by Don Ingwerson “Mindfulness Meeting This Way” proclaimed a small sign at the entrance of one of the many medical buildings on the UCLA Campus – and suddenly I felt invigorated. I was not there to attend a mindfulness meeting, but to interview the GWish (George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health) project director, Dr. Margaret Stuber, about a Templeton-funded
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by Don Ingwerson The California Legislature recently returned from a 10-day spring recess and they have until May 31st to pass bills off the floor. This California Healthline update introduces some of the healthcare bills that lawmakers will be addressing this spring: http://www.californiahealthline.org/capitol-desk/2013/4/slew-of-health-bills-wait-for-lawmakers.aspx
by Don Ingwerson One morning, looking across the table at breakfast, I saw my wife reading a newspaper; tears were streaming down her face. I immediately asked her what was wrong. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she remarked that she just couldn’t read any more of the story about Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. I knew that
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by Don Ingwerson I have been regularly sharing articles and information regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will be in effect in 2014. We are now well into 2013 and WebMD has just put out an article on what they see will be important developments in health care for this year. I hope you find this information
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by Don Ingwerson This post was originally posted July 16, 2012. You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean? Meditation and love are very much a part of healthy lifestyles, according to columnist Mark Bittman, who stated in a New York Times Opinionator article, “For the first time in history, lifestyle diseases…kill more people
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by Don Ingwerson Robert Piper, author, columnist, and writer, in an article in Huffpost Healthy Living, includes meditation in his description for a new and updated concept of the pushup. To explain the need for a new pushup he comments, “The pushup has been a standard part of being American. If you grow up in America and go to school,
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by Don Ingwerson C. Everett Koop, former US Surgeon General, passed away February 25 at age 96. Here’s how I remember him. I was a school administrator when President Reagan nominated C. Everett Koop as Surgeon General for the United States. I recall Koop’s appearing in front of congressional committees and the intense questioning that he was subjected to. However,
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by Susan Spears, Office Manager for Don Ingwerson Many of you regularly comment on the blog and routinely see the changes that take place as the blog evolves. But many are new to the blog or infrequent visitors, so I wanted to point out some of the ways the blog has developed over time with work from Leona Laurie (our
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by Don Ingwerson “Me heart broken,” my 3-year-old grandson said with tears in his eyes as he hugged his mother. This after he had gotten a little too rough in playing and had accidentally hurt her. Her physical hurt immediately drew a reaction from him – a reaction of sympathy, sorrow, and seeking forgiveness. His concern brought appreciation and a
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by Don Ingwerson I wanted to share the legislative activity both at the state and federal level for the Committee on Publication. At the federal level, individuals and resources from the Committee’s Legislative Division and the Federal Office are now consolidating under one (virtual) roof as the Government Relations Division. The goal of this new design is to offer solid
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