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Tag Archives: complementary medicine
Being Mindful of World Health Day
This article first appeared on Australia’s national forum, Online Opinion. There’ll be a functional cure for AIDs; your brain waves will be able to be manipulated to jog memory or scratch bad recollections; and, bandages will indicate how healing is … Continue reading
Posted in CAM, Christian Science, Health care, Health policy, Kay's posts, Meditation and prayer, Placebos
Tagged alternative therapies, CAM, complementary medicine, Donald Moss, Larson & Larson, mental nature of health, mind/body, mindfulness, Parkinson's disease, placebo effect, placebo research, placebos, The Circle of the Soul: The Role of Spirituality in Health Care, World Health Day, World Parkinson's Day
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Who knew that Easter relates to Springborg’s health portfolio?
Easter is one of the very special dates on the Christian calendar, because Jesus’ healing lifework, culminating in his resurrection from the dead, changed our understanding of both ourselves and the divine. To me, Jesus’ life is evidence of a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Health policy
Tagged 70% Australians use CAM, alternative therapies, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Christianity, complementary medicine, Corinne Trevitt, Dr Bernie Siegel, Dr Jeff Levin, Easter, Elizabeth MacKinlay, genes can change, health portfolio, health trends, humour therapy, Jesus, Lawrence Springborg, love, media interest in spirituality, Medical Journal of Australia, mental health, placebo, Public health and medicine program area, Queensland Health, spiritual care and ageing, Spirituality, spirituality in palliative care, WHO
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An alternative to too many meds
My guest post today by Eric Nelson, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Northern California appeared first on Blog Critics. It’s called polypharmacy. Put simply, it’s when someone uses more medication than they actually need. And it can be risky. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged alternative medicines, CAM, complementary medicine, drug compliance, drug interactions, Eric Nelson, health, Health Services Research, healthcare industry, medicine, meds, migraine headaches healed, polypharmacy, Prayer, research, side-effects, USA Today
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Dialogue about science, culture and faith is crucial to human progress
Medical ethicist Robert Veatch has suggested that there is no “single entity called medicine”. Instead, there may be as many different medicines as there are world views. Might I suggest that there may just be as many different individual spiritualities … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged alternative therapies, Baha'i, Beyond spirituality: the role of meditation in mental health, Buddhist, CAM, Christian, chronically ill benefit from religion, complementary medicine, dialogue, Does religious faith make people healthier and happier?, Handbook of Religion and Health, Harold Koenig, healing modalities, Hindu, interfaith dialogue, J Peteet, Jewish, King and Carson, M D'Ambra, medical ethics, multicultural dialogue, Muslim, Pure Land Learning College, Quaker, Robert Veatch, scientific positivism, Sikh, spirituality and biomedicine, The Conversation, The Soul of Medicine: Spiritual perspectives and clinical practice, Toowoomba, Unitarian, Wiccan
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Exploring effective pain relief options
It is time for Australians to become informed on this very significant health issue. My guest post today by Bill Scott, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Washington State USA, uncovers some convincing statistics on the use of pain killers in developed … Continue reading
Building Bridges: Thinking about Spirituality in Healthcare
Are you a thinker who relies on scientific prayer, a thinker who relies on alternative medicines, or a thinker who relies on medical science? Bridges are being built ….. Check out below what my colleague, Carey Arber, has discovered. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged alternative medicines, American Cancer Society, AsianScientist, Benison Anne O'Reilly, CAMs, cancer, cancer verdict overruled, Carey Arber, complementary medicine, Fighting Cancer with Spirituality, Healing, healthcare, Prayer, Samantha Chan, Sydney Morning Herald, University of Adelaide, wellbeing
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