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Who Cares?

A Guest Blog By Cynthia P. Barnett · Comments (0) Are you in a caring relationship? I don’t mean with a spouse, parent, child, or friend. I mean with your health care provider. Does your doctor care–really care? And if not, does it … Continue reading

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Resistant Antibiotics May Mean End of Modern Medicine. What’s Next?

Dear Readers, it’s Patriot’s Day here in Massachusetts; the running of the Boston Marathon has begun ; and, unbeknownst to many, it is also “Healthcare Decision Making Day.” I didn’t even know there was such a thing. I find it … Continue reading

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Understanding Miracles May Impel Healthcare Innovation

Dear Readers, it’s been a while since I shared something from my colleagues in Australia. Here is a very interesting piece about a woman in Australia who was healed of cancer through prayer. It’s caused quite a stir “down under.” … Continue reading

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What’s an 18 year old to do?

  My youngest son turned 18 last year and will, thus, have the opportunity – the privilege – for the first time to vote this year. Over the Christmas holidays, however, he informed his dad and me that he simply … Continue reading

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Mind-Body-Spirit: Important but not new

This past week I listened to a great radio talk show, hosted by Elaine Baumgartel, on NM’s public radio station KUNM. The focus of the KUNM Call In Show was, generally speaking, the status of the field of “mind-body” medicine and the role … Continue reading

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HHS Gives States Gift of Choice

A couple weeks ago, the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services gaveN ew Mexico– and all other states – a significant Christmas gift: The gift of choice.   After almost two years of waiting for HHS to issue its … Continue reading

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NM’s Representatives Should Follow Through on Promises Behind ACA

This past week, I spent a couple of days inWashington,D.C.visiting with the staff of four of New Mexico’s five federal legislators – Bingaman, Lujan, Heinrich and Udall. Senator Udall, always a gracious fellow, stopped by at the end of my … Continue reading

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Book Review: “The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine” – Part 1

This article first appeared on Blogcritics. Do our thoughts impact our health? Dr. Anne Harrington, chair of the history of science department at Harvard University, has been researching this question for many years.  Convinced that there is a connection between … Continue reading

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GUEST BLOG – PAY FOR PRAYER?

Yes, there are a lot of steps from one Congressman’s office to another around Capital Hill in DC. Recently, I believe, I touched them all and wore off plenty of shoe-leather. There’s also, I’m finding, a lot of steps required … Continue reading

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HEALTHY SKEPTICISM & DIALOGUE

  “I have to tell you, just so you know, I am skeptical about these alternative approaches to medicine.” This is how one of our long-time state Representatives opened a conversation with me recently. “That’s OK. I have to tell … Continue reading

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