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Dr Bernie Siegel and Leslie Davenport on the Holistic Health Show

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

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Dr Bernie Siegel opened the series on Inspirational Stories of Individuals who used Faith in Healing. The second lead for the series, Dr Harold Koenig, will be interviewed on the next show in this series.

Dr Siegel is internationally know for his work on patient empowerment, Exceptional Cancer Patients and other mind-body medicine concepts. He had written numerous books and given lectures around the world. More information was presented earlier on this blog and can also be found at www.berniesiegelmd.com

The second guest on this show, Leslie Davenport, is a psychotherapist and founding member of the Institute for Health & Healing in California. Her book Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery has been reviewed in Family Circle and other magazines. More information is available on an earlier blog here and also on www.lesliedavenport.com

Enjoy the interview below.

 
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Dr Francisco Contreras, Director, Oasis of Hope, to be Interviewed by Dr Carl O Helvie

Monday, September 7th, 2009

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Dr Francisco Contreras, Director, President and Chairman of the Oasis of Hope Hospital will be my first guest on the Holistic Health Show on Saturday. Dr Contreras graduated with honors from the prestigous School of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and continued his studies at the University of Vienna, Austria where he specialized in surgical oncology and again graduated with honors. He is recognized as a cancer expert who combines conventional and alternative treatments with emotional and spiritual support. In his position he oversees the treatment of 400 cancer patients annually.
He received personal instructions from his father, Dr Ernesto Contreras who was an alternative medicine pioneer. The Oasis of Hope was founded in 1963 and since then the hospital has provided integrative cancer treatment for over 100,000 patients. Dr Contreras will talk about
the outstanding success in recovery of their cancer patients that has gained a high regard for the care provided. One of the latest most notorized patients was Daniel Hauser the teen from Minnesota with cancer whose mother ran away and took him to the Oasis of Hope with the police following her.
Dr Contreras lectures frequently at Universities and Conferences throughout the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. He has authored 12 books on cancer including The Hope of Living Cancer Free, The Coming Cancer Cure, Fighting Cancer 20 Different Ways, Dismantling Cancer, and the recently published Hope, Medicine and Healing. More information is available at www.oasisofhope.com