Archive for the ‘Health care’ Category - Keith Wommack - Nationally Syndicated Columnist on Health, Thought and Spirituality
Posted by Keith Wommack on May 20, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever listened to an advertisement listing the possible side-effects of a drug and then felt queasy? Reading about those effects can make you feel ill, as well.
Dr. Lissa Rankin’s recently published New York Times bestseller, Mind over Medicine, in part, examines this disturbing phenomenon.
Reading Rankin’s thought provoking book reminded me of Fiona Macrae’s 2009 Health post The health alerts that make you ill: Negative thoughts ‘can induce sickness’.
Macrae wrote for the Daily Mail:
A series of studies from around the world has shown that if you believe something could make you ill, it might well do just that.
Simply reading the side-effects on a bottle of tablets raises your risk of experiencing them.
And, taken to its extreme, patients who believe they will not survive surgery, are more likely to die on the operating table.
Tags: Fiona Macrae, health, health alerts, Lissa Rankin, Mary Baker Eddy, Mind over Medicine, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, side-effects, spiritual healing, spiritual mindset, Spirituality
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Posted by Keith Wommack on Mar 25, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Know anyone who doesn’t feel bad about something they’ve said or done? Guilt tortures the best of us. Unfortunately, the discomfort is not limited to mental agony alone. Intense regret can bring physical torment, as well.
Sometimes, the pain is self-inflicted.
Studies show that people occasionally attempt to free themselves from guilt through pain. And they are not always aware that they’re harming themselves.
Since the human mind is where guilt begins, to get at the source of the problem, the medicine must be mental. In other words, in order to heal a body affected by guilt, a mind must change.
Tags: Guilt, health, Mary Baker Eddy, Medicine, mental force, pain, regret, Science and Health, spiritual solutions, Spirituality
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Posted by Keith Wommack on Mar 4, 2013 | 5 Comments »
Today, some health care providers are realizing there is more to medicine than, well, medicine.
For example, there is Mehmet Oz, best known as Dr. Oz. Oprah crowned him America’s doctor in 2004. He is a heart surgeon and the host of the weekday hit TV program, “The Dr. Oz Show.”
Oz entered medical school believing that traditional medicine had all the answers and he just needed to discover them. But the limits to this approach began to dawn on him while in medical school and as he began to talk with patients.
Michael Specter in a recent The New Yorker exposé on Dr. Oz, quotes Oz as stating, “Ultimately, if we want to fix American medicine we will need skeptical and smart patients to dominate. They will need to ask the hard questions, because much of medicine is just plain old logic. So I am out there trying to persuade people to be those patients. And that often means telling them what the establishment doesn’t want them to hear: that their answers are not the only answers, and their medicine is not the only medicine.”
Oz is bringing a much broader perspective on health to his viewers.
Tags: alternative medicine, Christian Science, Dr. Oz, expectation of health, health, Medicine, Mehmet Oz, Prayer, spiritual, surgeon
Posted in Healing, Health, Health care, Prayer that heals, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, Spirituality in Society | 5 Comments »
Posted by Keith Wommack on Feb 19, 2013 | 2 Comments »
If you’re a wise consumer, you shop around to find what you need. Today, there’s a product for every taste and helpful advice for just about every inquiry.
When it comes to health care, being an intelligent consumer requires even greater diligent examination.
Since February is National Wise Health Consumer Month, you may have noticed various published tips to guide you.
Most of these recommendations focus entirely on the utilization of conventional medicine. But, if you have ever been curious about spiritual options for healing and health, below are a few word-to-the-wise ideas for those contemplating the use of spiritual/thought-based care.
Tags: Bible, God, healing power of prayer, health, mind-body, National Wise Health Consumer Month, Prayer, Spirituality, spirituality and health, wise health consumer
Posted in God, Healing, Health, Health care, Jesus, Mental nature of health, Prayer, Prayer that heals, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, The Bible | 2 Comments »
Posted by Keith Wommack on Feb 4, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Marine Lance Corporal Carlos Lozano drops from a helicopter during a simulated raid, confronts mock Afghan villagers, and is rocked by loud explosions. Then, obeying orders, he sits silently and stares at his boots.
The Marine isn’t happy about stopping to meditate. But it just might be for his and the entire Marine Corps’ good.
Jeffery Bearor, the executive deputy of the Marine Corps training and education command in Quantico, Virginia, told the AP, “This is not tied to any religious practice. This is about mental preparation to better handle stress.”
Marines are taught to quiet the mind in order to reach an inner calm.
Many are finding the mind to be the door to improved mental and physical health. Those utilizing mindfulness, meditation, or prayer-moments, to control and calm thought, claim these methods reduce stress and increase productivity.
Tags: Army, divine, Fear, Marines, meditation, mindfulness, Prayer, Secret Service, stress, Supreme Being
Posted in Health, Health care, Mental nature of health, Prayer, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, Spirituality in Society | 2 Comments »
Posted by Keith Wommack on Jan 28, 2013 | 3 Comments »
They can’t ignore it. It’s there. Doctors, patients, and pharmaceutical companies can’t escape it. You can’t either. What is it?
The placebo effect.
The placebo effect is the health response patients experience when they believe they’re receiving a drug or surgery but are actually being given dummy drugs or simulated treatments.
Dr. Lissa Rankin writes, “The placebo effect is real, it works about 18-80% of the time, and it’s not just in your head – it actually dilates bronchi, heals ulcers, makes warts disappear, drops your blood pressure, and even makes bald men who think they’re getting Rogaine grow hair!”
Yet, there’s more.
Tags: Christ, divine, Dr. Alex Cahane, Dr. Lissa Rankin, God, health, Mary Baker Eddy, nocebo effect, placebo effect, Scriptures, Spirituality
Posted in Christ, God, Healing, Health, Health care, Mental nature of health, Prayer that heals, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, Spirituality in Society, The Bible | 3 Comments »
Posted by Keith Wommack on Jan 15, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Stephen looked puzzled. What he saw didn’t make sense. Our neighbors’ ten-year-old son was peering at us through the glass of our backyard French door.
Slowly, he opened the door, stepped in, and continued to stare. Finally, he asked, “What are ya’ll doing?”
It wasn’t as though he couldn’t tell we were eating dinner. He’d walked in while we were at the table many times. And, usually, we’d grab another plate and fork and Stephen would take his place next to our own ten and 8 year-old sons, Jarrod and Jordan.
However, this time it was different. What confused Stephen were the flickering candles. Still befuddled, he asked, “Somebody’s birthday?”
Joanne, already setting a place at the table for Stephen, said, “No, sometimes it’s fun to make a normal meal special by having candlelight.”
Tags: affection, appreciation, attention, benefits of family meals, benefits of family mealtimes, children, Columbia Univeristy, Cornell University, family, Family health, Family mealtimes, mind-body, mindfulness, Polly Campbell, shared mealtimes, soul, spiritual, The National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse
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Posted by Keith Wommack on Jan 7, 2013 | 5 Comments »
Last Thursday, children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, began attending classes at a repurposed school in the neighboring town of Monroe.
Heart-wrenching tragedies stir our desire to aid in the healing process and to prevent further harmful acts from taking place.
As the gun control debate continues, another factor is being discussed as a possible connection between this latest and other recent violent acts. This link is mental illness.
Tags: American Journal of Public Health, Baylor University, caring for others, children, family safety, mental health, mental illness, neuroplasticity, Prayer, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Spirituality
Posted in God, Healing, Health, Health care, Jesus, Mental nature of health, Prayer, Prayer that heals, Religion, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, Spirituality in Society | 5 Comments »
Posted by Keith Wommack on Dec 24, 2012 | Comments Off
(CNN) – With Christmas cookies, fruitcake and eggnog tempting us at every corner, it is hard not to gain weight during the holiday season. Yet it is not just holiday foods that are enticing.
Oversized and disproportionate – that about sums it up when the average American is 20 pounds overweight. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said, “Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that are getting worse in this country, and they are getting worse rapidly.”
Personally, I have been fortunate never to have had much of a problem with my weight. I was an active, slender, Texas kid. Our family didn’t have a television until Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, so my brothers and I spent countless hours playing outside. I always ran like a jack rabbit, especially after jumping the fence at our neighborhood riding stable.
Tags: Christian Science, Christmas, cookies, God, obesity, overweight, Prayer
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Posted by Keith Wommack on Dec 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
If you’re like me, your search for what can heal you and keep you healthy continues.
Perhaps, you’ve been hearing a lot about health reform and new models of care. The National Institutes of Health reports that 40 percent of Americans are actively seeking alternative approaches.
Possibly, you like the thought of a patient-centered approach. The idea that you can have more control over your mental and physical wellbeing might appeal to you too.
In addition, you’ve noticed that more and more items on the grocery shelf claim to be good for your health. And this being the holiday season, perchance, you’ve looked up at the mistletoe hanging from doorframes and wondered if that sprig, as well, has possible medicinal benefits.
However, you can forget about the mistletoe.
Tags: Christ, Christmas season, Danny Deza, family, God, health, holiday season, hugs, Jesus, Keith Wommack, kisses, love, medicinal, mistletoe, Patient centered care, Prayer, The National Institutes of Health, togetherness, unwrap the gift of health this holiday
Posted in Christ, God, Healing, Health, Health care, Jesus, Mental nature of health, Prayer, Prayer that heals, Spirituality, Spirituality in healthcare, Spirituality in Society | 2 Comments »
Have you ever listened to an advertisement listing the possible side-effects of a drug and then felt queasy? Reading about those effects can make you feel ill, as well.
Columnist / Christian Science practitioner & teacher / Legislative
advocate for spiritual healing. -- Keith Wommack is a nationally
syndicated columnist on health, thought, spirituality and the powerful connection they have to each other.