Spirituality and Healing:
Health Articles on Personal Growth, Spirituality and Healing
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2010 Mar 3 - 16:40March is Spiritual Wellness Month, a time of awareness of the values and beliefs that provide purpose in our lives. Spiritual wellness refers to the practice of integrating those beliefs and values with action toward bettering both ourselves and the world around us.
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2010 Feb 19 - 16:57Today, Tiger Woods gave a statement regarding his recent behavior of infidelity to his wife. During his statement, he reported that he was raised Buddhist, and has drifted away from that belief in recent years. What does the Buddhist religion teach about caring for your health?
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2009 Dec 17 - 14:57A new study conducted among pediatricians and pediatric oncologists shows that families and patients, not physicians, most often raise the issue of prayer in situations involving serious illness. This report is a first in showing how physicians respond to personal requests for prayer.
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2009 Nov 28 - 14:49The American Red Cross provides a way to give a meaningful gift which will save the day for a disaster victim.
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2009 Aug 27 - 15:19In the United States over 33,000 people take their own life. Suicide is now listed as the third leading cause of death among those 15-24 years old. There are at least 6 people affected by this tragic loss and their lives are changed forever. Suicide postvention can help grieving families and friends cope with their loss.
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2009 Aug 5 - 16:05According to a recent article in U.S. News & World Report, a researchers have identified key factors that define “Prolonged Grief Disorder,” a disorder thought to exist when a person becomes stuck for months or years in a grief and loss cycle and is unable to move on with their lives.
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2009 May 1 - 14:22Archbishop of Baltimore Edwin O'Brien writes that It is not sinful to miss Mass if you are sick and unable to attend; it is an act of charity. He makes 5 suggestions to his clergy about steps that can be taken this Sunday during Mass as a precaution against swine flu.
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2009 Mar 18 - 19:21A study published in the March 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at how the religious faith of a patient with advanced cancer might affect the end-of-life care they receive.
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2009 Mar 18 - 14:18Religious patients dying from cancer are more accepting of intensive interventions that prolong life, according to the results of a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that highly religious cancer patients receive more aggressive medical treatment at end-of-life than those who do not practice prayer, meditation and engage in religious study.
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2009 Mar 13 - 18:32President Obama has given the ok to destroy human life with embryonic stem cell research in the name of science.