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Quality of Life: Improved or Worsened by Health Care?

A guest post written by Keith Wommack, Committee on Publication for Texas I respect the great heart, the motive, of every physician and healer. For, I believe, they yearn to improve their patients’ quality of life and care. Yet, is this what’s taking place? Perhaps not — because when it comes to health care, we are learning more is not
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From over-treatment to fair treatment

Robert B. Clark, Committee on Publication for Florida, reviews a  book in this post. Shannon Brownlee’s book, Overtreated: Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer, is like reading a fast paced thriller; you can’t wait to find out what new myths Brownlee will expose and more importantly… what solutions she will propose. Referenced in an earlier blog,
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Take the Leap?

by Don Ingwerson Sometimes when I’m talking about health with friends and neighbors who don’t know me well the conversation will turn toward a health problem or concern that someone experienced. Like it or not, I’m generally asked about my experience, which is when I politely mention that I handle my health problems through prayer. Recently, when a reporter asked
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Healthy thanks to Christian Science

On Dec. 4, 2009, The Boston Globe published a letter to the editor titled “Healthy Thanks to Christian Science (Feds Take Note).” We thought it was a clear message that should be captured on video. See what you think. http://christianscience.com

While We’re at it…

by Don Ingwerson The majority of California’s legislative activities seem to center on health care as outlined in the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Most of my work in the legislature has been with the senate and assembly health committee members. Those contacts and meetings have been difficult because the law’s implementation requirements are unknown. Will there be
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Assuming personal responsibility for health

A guest post written by Charles Lindahl Personal responsibility is considered a strong virtue. Unfortunately, Western medicine encourages individuals to hand over the responsibility for their health to others the way we surrender our car to a mechanic to get it fixed. Christian Scientists are exceptions because they understand that physical well-being is a result of how we identify ourselves.
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Results matter

A guest post written by Pamela Scott Recently, I took my 18-year-old granddaughter on a trip to Europe for her graduation present.  My granddaughter is a very good Christian and her dad is a minister of a non-denominational Christian church.  She knows that I am a Christian Scientist but she has never asked me anything about Christian Science before.  However,
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