Bill Clinton ist ein prominentes Fallbeispiel, wenn es um das Potenzial der Naturheilkunde bei Herzerkrankungen geht. Trotz mehrerer Stents und Bypass-Operationen musste der ehemalige Präsident feststellen, dass seine Herzleistung nachließ — bis er Patient des naturheilkundlichen Kardiologen Dean Ornish wurde.
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Dobos, G.J. Naturheilkundliche Ansätze bei Herzinsuffizienz. MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin 160, 22–24 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15006-018-0463-7
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