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Bob Cummings
- 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: mortality
Study in Detroit area shows giving is good for health
It’s self-evident that helping others is helpful to those being helped. But a recent study¹ has found that giving – in the form of helping others – is also beneficial to the helper’s health and longevity. The study looked at 846 … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged Detroit, giving, Grand Valley State University, GVSU, helping, mortality, stress
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Can human beings really live to be 1,000?
A study published in 2000 by the American Psychological Association found that “religious involvement was significantly associated with lower mortality.” Similarly, a study published in The American Journal of Public Health in 1997 found that frequent religious attendance reduced mortality. Researchers suspect some of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged aging, Alzheimer's, Healing, health, immortality, mortality, religious, spirituality
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Dashboards, Metrics & Health
So, do you have an altimeter on the dashboard of your car to gauge your altitude?” In my last blog post I discussed how metrics need to fit the thing being measured and how a one-metric-fits-all or one-metric-says-it-all approach can … Continue reading