Is it possible to overcome heroin addiction? Heroin overdose was the cause of 227 deaths in Wisconsin in 2013. Like the nation, Wisconsin is facing a public health crisis. Valerie Minard reports in MyCentralNew Jersey.com, a Ganett publication, May 14, 2014 about John Coltrane overcoming heroin addiction. Read how in this excerpt from her article and click at the bottom of the page to read the full article. For many, John Coltrane is one of the great American jazz saxophonists Continue Reading
What has age got to do with it?
With the summer Olympic Games in Brazil in two years many Wisconsinites might ask if breaking records is just for the young. Don Ingwerson published an article in EGPNews.com April 15, 2014 offering an example of 90-something track star Olga Kotelkoj. She says: "Anyone who stops learning is old." Check out this excerpt from Don's article about how our frame of mind can improve our health at any age. By Don Ingwerson Special to EGP--Have you ever woken feeling older than the day Continue Reading
Arianna Huffington on measuring success by finding ‘the kingdom of heaven within’
My colleague in California, Eric Nelson, captured Arianna Huffington's advice to women and men on how to thrive emotionally, physically and spiritually by overcoming fear and finding the "kingdom of heaven within." His article in Digital Communities News April 7, 2014 recorded ideas from her talk in San Francisco but Wisconsinites might remember another speech Huffington gave as a guest of Wisconsin Women in Government in Madison, WI in May 2000. Below is an excerpt from Eric's article, and Continue Reading
Lessons from Outliers. When the extraordinary becomes the ordinary in health care
Spontaneous remission of cancer, drugs from bugs, what do these two recent news articles published on the same day have in common? Outliers. Finding extraordinary health results in the ordinary and natural. My colleague Eric Nelson from northern California explores this topic in an article published in Communities Digital News April 14, 2014. In the Wisconsin State Journal on April 14, 2014 health reporter David Wahlberg tells about UW Madison researcher Cameron Currie and colleagues Continue Reading