This is all interesting and warmly related, and Rediger mainly avoids woo, as you would hope a medically trained person would – though there is one dispiriting section in which he excitedly suggests that quantum physics might explain how the mind can affect the body. How, exactly? Oh, just because quantum physics apparently “is showing us that some of the laws of the universe that we thought of as fixed or immutable are, in fact, not”. Actually, quantum physics, too, is grounded in immutable laws. The author is in a hurry, too, to dismiss the possibility that a couple of his case studies happened to be especially “high responders” to chemotherapy drugs that they did, in fact, take, while also embracing their unique individuality. The book feels incredibly personal - not because it is the story of one man, but because it's the story of one man's perspective. Lol clearly knows what his readers want to hear. The focus of the book is largely dedicated to The Cure, what went well and what went wrong. That is what his readers are interested in, and his almost twenty five years away from the band get a mere mention. Lol will not become best friend to the reader. But the reader will understand him better.

As The Cure’s drummer, Lol toured the globe many times over, supporting the ground-breaking albums Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography. He took on keyboard duties in the mid-eighties until his departure from the band in 1989, at the time of their masterwork Disintegration. Rediger makes a compelling argument... [He] adds to spontaneous healing research by presenting case studies of terminal patients, and includes engaging lessons about pathophysiology and the history of medicine... As a leading voice challenging current healthcare systems and treatment models, Rediger makes a convincing case to study spontaneous remissions. By doing so, we may become closer to learning why some survive, despite their odds." — Library JournalAn experienced physician who is also a skilled, driven and compassionate writer is a winning combination. This pioneering book by psychiatrist Jeffrey Rediger analyses unexplained spontaneous recoveries from potentially fatal medical conditions... Rediger concludes that each recovery was 'unique' and only partially explicable, but that all provide evidence of 'a powerful link' between our identities and our immune systems." — Nature eat fresh, eat plants, eat whole foods, and don’t put refined sugar and flours, or anything processed or artificial, into your body They then proceeded to prove to the world that they were not just eyeliner-wearing freaks, but actual artists. A point that would ultimately be solidified in their 1982 album Pornography. I was glad Tolhurst mentioned that it was his favourite Cure album he'd worked on (Robert himself has questionable taste nowadays)... Through rigorous research, Dr. Rediger shows that much of our physical reality is created in our minds. Our perception changes our experience, even to the point of changing our physical bodies--and thus the healing of our identity may be our greatest tool to recovery.

It’s 10 years since Professor Roy Taylor revolutionised treatment for type 2 diabetes with a groundbreaking study that showed the disease could be reversed through rapid weight loss. Until his research was published, type 2 diabetes was thought to be an incurable, lifelong condition. Now, for many people, we know it is not. A beautiful book, telling the stories of people who made the impossible possible. Doctors are good, but everyone makes mistakes. And their approach is, usually, fixing a machine, not treating a human being. They only take the objective into consideration, looking at their patients, and seeing machines instead. Where there is will in the eyes, the doctors only see ”false hope”. And, if the patients happen to recover, against all odds, logic, and science, doctors feel threatened. Not amazed. The book also explains who is at greatest risk and why some people who have a “normal” Body Mass Index (BMI) develop the disease, when many people who are more overweight – or even obese – do not.

Enter Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, who has spent over 15 years studying spontaneous healing, pioneering the use of scientific tools to investigate recoveries from incurable illnesses. Dr. Rediger’s research has taken him from America’s top hospitals to healing centers around the world—and along the way he’s uncovered insights into why some people beat the odds. Thankfully this is done with scientific rigour. Rediger is a qualified medical doctor but also has a theology degree which makes him well placed to investigate the relationship between mind and body. He doesn't dismiss or attempt to understand religion or God, but does look into more measurable concepts and theories such as the placebo effect and even quantum mechanics! Dr. Rediger’s brilliance and wisdom are profound and eminently practical. But it’s his humility and humanity that make this book the masterpiece that it is.” John Robbins Employees start with a simple health questionnaire to understand their lifestyle and medical history to create the foundations of their personalised plan.