Spirituality and Healing:
Health Articles on Personal Growth, Spirituality and Healing
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Spirituality means something different to everyone, but in cancer care, being spiritual can have a powerful positive effect on your outcome. Researchers with the Washington University School of Medicine have found that ovarian cancer patients had less stress and depression plus lower levels of certain factors related to tumor growth.
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Mother Teresa is an icon for the sick and poor, but there are questions about whether her work truly helped and the manner in which she conducted her order.
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New York, NY - How you can change your life is the message behind an interview Dr. Oz had with his guest Oprah Winfrey in a recent episode of the Dr. Oz Show.
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Attendance in this nation at religious services has been declining – sometimes steeply – since the 1970’s. But it might surprise readers to know that the falloff is greatest among white, working-class Americans. A new study presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas sheds some surprising light on churchgoing demographics.
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Religious and spiritual issues are of particular concern to patients and their families during a time of illness. But unfortunately, many health care professionals do not address these needs during hospital stays. Doing so would improve the overall care experience and increase patient satisfaction ratings, finds a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Patients with severe heart trouble often feel sad or depressed the stress from these emotions, if left unmanaged, can lead to high blood pressure, arterial damage, irregular heart rhythms and a weakened immune system. Researchers with the University of Michigan Health System have found that heart patients who attend a non-denominational spiritual retreat can become less depressed and more hopeful about the future.
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The news is out and has been circulating around the world: a British young man died recently during a marathon Xbox session of the (now) ironically titled game “Halo.” The cause of his death was deep vein thrombosis (DVT), more commonly called stroke, a condition that is more commonly seen in much older, immobilized, or post-operative patients. It can sometimes arise on long airplane flights as well.
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A fascinating and first-of-its-kind study sponsored by Baylor University looks at how mental illness of a family member influences an individual's relationship with the church. The study appears on-line in the journal Mental Health, Religion and Culture, and reveals that mental illness within a family frequently destroys the family’s connection to its church.
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Magic mushrooms, known as "sacred mushrooms" are being studied by researchers at Johns Hopkins for their therapeutic value. In trials, study participants experienced increased spirituality and positive behavior changes that were long-lasting. Trials of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, are ongoing.
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian's death today is certain to rekindle, at least fleetingly, the debate about the topic of euthanasia. Kevorkian, nicknamed “Dr. Death” in the media, gained notoriety in the eighties and nineties for inventing a portable euthanasia kit and marketing his services as an assisted-suicide doctor for those who wished to end their life voluntarily, usually in cases of terminal illnesses. He was indicted and acquitted in a number of suicide-assisted cases before being convicted and sentenced for the television-aired killing of Thomas Youk, a man suffering from the incurable disease ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
