Many in today’s healthcare system have equitable treatment as their goal; they are restricted by time, resources, management directives, and insurance restrictions. Nurses and doctors would love to spend more time with each patient, building a plan to cure the ailment that prompted their medical visit and improve their quality of life. Often, they are pressured by the bottom line. Compound this with staff shortages, and it becomes a matter of survival on both ends.

Doctor visits average five to ten minutes, and those in hospitals are often given standard protocols, and they hope for the best. “Come back if that doesn’t work,” they say. This is one example where healthcare is complicated, and, unfortunately, poor choices can be made. Innovations take a while to work their way into the system, and sometimes they are rejected due to cost or time constraints.

The medical profession is designed to treat symptoms and not underlying root causes. Most people aren’t willing to make necessary changes in their lives and look for miracles in pills instead. The challenge with finding a balance is compounded by limits on both ends of the spectrum.