UNIVERSE CITY RESEARCH CENTER

MEDICAL

Universe City Incorporated focus is to bring new research to mainstream, create new investigational drugs,and provide Alternative Holistic Healthcare solutions.
Universe City Research Center also houses a private school that provides social, economical, and political empowerment.

Universe City Holistic Medicine Services

Acupressure	Acupuncture	Aromatherapy	Aura Healing
Back Flower Remedies	Beauty Therapy	Counselling and Psychotherapy	Chinese Medicines
Chiropractic	Comparative and In-Depth Study of Naturopathy with Ayurveda and Homeopathy	Crystal Healing	Cupping Therapy
Diet and Nutrition	Electro Homeopathy	Feng Shui	Gem-Tele-Colour Therapy
Herbal Medicines	Hypnotherapy	Hydrotherapy	Indo Allopathy
Iridology	Kinesiology	Magnet Therapy	Massage Therapy
Medical Astrology	Meditation	Naturopathy	Oriental Diagnosis
Osteopathy	Physiotherapy	Pranic Healing	Pyramid Healing
Radiesthesia and Radionics	Reflexology	Reiki Healing	Sound Therapy
Spiritual Healing	Tibetan Medicines	Vitamin Therapy	Yoga Therapy

Comparing Holistic and Conventional Medicineby
by Robert S. Ivker, DO

“Holistic Medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses care of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and complementary therapies to promote optimal health and to prevent and treat disease by mitigating causes.”
as defined by The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine.

The most distinguishing characteristic of Holistic Medicine is that it is based on the fundamental beliefs that unconditional love is life´s most powerful healer, and the perceived loss of love is our greatest health risk.

Medicine	Conventional Medicine Holistic
Philosophy	Based on the integration of Based on allopathic allopathic (MD), osteopathic (DO), medicine. naturopathic (ND), energy, and ethno-medicine.	Based on allopathic medicine.
Primary Objective of Care	To promote optimal health and as a by-product, to prevent and treat disease.	To cure or mitigate disease.
Primary Method of Care	Empower patients to heal themselves by addressing the causes of their disease and facilitating lifestyle changes through health promotion.	Focus on the elimination of physical symptoms.
Diagnosis	Evaluate the whole person throughholistic medical history, holistic health score sheet, physical exam, lab data.	Evaluate the body with history, physical exam, lab data.
Primary Care Treatment Options	Love applied to body, mind, and spirit with: diet, exercise, environmental measures, attitudinal and behavioral modifications, relationship and spiritual counselling, bioenergy enhancement.	Drugs and surgery
Secondary Care Treatment Options	Botanical (herbal) medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, manual medicine, biomolecular therapies, physical therapy, drugs, and surgery.	Diet, exercise, physical therapy, and stress management.
Weakness	Shortage of holistic physicians and training programs, time-intensive, requiring a commitment to a healing process, not a quick-fix	Ineffective in preventing and curing chronic disease, expensive.
Strengths	Teaches patients to take responsibility for their own health, and in so-doing is: cost-effective in training both acute and chronic illness, therapeutic and preventing and treating chronic disease, essential in creating optimal health.	Highly therapeutic in treating both acute and life-threatening illness and injuries.

This article was adapted from material that Dr. Ivker during his term as President of the American Holistic Medical Association (1996-1999). It originaly appeared in the Winter 1999 issue of "Holistic Medicine: The Journal of The American Holistic Medical Association" and was updated AHHA in June of 2010.