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"She was buying Christmas presents for her son that day, and really had a tremendous amount of energy.

She seemed wonderful, and very, very grounded and strong." In her introduction to the first segment of The New Medicine, Reeve tells viewers: "Your emotional state has a tremendous amount to do with sickness, health and well-being.

For years, my husband and I lived on - and because of -hope.

Hope continues to give me the mental strength to carry on." The project was the last she is known to have completed before her March 6 death, and it was a fitting one: The New Medicine, which debuts tonight at 9, looks at how mainstream doctors are embracing treatment of the whole patient - not just symptoms of a disease.

-ADVERTISEMENT- Reeve's appearance underscores one of the points of the documentary: Holistic medicine is a tool for fighting illness - not a cure-all.

"Part of the challenge is we get patients all the time that are really looking for a magic cure," said Dr.

Tracy Gaudet, an obstetrician-gynecologist who heads the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine in Durham, N.C.

"We're not in the business of magic cures; we're in the business of good medicine." The Duke center uses any available technique that might improve a patient's experience and outcome.

Accepted practices include herbal supplements, acupuncture, massage ...

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