As reports of Wisconsin hospitals preparing to handle Ebola patients continue, we may want to step back and consider giving the same attention to handling the fear of contracting any infectious disease in our own thought. As Tim Mitchinson writes from neighboring Illinois: "The spread of the fear of Ebola is far surpassing any spread of the actual disease in this country." Read the excerpt below or click at the end to read the whole story. Tim Mitchinson--Polls by CBS News and other Continue Reading
Trends In Health Care: Dematerialism on the rise, by Russ Gerber
John Naisbitt in his Megatrends books or Steven Levitt in Freakonomics have foretold the future or turned conventional wisdom on its head with their analysis of trends that others have overlooked. Russ Gerber, a Christian Scientist, published a May 25, 2014 article in Psychology Today that looks at the way dematerialism is revolutionizing health care as it has other fields. Wisconsinites interested in being up to date on the latest trends may find the article of interest. Read an excerpt Continue Reading
Overcoming Heroin Addiction–John Coltrane example by Valerie Minard
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
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