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The Price of Forgiveness

Dear Readers,  This is a great piece on forgiveness by a colleague in Massachusetts.  Posted on July 16, 2012 by Ingrid Peschke Ingrid is a health blogger, legislative liaison for Christian Science and spirituality in Massachusetts, and a Christian Science practitioner. How much … Continue reading

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Prayer: A Powerful Tool in “Whole Child” Behavior Therapy

Few issues create greater concern or debate among the medical and mental health communities, parents and legislators than the increased use of psychotropic drugs to treat behavioral “disorders” in children and teens.  The trends, concerns, and issues are difficult for … Continue reading

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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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Prisons Use Mindfulness Practices to Teach Nonviolence

Albuquerque’s Sunday Journal featured a spread on prisons that are incorporating yoga and other mindfulness practices into working with inmates. This peaked my interest because just earlier in the week, I ran across information about the Mind Body Awareness (MBA) project … Continue reading

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Dementia and Drug Free Solutions

Dear Readers, yesterday’s USA Today featured a lengthy piece on Alzheimer’s disease focusing on the status of occurrence and treatment as well as on a national effort to increase funding and efforts to find a cure. This piece, by my colleague in … 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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Belief and Its Effect on Our Health

Dear Readers, the plethora of studies on placebos today provides a vast and interesting opportunity for us to contemplate the mental nature of health. Enjoy this guest post by Russ Gerber, Spokesperson for the Christian Science church.   Penny Sarchet doesn’t … Continue reading

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Rambo II? No, Placebos II!

Dear Readers, A couple significant new studies on placebos have been circulating. Before the conversation gets stale, I wanted to share one colleague’s follow up on a couple of those studies. Enjoy this piece from Ken Girard in Massachusetts. Thursday, January … Continue reading

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