Archive - Healing Medicine

Convergence: Three Ways of Seeing One Body

Where Chinese, Systems, and Network Medicine Meet

Oct 12 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

The Big Picture: Systems Thinking vs. Symptom Whack‑a‑Mole

Modern care often treats symptoms in isolation—medicine as whack‑a‑mole. This post reframes health through systems thinking: open, adaptive networks…

Oct 12 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

Alice is cancer‑free after aggressive treatment, yet unwell. Her story reveals the gap between cure and healing and why survivorship needs…

Oct 11 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

Why Normal Labs Don't Mean Normal Health

Normal lab results often reassure, but they don’t always reflect how a person feels or functions. This post explains why population reference ranges can…

Oct 11 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

Discover the Invisible Wall Dividing Medicine

Why Precision Needs Pattern and Patients Need Ecosystems

Oct 10 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

What Does It Mean to Be in Balance?

Explore how Western concepts of homeostasis and allostasis, as well as Chinese medicine ideas such as yin and yang and qi, explain balance, allostatic…

Oct 9 •

Nate Handley, MD

What is Health?

Health as resilience

Oct 8 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

Introducing Medicine 3.0

Medicine 3.0 reframes health as resilience in living systems, integrating modern science with classical insights to align rhythms, restore balance…

Oct 7 •

Nate Handley, MD

and

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

Welcome to Healing Medicine

Start here to begin your journey with systems medicine—a clear, step-by-step entry point to viewing health as a living system, allowing you to make…

Oct 7 •

Maile McKain, L.Ac., Dipl. OM

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