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Health Beyond Medicine

According to a recent public opinion poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies, preventative health care reform is a number one priority for Americans, with more than 75% supporting increased funding on prevention programs. But do Americans even know what a preventative health care program would look like?

While pundits in Washington may consider preventative measures to include booster shots and a daily medicine regimen, preventative health care expert Dr. Scott Paton says health, happiness and a secure future starts with true wellbeing from inside your body and begins with preventative steps to keep healthy. In his new book, Health Beyond Medicine: A Chiropractic Miracle (Health Care Unity Press, August 2009, ISBN 978-0-9818083-0-7), Dr. Paton, a sports injury management expert and chiropractor, identifies five factors of health: proper nutrition, adequate sleep, chiropractic adjustments, a positive mental attitude and regular exercise, and explains how these factors contribute to whole, healthy living.

Health Beyond Medicine examines a health care system bent toward symptom-based care and discusses the over-use of antibiotics, non-essential medicines and the science and risk behind vaccines. While looking at the current state of health care, he offers an approach to total health and wellness through basic lifestyle principles. Dr. Paton was first in-spired to write Health Be-yond Medicine when his son became sick right after birth and was admitted to ICU. After numerous dead-end tests, he gently held his son and felt two bones out of alignment. He adjusted the baby’s spine back into place and all of his son’s symptoms went away.

“Our medical system needs to think outside the box, to be more open-minded to alternative treatments and understand that there are causes to the disorders that arise,” says Dr. Paton. “The majority of medications out there don’t fix anything; they merely mask a symptom so it won’t show up in a test.”