Charlie Rose: Revolutionizing Medicine with Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Rachel Remen

In this now classic two part Charlie Rose appearance, Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Rachel Remen, talk about revolutionizing heart disease and the entire medical system.

Ornish says: “The very simple choices that people make in their daily life like what they eat, how they respond to stress, whether they smoke, how much exercise they get, and the quality of their relationships really play a much more powerful determinant in their health and well-being than anything than I or any other doctor can do for them.  I think that really gives people new hope and new choices.”

“It’s not about healing disease. It’s different than that. It’s a way of life.”

Watch the full show, Part One.

In Part 2, he is joined by Dr. Rachel Remen to talk about redefining how medicine is practiced today.

Remen says: “It’s not about healing disease. It’s different than that. It’s a way of life. I happen to see it as a philosophy and I happen to see it as a spiritual philosophy. That’s why perhaps we call it a practice. And I see it as a way of life that’s characterized, at its best, by compassion, harmlessness, service, and reverence for life. These aren’t the qualities, necessarily of a scientist. It’s a different way of life than that.”

Watch the full show, Part Two.