Part I
Rethinking Medicine
Why treating a symptom is not necessarily the same as identifying the underlying cause of an illness.
Medicine for Dummies is a continuing series designed to encourage readers to think differently about health, illness, diagnosis, and treatment. Drawing on Dr. Smith's 55+ years of clinical experience and many hundreds of individual case histories, each installment looks beyond symptoms, diagnostic labels, and one-size-fits-all treatments to explore possible underlying causes of illness. The goal is to encourage readers to ask questions, consider alternatives, do their own research, and make informed decisions about their health.
Part I
Why treating a symptom is not necessarily the same as identifying the underlying cause of an illness.
Part II
A case examining natural remedies and the importance of an individualized approach to treatment.
Part III
A patient case involving long-term liver problems and the search for possible underlying causes.
Part IV
A look at what laboratory results can tell us—and what they may not reveal about the cause of illness.
Part V
Two cases examining possible contributing factors behind persistent trigeminal neuralgia.
Part VI
A case involving years of tooth pain despite conventional dental imaging revealing no identified pathology.