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Vacations – Unplugged And Then Some – For Health and Well-being

By Bob CummingsJune 20, 2013Health, Spiritualityhealth, prayer, spirituality, stress, unplugged, Vacation

On the East Bay in Traverse City, Michigan

Friday marks the official start of summer, and for many, summer is vacation time.

Research has found that vacations are beneficial for health and well-being, at least in the short run.

For example, one study¹ looked at fifty-three employees and measured physical complaints and the quality of sleep and mood both 10 days before and 3 days after vacations. These measures all improved. And then, again, five weeks after vacations, the employees still reported fewer physical complaints. The study concluded that vacations may improve well-being on a short-term basis.

Perhaps not surprisingly, though, it depends on the nature of the vacation. For example, other studies² have found that:

Health-related vacation outcomes depend on how a vacation is organized.
Choosing especially pleasant vacation activities is better for health and well-being.
Working during a vacation negatively influences health and well-being after vacation.

Monitor Thought For Better Health

By Bob CummingsJune 18, 20131 commentHealth, Notes from Bob Cummings, Spiritualityfear, health, health care, healthcare, medical students disease, nocebo, placebo, prayer, spirituality, thought

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Think thought doesn’t matter when it comes to health? Consider the following two articles that look at how thought affects our health – both of which address all of the following:

The placebo effect
The nocebo effect (harmful negative version of the placebo effect)
Fear / negative expectations
Medical students disease (getting a disease they study).

The Roseto Effect and What Love’s Got To Do With It

By Bob CummingsJune 16, 2013Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, Spiritualitydiet, health, Keith Wommack, lifestyle, love, Roseto, spirituality

What’s the Roseto Effect? It’s named for the Italian residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania who were consistently healthy – much more so than those in neighboring communities as close as one mile away. In his latest article, Keith Wommack of Corpus Christi, Texas, a self-syndicated columnist who writes about health, thought, and spirituality, explores this fascinating situation.

Taking Lessons From Hospice Care

By Bob CummingsJune 6, 2013Health, SpiritualityChristian Science Press Room, health, health care, healthcare, hospice, patient autonomy, quality of life, spirituality

“Is it ever too early to incorporate the patient autonomy, compassion, comfort and enhanced quality of life hospice is known for?” Eric Bashor in the Christian Science Press Room asks this question in a short video that looks at the lessons hospice offers for all stages of care. If you can’t play the video below, you can view

The love that is good for health

By Bob CummingsJune 3, 2013Health, Spiritualitydivine, forgiveness, health, Houston Chronicle, Keith Wommack, kindness, love, spirituality

In an article in the Houston Chronicle, after sharing a very touching story of how he and his step-son-to-be learned together about living love, Keith Wommack – a nationally syndicated columnist on health, thought, and spirituality – discusses the love that has health benefits. He asks, “What kind of love makes the biggest difference in our health?”

Penny-pinching for better health?

By Bob CummingsMay 31, 2013Health, Spiritualityhealth, health care, health care spending, health insurance, healthcare, spirituality, wellness

With growing health care costs and – according to the Institute of Medicine – the large amounts of unnecessary health care spending, will penny-pinching bring a paradigm-shift in health care? And if so, what forms of care will that include? Eric Bashor in the Christian Science Press Room discusses this issue in a short video, with a concluding

Become “the CEO of your own health”

By Bob CummingsMay 29, 2013Health, Notes from Bob CummingsBob Clark, Clearwater Patch, Dr. Travis Stork, George Barna, health, healthcare, spirituality

In a recent article in the Clearwater Patch, Health Blogger Bob Clark brings his readers’ attention to the liberating idea to become “the CEO of your own health”, quoting Dr. Travis Stork, author of ”The Doctor is In”. He also shares author and researcher George Barna’s seven points that underlie Jesus’ healing ministry from the perspective of

When Mothers Offer Spirituality It’s Good For Health

By Bob CummingsMay 11, 2013Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, SpiritualityBible, health, mother's day, mothers, prayer, spirituality

My mother – through her example and her actions – instilled in me a recognition of the value of spirituality as it relates both to health and to everyday life. She didn’t push spirituality at others, she quietly lived it – in patience, caring, tolerance, and in a daily practice of Scripture reading and prayer.

Appreciating Nurses and Their Recognition of Spirituality

By Bob CummingsMay 8, 2013Health, Notes from Bob Cummings, Spiritualityhealth, health care, healthcare, Michigan Nurses Week, National Nurses Week, nurses, prayer, spirituality

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The Michigan Legislature passed a resolution recognizing National Nurses Week – May 6-12 – here in Michigan. It points out that the “146,488 nurses in Michigan comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the state.” And it calls on the residents of Michigan to honor our nurses and appreciate their efforts to improve the health of our state.

I’d especially like to honor the recognition by most nurses of the value of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing.

Here are some examples in which this is evident:

Improving our ideals to achieve excellence in health care

By Bob CummingsApril 24, 2013Health, Notes from Bob Cummingsexcellence, Harvard Medical School, health, health care, healthcare, ideals, placebo, Pony Express, Russ Gerber

How can changing our ideals bring excellence to health care? Russ Gerber takes up this question in a recent in-depth article in The Washington Times entitled, “First, health care excellence” – apparently inspired by a question asked at a recent talk sponsored by the Harvard Medical School. Gerber draws some interesting lessons from placebos and the

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