{"product_id":"human-heart-cosmic-heart-a-doctorza-tms-quest-to-understand-treat-and-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-9781603586191","title":"Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctorâ (Tm)S Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is life-changing for those trying to understand their own bodies, or those of loved ones, and it's truly transformative in the hands of medical professionals, especially young doctors.\"--\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Cowan was a 20-year-old Duke grad--bright, skeptical, and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism--when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two-year tour in Swaziland. There, he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price--two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was--and continues to be--practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice in New Hampshire and, later, San Francisco. For years, as he raised his three children, suffered the setback of divorce, and struggled with a heart condition, he remained intrigued by the work of Price and Steiner and, in particular, with Steiner's provocative claim that the heart is not a pump. Determined to practice medicine in a way that promoted healing rather than compounded ailments, Cowan dedicated himself to understanding whether Steiner's claim could possibly be true. And if Steiner was correct, what, then, \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the heart? What is its true role in the human body? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this deeply personal, rigorous, and riveting account, Dr. Cowan offers up a daring claim: Not only was Steiner correct that the heart is not a pump, but our understanding of heart disease--with its origins in the blood vessels--is completely wrong. And this gross misunderstanding, with its attendant medications and risky surgeries, is the reason heart disease remains the most common cause of death worldwide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHuman Heart, Cosmic Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Thomas Cowan presents a new way of understanding the body's most central organ. He offers a new look at what it means to be human and how we can best care for ourselves--and one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[This book] deserves to be in everyone's library. . . . It's loaded with great information, and it can save your life or the life of someone you love.\"--Dr. Joseph Mercola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Cowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Green Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603586191","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44148547387437,"sku":"9781603586191","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_c76a2402-020b-468c-85a3-f779b2f8b765.jpg?v=1757226654","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/human-heart-cosmic-heart-a-doctorza-tms-quest-to-understand-treat-and-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-9781603586191","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}