A timely interview with 96-year old world-renowned neuroendocrinologist and researcher Dr. Seymour Reichlin who discussed the role stress has on disease and the issues surrounding psychosomatic disease as well as briefly discuss the 1918 Pandemic flu, Babe Ruth and the deployment of the Atomic bomb.Dr. Reichlin joins our host, Dr. Mark Sublette who takes off his art hat too discuss medicine and early Navajo life in the 1950's and the medical treatments and lifestyle at that time as well as collecting Native Arts. This is part one of a two-episode interview.In part two, Seymour discusses his involvement in the research taking place on the Navajo Reservation and the barriers that he dealt with relating the concept of stress to a culture that did not have a word for headache. Seymour goes on to speak on his mentorship of the famous advocate for alternative medicine Deepak Chopra, his understanding of consciousness and departs after leaving us with an Art Dealer Diaries first - a musical performance!

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