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FAIRBANKS Dr. Leonie DeRamus exemplifies many of the things alternative medicine. is not. She is an M.D. boardcertified in emergency medicine. ...

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Fairbanks doctor takes her pains to alternative medicinePage 1From the Fairbanks Daily NewsMinerFairbanks doctor takes her pains to alternative medicineHEALING: Physician is first in state certified by bestselling health guruBy STEFAN MILKOWSKIPublished: February 10 2006Last Modified: February 11 2006 at 02:51 AMFAIRBANKS Dr. Leonie DeRamus exemplifies many of the things alternative medicineis not. She is an M.D. boardcertified in emergency medicine. For years she treatedpatients with modern drugs and hightech screenings as staffing head of the emergencyroom at Bassett Army Community Hospital on Fort Wainwright.And now she coowns and runs the Urgent Care Center on Airport Way which hardlyspecializes in energy healing and Chinese herbs.But the belief that Western medicine wonderful at many things isn't particularly good atfighting chronic illnesses inspired DeRamus to expand her toolkit of medical skills.For the last two years DeRamus has studied with the bearded health guru Dr. AndrewWeil whose books on personal health are best sellers and whose fame landed him onthe cover of Time magazine in October.Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona trains medicalpractitioners to combine the powers of Western and nonWestern medicine. It's hardly ashunning of Western medicine for which DeRamus has a great respect and it's not apush for another subspecialty in medicine.Rather Weil and now DeRamus hope to change medical care as practiced by allphysicians.In November DeRamus became the first doctor in Alaska to complete Weil's fellowshipprogram."I wanted to do more than write prescriptions" she said.DeRamus signed up because she saw a need. Western medicine she said often fails tohelp people with serious nonacute diseases such as chronic pain depression andobesity. A patient can see a great many doctors without getting well.If a person with chronic pain walks into a doctor's office today he will probably be askedfor medical history then ge ...

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