Today – Sunday, April 14 – is International Moment of Laughter Day, National Moment of Laughter Day, and Moment of Laughter Day. In a recent piece, Bob Clark, a Health Blogger in Florida, discusses humor, including a PBS special called Benefits of Humor which found that humor provides: Physical benefits; Cognitive benefits; Emotional benefits; Social benefits. So, take a
Perhaps her prominence in the field of health is sometimes overlooked because of her historical association with a religion and the fact that medicine and medical research, in her day especially, were almost exclusively the purview of men.
In celebration of Women’s History Month the Huffington Post ran an article last month with pictures of “50 Women Who Shaped America’s Health“. Numerous comments were shared online noting that this list is incomplete.
The Huffington Post listened and added 5 more women taken from their readers’ input. That makes this list 50+5.
Certainly there are many more. But here’s one woman that surely should be included in the field of health – Mary Baker Eddy.
It’s springtime, when the rains bathe and nourish nature and then the winds come to dry things out. This week has been designated in Michigan as Severe Weather Awareness Week. Already, we’re seeing occasional wind advisories in our weather forecasts. For safety’s sake, it’s certainly wise to be alert and aware. And just as flying above the
Fifteen years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed adding the word “spiritual” to the definition of health contained in their constitution – at the time, a significant change for an organization created to coordinate and improve medical and health services around the globe. Sunday, April 7, World Health Day commemorates the creation of the
The discomfort produced by guilt is not limited to mental agony; it brings physical torment as well. And since guilt starts in our heads, that’s where its cure needs to begin. As Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas writes in a Houston Chronicle article last week, “in order to heal a body affected by guilt,
“A study by the Danish Aging Research Center is projecting that half of the babies born in the U.S. today are likely to live past 100” writes my colleague, Stormy Becker Falso from Georgia. Think of it – more than half of us living past 100! Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization,
Here are three articles in the news this month that indicate a growing cultural change in the use of drugs for health. (1) Heart Drugs: Too Many Medication Types Are Compromising Health, Doctors Say From Reuters, by Debra Sherman, posted on HuffingtonPost.com, March 13, 2013 Excerpts: “We are eager to add medicines and reluctant to take
That’s right – “hang onto your goat!” I never heard it expressed quite like that until I read this wonderful article by Beverly Goldsmith in Melbourne, Australia. I’m not giving it away, but it’s good for your health. I had an experience in my own life where it was good for my health, so I’m definitely
In our health care system here in the U.S., where we spend more and get less than other “industrial” nations, many are looking for alternatives – and spending out-of-pocket for them. In this short video, Eric Bashor in the Christian Science Press Room presents the main ideas from a piece in Psychology Today by Russ Gerber entitled, It’s Never
“Over 80% of Americans directly feel God’s love according to a survey conducted by the organization funded by the John Templeton Foundation”. This was reported by Steven Salt last month in an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) entitled, “Love delivers healthy makeover”. With some recent incidents in the news that just call out