Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day -- patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and get this amazing book that explains how you can 'think' yourself sick or well,."Every family should have a copy. It can be a lifesaver." -- Ann Landers Bernie Siegel, M.D., practices surgery in New Haven and teaches at Yale University. In 1978, Siegel started ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients), a specialized form of individual and group therapy based on "carefrontation," a loving, safe, therapeutic confrontation that facilitates personal change and healing. This experience led to his desire to make everyone aware of - his or her own healing potentiol. In 1988, he became president of the American Holistic Medical Association.