Dr. Mines is an Integrative Family Physician in practice for over 20 years serving thousands of patients in Washington, D.C. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry -Nutrition at Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and her Medical Doctorate from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed her specialty as a Family Physician at Howard University Hospital. Most recently, Dr. MInes has attained her Doctorate of Integrative Medicine from Capital University of Integrative Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Integrative medicine is not new. Thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, the order of the day was the practice of multidimensional medicine. A variety of therapeutic modalities have traditionally been aimed at improving the patient’s health and relieving their suffering. Unfortunately today, not every patient has the opportunity to receive integrative medical care, which often prohibits them from benefiting from the practice of integrating the best of ancient and modern remedies to bring the patient to optimal health.
Many patients do not have access to integrative medicine because insurance companies restrict freedom of choice for medical care. You will remain ill with chronic diseases of which the ultimate causes have not been diagnosed, while conventional pharmaceutical treatment of disease will only mask symptoms.
As a result, patients suffer from poly-pharmacy syndrome, leading to secondary effects or combination effects of the drugs in their bodies. These effects, which will be seen again only as symptoms, will be treated, for the most part by other drugs. Multidimensional integrated medicine addresses the mind, body, spirit and energetics to create a cure for your ailments, not just your symptoms.
