Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis [Paperback]

Walt Stoll (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965317102 | ISBN-13: 978-0965317108 | Publication Date: June 1996

Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis discusses the critical state of health care in America today and asks hard questions about the monopoly of conventional medicine that limits the options available to most consuemrs of medical services. This book also offers safe, simple treatments which have been effectively used to relieve suffering and reverse the effects of many of the ills produced by the modern American lifestyle. The science of medicine has for too long been excluding the art of medicine: a complementary approach offers a humane and effective solution to the current health care crisis, which should be available to everyone.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The following passage is an excerpt from a review on the website ... written by Andrew Saul, author of Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing that Works.

"Saving Yourself is a powerful presentation of common-sense medicine, by a medical doctor who has seen both sides... The authority with which Dr. Stoll writes is effortless, based on his decades of clinical observation of what consistently works with real patients.

Saving Yourself is much like having the doctor’s good sound advice, and his very pleasant bedside manner to boot, right on your bookshelf. I like this book. I like its no-nonsense attitude, the plentiful references to the scientific literature, and the practical how-to sections. These include instruction on how and why to avoid eating refined carbohydrates (p 147-8), how to choose a doctor (p 120-127), and what amounts to a lesson in "do it yourself triage" to determine when medical attention IS necessary (p 127-135). I also like how Dr. Stoll takes the time to personally recommend valuable natural health books by other authors all throughout the text, and in a fine Bibliography as well.

Saving Yourself provides a dozen chapters that specifically address many common conditions that are seen as difficult to cure medically but that respond well to drugless treatment. These include colds and flu; allergies; adult and children’s behavior disorders; atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease; Crohn’s disease, IBS and ulcerative colitis; endocrine conditions; fungal overgrowth; hiatus hernia; and arthritis. In a future edition, I would like to see this excellent section expanded to cover even more diseases.

Dr Stoll’s emphasis on effective cost-efficient health care, self-education, exercise and stress reduction receive my unqualified praise."

Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Sunrise Health Coach (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965317102
• ISBN-13: 978-0965317108
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,150,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Walt Stoll, M.D. is one of the nation's leading experts on holistic and alternative medicine. Dr. Stoll received his BA in psychology from Western Reserve University and his M.D. from Ohio State University. During the first 13 years of his practice, he offered only conventional medicine to his patients. However, after experiencing astonishing improvements to his own health using alternative approaches, he added many of the world's healing philosophies, and his patients' results improved dramatically. Dr. Stoll was a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association, and he practiced more than 30 years as a board-certified family practitioner. After retiring in 1994, Dr. Stoll continues to share his knowledge and experience in holistic medicine through his books and his interactive website, www.askwaltstollmd.com. Dr. Stoll empowers individuals to take charge of their own health, to consider a paradigm shift that will lead to experiencing profound and lasting changes in their health, and to enjoy dynamic well-being in all levels of life.

Customer Reviews

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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO RESOLVE A CHRONIC DISEASE, May 27, 1999

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[e-mail] (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis (Paperback)

Dr. Stoll has written a book that is years ahead of it's time. He introduces a fusion of conventional (allopathic) medicine and successful alternative therapies. It provides a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms that lead to chronic diseases of all kinds. More importantly, once you have read his book and understand the mechanisms you can proceed to implement therapies that will help you re-gain your health.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, inspirational, compassionate approach to healing, March 20, 2004

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J. DeCourtney "author Recapture Yr Health" (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis (Paperback)

As a health care professional (I'm a Certified Massage Therapist and a Holistic Practitioner), I would like to recommend this book to people who would like to feel better, especially if their health conditions have not been helped by the current system. In Saving Yourself, Dr. Stoll weaves several themes. He starts by telling the fascinating story of how he changed from following only his medical school training to learning about holistic methods and becoming a holistic practitioner. He describes how this transformed his own life and the lives of his patients. Dr. Stoll presents simple remedies for healing common conditions (including some major illnesses), offers useful information about the causes and resolution of illness, and gifts us with practical resources for self-help. Most people today know that the health care system in the U.S. is not working well, but Dr. Stoll gives a unique viewpoint -- a holistic doctor's perspective. Being a holistic practitioner myself, I already knew much about the crisis of health care in our country, but this book opened my eyes even further to understand what is really happening, and why, and where caution is needed.

In this book, Dr. Stoll speaks with candor and directness, revealing his open-minded, down-to-earth, and compassionate approach to practicing medicine with the patient's best interest at heart. I found this book to be helpful, insightful, and thought-provoking. It may bring the start of a new approach to health and healing for those with chronic conditions who are wise enough to take Dr. Stoll's words and use them to move beyond internal and external limitations. It did for me. By using this book and studying the material on his website, I incorporated his ideas as part of my life and made dramatic improvements in my own chronic condition of 20 years which I thought would never change. I am grateful for the help I have received from Dr. Stoll who has so generously shared his wisdom and experience.

Health care practitioners of all types may also benefit professionally from receiving Dr. Stoll's insight and practical experience in this book, gathered through more than 40 years of helping people heal themselves. I found his words inspirational and helpful in my own practice. I read a quote this morning that made me think of Dr. Stoll: "Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training." -- Bernard Berenson. Kudos to Dr. Stoll for going beyond his training and the limitations of the health care system and bringing them to us.

59 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK Introduction From Knowledgeable Author, May 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Saving Yourself from the Disease-Care Crisis (Paperback)

Walt Stoll is an M.D. who has devoted himself to the field of alternative medicine...a decision that has earned him the scorn of many of his colleagues. He is extremely knowledgeable and he will kindly answer any questions you might have at his website.

However, I found the book to be mediocre, though the arguments for megadoses of vitamin C are interesting. One good thing though is that Walt is open to many different approaches, and this non-sectarianism (refreshing indeed) is reflected in his book.

This book may be of interest to you if you are new to alternative medicine and want an introduction to some of the concepts. However, I cannot say enough about his website. Despite the fact that it is frequented by more than a handful of fanatical hypochondriacs (such obnoxious people cannot be avoided on any website devoted to health), you may post your questions and have them answered by Dr. Stoll..usually within a day or two. You may also read his responses to others questions, which are often intriguing. Of course, you'll have to put up with other people posting about their ding-bat esoteric diets...oh well, nothing is perfect.