Health blogger Joel Magnes, writing in The Eden Prairie News in Minnesota, draws lessons from the documentary, “Escape Fire – the fight to rescue American healthcare” in discussing patient choice. He shares how he once made a choice that at the time was a very different one for him – a spiritual approach involving prayer. It helped, and
“Think carefully. It matters.” This admonition comes from Russ Gerber, writing in Psychology Today in an “Our Health–The Future of Healthcare” column. Here are two excerpts from an article of his discussing a healthy shake-up in health care — an article that seems as relevant today as when it first ran last fall: “It doesn’t
AGING “‘Old’ really is a state of mind…” (Dr. Shari Rochen, doctor of internal medicine at the Pearland Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston Chronicle) “Age by itself does not necessarily bring premature disease and disability, but it is the belief that age brings these conditions that hastens their arrival.” (Norman Vincent Peale quoted by Dr. Victor S. Sierpina, Galveston
Russ Gerber, in his latest article on Health Care in Psychology Today, writes: “Humorist Art Buchwald said ‘The best things in life aren’t things.’ Perspective matters.” With Health Exchanges open and many considering insurance choices and costs, Gerber nudges us to take a deeper perspective: “Much of what we call health care starts to look like
“It was the first time the question had been asked and the study turned up a surprising result: some 6 million Americans had used a mind-body therapy because their doctor had recommended it.” What was the question? “A 2011 study conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School looked at how mainstream
Attention, sympathy and understanding. Compassion, humility and respect. These are qualities that help make for more compassionate – more caring – care, regardless of the healing modality involved, according to Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas, a self-syndicated columnist who writes about health, thought, and spirituality. Here’s an excerpt from his article last July entitled, When Your Physician
What helps us live a long and healthy life? It’s not money and it’s not a pill. It seems rather simple, really – intuitive almost. Here are two articles that share lessons from people in Japan: 1. 10 Tips For a Healthy Life From The World’s Oldest Person Jiroemon Kimura, who lived in a village in
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Think thought doesn’t matter when it comes to health? Consider the following two articles that look at how thought affects our health – both of which address all of the following:
“Is it ever too early to incorporate the patient autonomy, compassion, comfort and enhanced quality of life hospice is known for?” Eric Bashor in the Christian Science Press Room asks this question in a short video that looks at the lessons hospice offers for all stages of care. If you can’t play the video below, you can view
With growing health care costs and – according to the Institute of Medicine – the large amounts of unnecessary health care spending, will penny-pinching bring a paradigm-shift in health care? And if so, what forms of care will that include? Eric Bashor in the Christian Science Press Room discusses this issue in a short video, with a concluding