Western medicine (medical doctors, MDs or DOs in the US) is best at treating bacterial infections and life-threatening illnesses. You can read more about Western and alternative approaches in Holistic Mamas Handbook, available on Amazon or Kindle. #holisticmamashandbook #drkeim #pediatrician
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Introduction to Dr. Carol Keim 0:00
Hey there, I'm Dr. Carol Keim. I am a pediatrician, board certified, and I also an author and a podcaster. And I, uh, am Western medical doctor by training.
What Western Medicine Covers 0:08
So Western medicine is what we think of as sort of regular medicine or medical care in the United States. Uh, people that have an MD or a DO after their name are medical doctors. And what Western medicine is best at treating is things that are very serious, things are life-threatening, bacterial infections, and things will just basically prolong life or can prevent diseases.
Holistic Care for Quality of Life 0:31
So from a Western standpoint, those are the things we're really good at. When it comes to things like quality of life stuff, like sleep, digestion, energy level, I typically pull more from the holistic side and alternative and complementary medicine. So if you check out my videos, I have a lot of different ones that are explaining different kinds of holistic care and also Western medical treatment of
More Videos on Western and Holistic Treatment 0:53
lots of conditions.
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