New Functional Medicine Book Shows Patients How to Go to the Source of the Medical Problem

LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Many patients say their doctors don't know how to talk to them – and that leads to misdiagnosis and bad treatment.

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Dr. Susan Sklar feels their pain.

In her new book, set for release this winter, "The Patient Revolution: Finding Answers When Your Doctor Can't," Dr. Sklar, a Harvard trained gynecologist who practices functional medicine, shares her story of going from sluggish, burned out and overwhelmed to vibrant, vital and happy using protocols she developed for her restorative medicine practice.

As a medical doctor who suffered from misdiagnoses and mismanagement that lasted almost two decades, Dr. Sklar has the understanding of a fellow sufferer. She also has an insider's understanding, as a conventionally trained doctor, of how difficult it is for doctors to break out of ingrained ways of thinking and embrace a different model of health and disease.

"Why do doctors say, 'You'll just have to live with it' or 'What do expect at your age?,'" she said. "These are the answer patients hear."

"Patients are frustrated by trying and failing to be heard by their doctors," she said.

Almost 40% of the American public seeks medical care outside of the traditional medical doctor and hospital system according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

About This Book

This book is designed to help the public sort through the maze of today's "disease" care system to find optimal health. The public is aware of the overuse of medication and surgical procedures.

This book starts with an insider's story of how the medical training system stomps out any unconventional ideas from its students. It tells of the embarrassment and harassment tactics that are used to "teach." Additional pressures from insurers, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, government, and the carefully guarded subculture of physicians all reinforce a narrow view of health and disease.

The book helps the public understand the difference between patching up problems and getting to root of the problem for a satisfactory and lasting solution. It addresses the frustrations and heartbreak of patients as they search for answers from doctors, the Internet, friends and family for solutions to their health problems.

It explains why patients are bewildered as they try to coordinate the various aspects of their medical care, carrying information from doctor to doctor, researching medication side effects themselves, and finding their own treatments.

The reader will be gripped by stories of real-life patients who persisted in finding their own answers and ultimately achieved the health they desired outside of conventional medical care.

With new perspectives on aging, libido, fatigue and depression, Dr. Sklar helps the layperson understand the forces at play when their doctors make recommendations and learn the route to finding a lasting solution. It is ultimately hopeful and inspiring in its empowerment of the public to take action on behalf of its own health.

Using well-researched evidence and astonishing examples of misguided care, Dr. Sklar clearly makes her case that there is a different way of understanding health and disease than the usual medical model. This can lead to true health and vitality and the reduction of suffering and chronic diseases.

About the Author, Dr. Susan Sklar and the Sklar Center for Restorative Medicine

Dr. Sklar happily no longer has stomach or knee problems and she is able to enjoy exercising regularly at outdoor boot camps by the beach with people half her age.

Dr. Sklar has presented locally as well as on the national stage to educate the public about the current crisis in health care and how to find solutions in functional medicine.

She started the Sklar Center for Restorative Medicine, in Long Beach, Calif. in 2007 as a response to the unmet needs of men and women who are looking for answers to the questions of how to feel good in midlife and maintain optimum health long term. 

At her center, she implements the perspectives of functional medicine which recognize that hormonal and other biochemical deficiencies cause humans to age in ways that are not necessary or inevitable.

This places her uniquely at the forefront of the care of men and women in midlife health transitions. Her passion is bringing this knowledge to the community so that everyone can take advantage of this new perspective and live longer, healthier lives.

For information, go to http://www.sklarcenter.com/

Contact:
Ruth Klein
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310-741-1583

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