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- I write about how spirituality and thought benefit health and serve as the media and legislative spokesperson for Christian Science in Michigan. A life-long Michigander and MSU graduate, I like to travel and am a fairly decent table tennis player.
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Tag Archives: health care
Appreciating Nurses and Their Recognition of Spirituality
The Michigan Legislature passed a resolution recognizing National Nurses Week – May 6-12 – here in Michigan. It points out that the “146,488 nurses in Michigan comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the state.” And it calls on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, Spirituality
Tagged health, health care, healthcare, Michigan Nurses Week, National Nurses Week, nurses, prayer, spirituality
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Improving our ideals to achieve excellence in health care
How can changing our ideals bring excellence to health care? Russ Gerber takes up this question in a recent in-depth article in The Washington Times entitled, “First, health care excellence” - apparently inspired by a question asked at a recent talk … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged excellence, Harvard Medical School, health, health care, healthcare, ideals, placebo, Pony Express, Russ Gerber
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Who’s Missing From a List of 50 Women in Health?
Perhaps her prominence in the field of health is sometimes overlooked because of her historical association with a religion and the fact that medicine and medical research, in her day especially, were almost exclusively the purview of men. In celebration … Continue reading
Time for the WHO to Revisit Their Definition of Health
Fifteen years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed adding the word “spiritual” to the definition of health contained in their constitution – at the time, a significant change for an organization created to coordinate and improve medical and health … Continue reading
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Tagged health, health care, healthcare, prayer, spirituality, WHO, World Health Day, World Health Organization
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IN THE NEWS: Cultural Change in Health Care
Here are three articles in the news this month that indicate a growing cultural change in the use of drugs for health. (1) Heart Drugs: Too Many Medication Types Are Compromising Health, Doctors Say From Reuters, by Debra Sherman, posted on … Continue reading
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Tagged drugs, Healing, health, health care, healthcare, Jesus, medicines, prayer, spirituality
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Which Way To Health?
In our health care system here in the U.S., where we spend more and get less than other “industrial” nations, many are looking for alternatives – and spending out-of-pocket for them. In this short video, Eric Bashor in the Christian Science … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives, health, health care, healthcare, Psychology Today, Russ Gerber
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A Broader Spectrum of Care for Better Health Care Results?
Our health care system here in the U.S. is often compared and contrasted with the Canadian system that provides universal coverage. Each system has its virtues and its challenges. Canadian health blogger Wendy Margolese from Toronto, Ontario, Canada recently wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged CAM, ESCAPE FIRE, health, health care, healthcare, prayer, Simcoe.com, spirituality, well-being, Wendy Margolese
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ESCAPE FIRE: Expanding Our View of Healthcare Without Fear
How much airtime does an issue need before that sets fire to our commitment for change? The award-winning documentary movie Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare, until recently, has received relatively small attention. Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, … Continue reading
Escape Fire Revisited: Escaping Pain
Have you ever been in pain and wanted to escape the discomfort? CNN aired the documentary movie Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare Sunday night (and they will rebroadcast it Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET and again … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, ESCAPE FIRE, health, health care, healthcare, Houston Chronicle, Keith Wommack, pain, prayer, spirituality
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Escape Fire Revisited: Over Treatment
CNN aired the documentary movie “Escape Fire” Sunday night (and they will rebroadcast it Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET and again at 11:00 p.m.) The movie looks at issues that need to be addressed to improve our health … Continue reading
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Tagged ESCAPE FIRE, health, health care, healthcare, over diagnosis, prayer, spirituality
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