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Tag Archives: Spirituality
Health outcomes outweigh fears of God-delusion
Everyone seems fired up about the ABC’s Q&A program this week. There was a face-off between outspoken proponent of atheism/theism, Professor Richard Dawkins and Australia’s most senior Catholic Church man, the Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell. Questions and answers … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts, Videos
Tagged Cardinal George Pell, clinical research, consciousness, Craig Hassad, health, health outcomes, How does freedom of religion and belief affect health and wellbeing?, medical practitioners, medicine, Mind, mind/body, Q&A, Religion, religion good for health, research findings, Richard Dawkins, Science, Spirituality, spirituality good for health, The God Delusion, The role of spirituality in medicine, VicHealth
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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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The evidence says it all!
Advice from the Sunday Mail Body+Soul article on Sunday, A-Z of Motivational Tips – L is for love. Falling in love is a natural painkiller and makes you more motivated, says a Stanford University School of Medicine study. M is … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts, Videos
Tagged A-Z of Motivational Tips, body+soul, Brunei University School of Sport and Education, Charmaine Yabsley, Christian Science, evidence-based research, food allergies healed, healthcare, medical research, meditation, Michigan State University, nocebo effect, ontology, placebo effect, Prayer, religious myths, Science, Spirituality, Spirituality and Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
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Detox from the Botox Mentality
My friends often jokingly quip, “Just about time for some Botox, ladies!” when sighing over the ephemeral nature of the human body. It’s good to remember to ‘think again’ about our real nature and substance, as my colleague Tony Lobl … Continue reading
Spirituality: The new frontier in health research
This post first appeared on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. Humour therapy. Thigh-slapping, belly laughs and doubled-up in mirth with tears streaming down your cheeks type humour. Sounds a hoot – something I could do … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged ageing, body+soul, Christianity, clinical research, clown doctors, Compass, Corinne Trevitt, Croakey, dementia, Einstein, Elizabeth B MacKinlay, health research, humour therapy, Jean-Paul Bell, medical research, Melissa Sweet, Miley Cyrus, Religion without science is blind, Science, Science without religion is lame, spiritual journey, Spirituality, Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research, successful ageing, The Bangkok Charter for health Promotion in a Globalized World, The Medical Journal of Australia, World Health Organization
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Promoting Health
We all want to be independent thinkers. Right? Maybe it’s time to reconsider how we think about our health. Check out my guest post today by Bob Clark, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Florida, USA. The New York Times … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged clinical practice, Gilbert Welch, health, healthcare, medical care, medicine, New York Times, over-screening, Overdiagnosis, promoting health, reliance on medical systems, research, responsibility for health, Spirituality, sustainable health, time4thinkers
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Could healthy living be a spiritual discipline? Lessons from Lent
Could the essence of Lent have relevance to us all, believers or non-believers? It’s not so much about changing what we imbibe or do …. but more about giving up negative thoughts or re-thinking! Check out my guest post today by … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science
Tagged health, healthy living, Lent, Lenten moment, mental health, negativity, Prayer, spiritual discipline, Spirituality, thought-changing, wellbeing
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Spirituality rides back into the HEALTH arena
We are hearing more and more in the media about the beneficial impact of spirituality on health. Keith Wommack‘s re-post today sheds a little more light on the historical links between religious thought and healthcare. Keith is the media spokesperson for … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged CAM, Dr Jeff Levin, faith and health: Exploring the spirituality healing connection, God, health, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Keith Wommack, Larry Dossey, medical care, medical research, NIH, physicians, Scientific research, side-effects, Spirituality, theology and medicine
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What’s normal? Health or illness?
In Australia, the issue of over-diagnosis is increasingly effecting both patient care and funding, as a piece on OnlineOpinion, Medicalising the Human by Peta Cox, proposed recently. Here’s a guest post today, first published on Huffington Post UK, by Tony … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged agree to disagree, American Psychiatric Association, British Medical Journal, change of mind, Gilbert Welch, grief, health is normal, Huffington Post, Karin Humphreys, Mary Baker Eddy, medicalisation, Medicalisation of normality, Medicalising the human, mental disorders, mental health, normalisation of health, OnlineOpinion, Peta Cox, Peter Kinderman, Spirituality, Tony Lobl
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Brain not the source of thought and action, after all
I’m a great fan of exercise and really enjoy dancing, hiking, cycling, snow skiing, aerobic/Pilates classes, and have put in very amateurish efforts at tennis and golf over the years. I’d have to say that what I most like about … Continue reading
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Tagged brain not the source of thought and action, brain science, Brian Udermann, Dr Tanveer Ahmed, endorphin levels, endorphins, Fitness fascination stretches the truth, fitness obsession, food obsessions, Griffith University researchers, Journal of Athletic Training, Katherine Louman-Gardiner, Melbourne Brain Centre, multiple sclerosis, neural pathways, Proof the brain has a mind of its own, runners' high, Spirituality, spirituality is highest possible care, The effect of spirituality on health and healing, The Global Mail
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Spirituality >>> Better Mental Health
Amazing discoveries are being made in the laboratory today! “The brain is an object of thought, and not the thinker”, my colleague Keith Wommack, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Texas, has discovered. Check out his whole article – first … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged American Journal of Public Health, anxiety, brain, depression, emotional difficulties, Keith Wommack, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier film, Melancholia, mental health, mental illness, neuroplasticity, Spirituality, Wave III Baylor Religion Survey
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CAM includes the Medicine of Love
First published on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. There is a ferocious debate occurring in the health field at the moment in Australia, as the Friends of Science in Medicine lobby group pressures universities to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Eras of medicine, alternative medicine, alternative therapies, CAM, Christian Science, complementary and alternative medicine, Dr Larry Dossey, Duke Center for Spirituality, Era 3 medicine, Friends of Science in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, holistic healthcare, non-local medicine, Prayer, RISH, Science, Spirituality, spirituality and healing, Spirituality and Health, spirituality in palliative care, Theology and Health, transpersonal medicine, universities
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Placebo Studies Shed New Light on Mind-Body Connection
Interesting results for patients with Parkinson’s disease make this a must-read from my guest blogger today, Bob Cummings, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Michigan, USA. Expertise and Placebo Research in Italy I remember walking around the city of Rome … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Cummings, Fabrizio Benedetti MD, health, mind-body connection, National Institute of Neuroscience Turin, Neurobiological mechanisms of the placebo effect, Parkinson's disease, placebo effect, Placebo Project, Placebo Study Group Harvard University, placebos, Placebos and painkillers: is mind as real as matter?, research in Italy, Spirituality, thought, Turin Medical School
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