Tag Archives: care

Are you willing to be free from allergies?

Here is a guest post by Debby Kowit, a colleague of mine in Pennsylvania. She explores spirituality and wellbeing in her Keystone Health Connections blog carried by The Times Herald in Pennsylvania (under the LIFE heading). Are you willing to be free from allergies? The experience of looking a tiger in the eye is one that

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From DOWN UNDER: Care Helps Dementia Sufferers and Caregivers

In the U.S., the Alzheimer’s Organization reports that an estimated 5.2 million Americans suffer from dementia and more than half of their caregivers struggle with high emotional stress. Writing in the Fraser Coast Chronicle in northeastern Australia, Kay Stroud presents a hopeful look at helping those suffering from dementia in an article entitled, “Care can

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IN THE NEWS Compassion and Caring in Health Care

Highlighting the “care” in Health Care, this month two articles delved into the role of compassion, caring, and empathy – in short, love – in health care. (1) Forget the Placebo Effect: It’s the ‘Care Effect’ That Matters by Nathanael Johnson on Wired.com Jan. 18th. Excerpts: …the “care effect” — the idea that the opportunity

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The duck is not so lame

When is a lame duck not so lame?

Answer: when it is moved to tears!

Did you know that the phrase “lame duck” is actually in the dictionary?

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