Fruit and Vegetble Nonsense

A recent Associated Press article reported that fruit and vegetables don't help prevent recurrence of breast cancer according to research published in JAMA. This is misleading nonsense. This same study found a 50% decrease in recurrence in women who ate more fruit and vegetables and exercised regularly as reported in Journal of Clinical Oncology. Go to www.healingradio.blogspot.com to hear Dr. Shintani's commentary on this unfortunately misleading article.

Meet Our Integrative Medicine Doctors

Welcome to the University Integrative Medicine "Blog". Here, you will find information about the doctors who practice with us. You will also find audio clips of lectures they have conducted. Please scroll down this page or navigate with the list on the right.

Tamar Hoffman, MD

Tamar Hoffmann, MD

Dr. Tamar Hoffmann is board certified in Internal Medicine and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Hoffmann was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, graduated the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel, completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Booth Memorial Medical Center in Queens New York, and has been practicing Internal Medicine in Hawaii since 1989. She is a certified practitioner of Ayurveda; a 5000-year-old Indian medical tradition, studied the intimate connections between body, mind and spirit and is incorporating principles from the Ayurvedic tradition as well as Mind Body Medicine in her practice.
In order to identify the true cause of a condition, Dr. Hoffmann is integrating diagnostic and therapeutic techniques derived from mainstream medicine with tools from Complementary and Alternative methodologies.
Dr. Hoffmann practices a holistic approach to medicine, believing that it is vitally important to treat each individual rather than treating a disease process. She strongly believes in the healing powers of nature, as well as in the role of the physician as healer and educator, and strives to empower her patients to become active in maintaining and improving their well being.