VoiceAmerica and WorldTalk internet Radio Network, announced today that nationally acclaimed author and researcher Caryle Hirshberg will join Grace Gawler, host of Navigating the Cancer Maze radio program on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel Friday, February 22, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Available as a MP3 download at VoiceAmerica anytime or liste to replay – streaming audio. Free sign up to Voice America to download.Download from itunes.
Caryle Hirshberg, M.S author Spontaneous Remission and Remarkable Recovery; pioneer researcher, lecturer joins host Grace Gawler to discuss what was discovered from the research. The topic – Why people Heal – Lessons learned from studies of Spontaneous Remissions
http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/67536/navigating-the-cancer-maze-why-people-heal-lessons-learned-from-studies-of-spontaneous-remissions (For resources mentioned in this interview – select “More” icon at end of this story and scroll).
Spontaneous Remission launched Caryle Hirshberg into the cancer spotlight when it was published in 1993 by the institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). The book filled a gap in research, as before that time there was no standard reference for the field of spontaneous remission. Then, in 1994 Remarkable Recovery was published; a book of stories about patient unexplained recoveries. Both book looked at unexplained recoveries from medical literature and although considered a rare phenomena – they were surprised at the number of references they found. It piqued their interest to know more….
Just for a moment, turn back the clock to 1994. Can you imagine the New York Literary Guild’s Lawrence Van Gelder writing in the NY Times that the three hottest books on the horizon were ‘Like Water for Chocolate’, ‘The Horse Whisperer’ and, amazingly a nonfiction work; ‘Remarkable Recovery’ a book that offered scientific evidence that people recover from seemingly terminal illnesses more frequently than is supposed. Hirshberg’s well researched works of science not only captivated cancer patients worldwide but they marked a beginning of an almost cult-like fascination with healing in the public arena.
Caryle Hirshberg, Project Manager at IONS and the late Brendan O’Regan, Vice President of Research at IONS joined forces to create a project that had never been researched before. So was born ‘The Remission Project’ at IONS, California. The 
task was enormous; to catalogue the world’s medical literature on the subject. This resulted in an assembly of the largest database of medically reported cases of spontaneous remission in the world, with more than 3,500 references from more than 800 journals in 20 different languages.
Caryle Hirshberg will discuss her role in this formative period in American healing history with Grace Gawler. The theme is why people heal from diseases that were deemed incurable. This was a courageous topic to pursue; to study the seemingly miraculous while keeping science and well researched data on track. This was the first time that a research group not only gathered medical data from journals worldwide; but they dared to look at why people recovered and what we might learn from their turnaround to stay well. The book was controversial, inspiring and as well gained attack from some medical corners; yet the material they researched was from medical journals. Like TV’s past science hero, Professor Julius Sumner Miller; Hirshberg and O’Regan were brave enough to ask the fundamental scientific question; ‘Why is it so?’
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So this enquiring and passionate woman set about her life’s work to understand the science and art of healing. She has been involved with beneficial plant research and the Center for Integrative Medicine which researches globally, promoting pharmacological research and intelligent scientific approaches to studying into indigenous and traditional remedies. Caryle was senior Researcher for the six part documentary “The Heart of Healing’ which became a signature series for investigation into the mystery of why people heal. The program, a six-hour television documentary aired on Turner Broadcasting System and was hosted by Jane Seymour. The theme was the role of the mind and spirit in healing and was co-produced by IONS and based on the same-titled IONS book. The program sparked the development of hundreds of IONS “community groups” throughout the U.S. and worldwide.
About: In an extraordinary career, Caryle Hirshberg has been modern day pioneer whose work has shaped minds and opened new ways of thinking about why people heal. A long way down the path from her undergraduate studies in chemistry, mathematics and psychology at University of Florida, she has made history in healing circles. She graduated in neurochemistry at Indiana University and in her long career has been involved in researching remission, neurochemistry, pharmacology, cancer biochemistry and cardiology. She has lectured widely on the subject of spontaneous remissions. Today she is in private practice.
Resources:
1. Access Spontaneous Remission online:
http://noetic.org/library/publication-books/spontaneous-remission-annotated-bibliography/
URL below – Excerpts from The Heart of Healing (as mentioned in the interview) These two videos tell the story of Doris, a woman who overcame her cancer with the help of both western medicine and a very disciplined healing visualization practice.
2. http://noetic.org/research/project/spontaneous-remission/videos/
3. Remarkable Recovery: Caryle Hirshberg and Marc Ian Barasch. What Extraordinary Healings Tell Us About Getting Well and Staying Well – out of print but available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Recovery-Extraordinary-Healings-Getting/dp/1573225304
To listen to the recorded show – Select the link below:
http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/67536/navigating-the-cancer-maze-why-people-heal-lessons-learned-from-studies-of-spontaneous-remissions
Want to know more about this book and the work of Caryle Hirshberg – contact Email: institute@gracegawler.com
