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Rejuvenation: ”Death Is Not the Enemy; Joy Is the Goal”

“For many Americans, the idea of rejuvenation is an endless chase for the Holy Grail so that they may stay young forever,” notes Dr. Mark McClure of Landmark Urology and Complementary Medicine.

“But for me, and for many of my patients, the issue is not to stay young forever, it is to live life fully each day and accept each day as a gift. We focus our energy on seeing what we can do every moment of every day to maximize our joy. Together, we realize that death is not the enemy. Our goal is to learn how to make natural transitions through the cycles of life, and thoroughly enjoy what each cycle has to offer. Together, we explore the simple truth that it is pointless to live in the future, since the only time we have available to us is right now.” Read more.

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		Dr. Dan McRackan Relates The Wonders of Robotic Surgery With a five-year residency in urology at UNC-Chapel Hill now behind him—a demanding stretch that he completed with the honor of serving as Chief Resident in his final year—Dr. Dan McRackan has joined with Dr. Mark McClure and Cheri Elliott, ANP, at Landmark Urology and Complementary Medicine in Raleigh, North Carolina. Read more.
		Myth: “You Just Have to Live With It” It’s a special pleasure for me to help many patients shed a common myth, and it is that they simply have to learn to live with a health problem, adjusting to it as best they can. In some cases, not often, that may be true. More often, it is not. Read more.
		Movement Manifests In Many Ways It’s been a long time since I’ve heard someone involved in health care express the view that exercise has no real health benefits. Read more.
		Walking Life's Path One of the profound blessings for me as a physician is to repeatedly have the opportunity to walk side by side with patients on their life journey s. Bob Anderson was one such patient who allowed me to share his spiritual journey . He came to me in the prime of life, a highly successful, globe-trotting corporate ex ecutiv e who simply didn’t have the time to be sick. “What do y ou mean my PSA is elevated? I’v e got too much going on in my life right now to deal with this,” he said in a bit of a rant. Read more. [Top]
		body parts make a whole 'Body Parts’—an interesting topic for this issue, and a revealing reminder to me of my medical and personal journeys. At an earlier point in time, I would quickly have thought about “body parts” as a urologist, my special field of medicine, and perhaps talked knowingly about a host of topics: kidney stones, prostate cancer, vasectomies, sling procedures—on and on. Read more.
		new visions for healing through art With a new name and a broader mandate of service, New Visions Center for Art and Healing— formerly Waking Dreams of the Triangle—has come to life with energy and passion. Read more.
		Optimal Does NOT Mean Perfect “People who choose to eat less than wholesome food, who smoke and fail to exercise, are drawing down their reserves.” Read more. [Top]
		“we have met the enemy!” Raising healthy children takes a village. As a medicine man, I know that protecting the environment, especially the air we breathe, is a prerequisite to raising healthy children. Breathing clean air provides life-sustaining oxygen that promotes optimal health. Read more.
		East Meets West—Again 1972 was an auspicious year, personally and nationally. It’s the year I began medical school. It’s also the year that President Nixon made a surprise and clandestine visit to China. During this visit, one of the reporters covering the trip had an attack of appendicitis and received acupuncture for post-operative pain. Read more.
		Drawing Down Reserves? Make Better Choices! Disease isn’t something that is just out there, waiting to grab us. It’s an imbalance in our bodies. And even though it’s given a name by medicine, disease is an individual issue, and a personal journey, for each of us. Read more. [Top]
		miracle pills When I was a little boy, no more than 12, I learned firsthand about the miracle of healing. I never did find out the nature of my problem, but I remember being very sick. It started at a family picnic; I was overcome by nausea and wooziness while I got hotter and hotter. When my temperature climbed to 105, my Dad took me to the local family doctor. Read more. [Top]
		the many consequences of obesity As an urologist and a holistic physician (still an unusual combination in this country), I work with patients every day to counter the effects of obesity. Read more.
		Mesh Provides Support Where It’s Badly Needed All of us can look in a mirror and be grateful that our mothers had the desire, stamina, and fortitude to take the months-long journey of pregnancy—and their bodies paid a price for this life-giving effort. Read more.
		Simple Choices Have Profound Consequences When Cheri Elliott, ANP, and I founded Landmark Urology and Complementary Medicine eleven years ago, we set out on a different path of healing and invited our patients to join us on the journey. It’s a great blessing to us that so many men, women, and children have accepted that invitation. Read more. [Top]
		Inner Peace Is Key to Natural Healing I’ve walked the path of healing with my patients for more than several decades, and have come to understand that the essence of healing is to find and maintain inner peace. Read more.
		Alternative & Complementary Medicine: Evidence-Based Clinical Pearls [Top]
		Choices in Healing By Mark McClure, MD As a physician who regularly counsels and treats patients with cancer, I’m always on the lookout for helpful resources to share with my patients. The result of over 10 years of research , Choices in Healing by Michael Lerner, Ph.D., is one such resource. Written for both the lay person and physician, this wonderful book is replete with useful information cancer patients and their physicians should know. Read more.
		Bringing New Energy Into the Operating Room In the past 10 years or so, I’ve come to think about and understand energy in very different ways. Now I am bringing this new understanding of energy into the operating room, when doing so meets the needs and wishes of my patients. Read more. [Top]
		Food Allergy Elimination Diet Foods That Cause An Allergic Reaction. Food allergies can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. Women with food allergies are usually unaware that foods (usually the ones they crave) may be causing their symptoms. Eliminating problem foods can alleviate irritating symptoms. Experiment by following a ‘food elimination diet’ for three weeks. Read more.
		World Journal Urology Abstract: An accumulating body of scientific evidence supports the notion that a holistic outlook on health and life and complementary and alternative medicine health practices can promote wellness and prevent and treat prostate disease. This overview explores some of the fundamental philosophical, diagnostic, and therapeutic differences between conventional and holistic medicine, and discusses how to integrate evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, holistic medicine, and conventional medicine for the prevention and treatment of prostate disease. Read more.
		How to Prevent Breast Cancer Download helpful tips to help prevent breast cancer. Read more.

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