Tag Archives: non-medical care

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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Ancient Wisdom Benefits Modern Health Care

  Dear Readers, enjoy this peace by my colleague Russ Gerber on the value to our health of quiet prayer and stillness. Russ is the spokesperson for the Christian Science church. Ancient Wisdom Benefits Modern Health Care   The rising tide … 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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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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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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They Are Listening

Dear Readers, please enjoy this guest piece by my colleague in southern California.     10/21/2011 12:55 PM PDT Tags: prayer, health, alternatives, David, Myers, Amy, Wachholtz, Usha, Sambamoorthi   Last year I heard a commencement speaker tell the graduates … 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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Where is God?

Dear Readers, Enjoy this piece by my colleague, Kay Stroud, from “down under.” Q&A, healthcare debates and fear of bats going viral. But isn’t there evidence of God’s care here and now? Posted on July 20, 2011 by Kay Stroud … Continue reading

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