they work. The Molecules of Emotion is a strong beginning.

As long as health care in this country remains primarily pharmaceutically based, these problems will continue regardless of what program is being financed. Only by embracing an integrative medicine effort, which incorporates research that has been done in non-pharmaceutical and non-patentable medicine, and bringing this into our system of financing health care, will we help people get well and lower costs.

Live long and be well.

I couldn't stop listening until I finished the tapes. It has changed the way I view myself. As a physicist I can feel her frustration in having experiences which can not be explained by our current reductionist approach. The first step in understanding is having the imagination to reach and the courage to share one's visions. This is why so many physicists ultimately turn into mystics. Compare this audio tape to the "Molecules of Emotion" tape which she made only 3 years ago to see just how far she has evolved personally from her insights. What stronger validation would anyone need? Perhaps you will share in this benefit. Science, too, must evolve in the coming millenium and I believe she is at the forefront...