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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: thought
Sweets that are good for health
It seems that chocolate and other sweets are everywhere right now. Last Saturday Chelsea, Michigan held their 5th Annual Chocolate Extravaganza. On Sunday a good friend gave me a jar of homemade chocolate sauce that I enjoyed on ice cream. Tuesday … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged chocolate, divine, health, Paczki Day, sweets, thought, Valentine's Day
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If we are as young as we feel are we as old as we think?
You’ve probably heard the saying, “you’re as young as you feel“. Research suggests that this is truer than we might realize; our thoughts about aging can affect how we age. The benefits of positive perceptions of aging include the following: … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, beauty, Longevity, maturity, perceptions, strength, thought, vitality, wisdom
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Giving mental consent to excellence breaks barriers
The Olympic motto – “Faster, Higher, Stronger” – is about exceeding limits. An experience in competitive swimming when I was in school gave me a glimpse of what researchers are finding in their studies – that giving mental consent has … Continue reading
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Tagged 400 Freestyle, athletes, cyclists, excel, Faster Higher Stronger, Freestyle, health, mental consent, Olympic motto, Olympics, performance, prayer, spirituality, swimming, thought
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Thought controlled robotic arm
“They’ve found that it is possible for a person to mentally control a robotic limb in three-dimensional space.”
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged 1982 World's Fair, freedom, Healing, limbs, movement, paralysis, prayer, robotic arm, thought
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60 Minutes, Placebos, and an Impossible Study
Explosive! That’s how correspondent Lesley Stahl described it.¹ And a study on the implications it raises for all drug-based therapy would be impossible – or would it?
Posted in Health, Notes from Bob Cummings
Tagged 60 Minutes, antidepressants, depression, health, Irving Kirsh, Lesley Stahl, mecebo, placebo, placebos, spirituality, thought
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“Beam me up, Scotty”
“McCoy’s syndrome” is defined, in an article¹ in a leading medical journal called The Lancet, as an excessive faith in medical technology (especially imaging), an absence of clinical reasoning and a lack of making emotional connections with the sick. The … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, health, McCoy's syndrome, spirituality, Star Trek, The Lancet, thought, Tricorder
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Anatomy and mysterious Italian diseases?
“The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone…“ That’s how the song goes. Are you well versed in anatomy? I am most definitely not. My biology class in school covered the subject, but to this day, with a few exceptions, I … Continue reading
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Tagged anatomy, cervicale, colpo d'aria, health, prayer, spirituality, thought
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Thinking and effective exercise
When thought meets exercise, exercise is more beneficial. “A particular mind-set or belief about one’s body or health may lead to improvements in disease symptoms as well as changes in appetite, brain chemicals and even vision, several recent studies have … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, exercise, health, placebo, prayer, spirituality, thought
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Charles Darwin sees connection between thought and blushing
Blushing provides a great example, I think, of how consciousness can affect health. An emotional response in thought (e.g. feeling embarrassment) has a direct effect on the body – a change in blood flow seen as blushing in the face. … Continue reading
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Tagged blushing, Charles Darwin, consciousness, divine, Healing, health, spirituality, thought
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Thought affects movement
“Athletes themselves have long insisted that mental factors are paramount“. Recently I read this in an interesting 09/19/2011 article in The New York Times by Gina Kolata entitled, “A Little Deception Helps Push Athletes to the Limit”. She shares an experiment … Continue reading
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Tagged athletes, cylcist, Dr. Kevin Thompson, Gina Kolata, health, limits, movement, spirituality, thought
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