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Is President Obama to Blame
Featured in: Quality Advocate
Obama is being blamed for our country's problems. This faulty way of thinking is a gross distortion of reality because our problems are systemicI recently received an anti-Obama e-mail with a link to a video that blamed the President for our country's current and future problems. This faulty/irrational way of thinking is a gross distortion of reality because no individual is responsible for our problems, not Obama, not Bush…no one!
Instead, our problems are systemic. They stem from a malfunctioning political-economic system and a misdirected culture. At its very core, our society is built on a foundation of beliefs and values that promotes much of the negative side of human nature.
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
Obama, The Infamous Prayer Breakfast and Separation of Church and State
Featured in: Wellness Report
An emphasis on prayer? How about an emphasis on reason, evidence, science and rationality?“Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers; it is the only prayer that deserves an answer -- good, honest, noble work.”
Robert Green Ingersoll
Though nothing in human history can be said to fail as often and as consistently as prayer (i.e., 100 percent of the time), President Obama urged the faithful (and presumably the rest of us) at this year’s ill-advised National Day of Prayer service on February 4th “to return to civility and an emphasis on prayer."
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Lead to Crohn's Disease
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Vitamin D supplements could prevent and relieve symptoms of Crohn's disease, says new study.For the first time, the lack of vitamin D has been found to contribute to Crohn's disease. In a recent study by researchers at McGill University and the University of Montreal, vitamin D has been found to have a direct effect on two genes that have been associated to Crohn's disease, beta-defensin and NOD2.
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Wee Peng Ho used to be sick and tired most of the time despite his best efforts in following conventional health wisdom. After teaching himself the ancient art of meditation, he realized that an unconscious mind is the root cause of an unhappy and unhealthy life. So he decided to go back to basics, simplify his life and do things that will bring joy to his heart. That's how The Conscious Life is born.
Now, he writes articles to inspire his readers to improve their lives by thinking out of their conditioned mind. He also writes frequently about health issues such as inflammation and related diseases, as well as natural ways to reduce stress, enhance health and restore inner balance. He welcomes you to his website, and looks forward to exchanging views on health, consciousness and more with one and all.
Crafting the Future of Health IT with Novel Solutions
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I started a LinkeIn group focused on developing novel health IT solutions that continually raise the bar of possibility and meaningful useI just started a Linkein group--Crafting the Future of Health IT with Novel Solutions--located at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2697006&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Eanh_2697006. You are welcomed to join!
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
Diet intervention for overweight and obese kids
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
25% of kids are overweight or obese, increasing the risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Low-fat diets don't work, so here is another idea.The statistics are scary. Over 1 in 4 of kids age 2 to 17 are overweight or obese. Since 1979, overweight and obesity in kids doubled in 6 to 17 year olds, and obesity tripled among adolescents age 12 to 17. And this is despite the fact that kids are eating less fat and roughly the same or fewer calories than they were three decades ago, according to the Nutrition Journal, which looked at the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Other studies show that overweight and obese kids are eating about the same number of calories as their slimmer counterparts.
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
Four Interlocking Issues about Fixing American Healthcare
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Discusses four interlocking issues that must be addressed if we Americans are ever to fix healthcare.Here are four interlocking issues that must be addressed if we Americans are ever to fix healthcare:
- Meaningful use of health IT vs. Minimally acceptable usefulness. I contend that health IT is used "meaningfully" only if it helps increase the effectiveness and efficiency of care (i.e., increases care value to the consumer).
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
On Scott Brown, U.S. Senator - What His Election Means for the Future of America
Featured in: Wellness Report
Why I believe Senator Brown is going to be an unintentional benefactor of President Obama and the Democratic Party.Scott Brown, U.S. Senator and the Future of America
This essay is about Scott Brown, now a U.S. Senator from the great state of Massachusetts (aren't all states great?). I think Senator Brown is going to be seen as an unintentional benefactor of President Obama and the Democratic Party. At least I'd like to think so.
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A REAL Wellness Skill Worth Practicing: Perspective
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Perspective is key to a wellness mindset, for it contributes to equanimity, resilience and, of course, panache.A REAL Wellness Skill Worth Practicing: Perspective
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It's the end of the world as we know it.
Featured in: A Patient's Journey
It's a sad day for democracy, and for the people of the USNo longer is the United States a country "of the people, by the people, and for the people". It's now of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations.
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I have mantle cell lymphoma, and to be so bold as to quote a line from another blogger "it may kill me." Actually it is killing me, albeit very slowly at this point. In the mean time, I'm still able to function mostly as normal, going to work, riding my bike, playing golf and even planning for vacations.
In fact, if it wasn't for that fateful blood test of March 26, 2002, I still might not even realize I am sick.
But that isn't the case, so I decided to chronicle my life from the beginning (not from when I was born, mind you, but from that fateful day), and remembering it's not just about being sick. Even if you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness, that doesn't mean life ends.
We're all going to die, most of us just have different perspectives on when that is going to happen. It's how we deal with the living part of our lives, that makes a difference.
Doctors Urged to Prescribe Meditation for Recurrent Depression
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Meditation cuts relapse rates by half for people who suffer recurrent depression, says charity.Offer meditation to people who suffer recurrent depression, says the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) in a recent report called Be Mindful.
Referring to meditation as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), the report by the UK non-profit organization says MBCT cuts relapse rates by 50% for those who experience more than two episodes of depression.
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Wee Peng Ho used to be sick and tired most of the time despite his best efforts in following conventional health wisdom. After teaching himself the ancient art of meditation, he realized that an unconscious mind is the root cause of an unhappy and unhealthy life. So he decided to go back to basics, simplify his life and do things that will bring joy to his heart. That's how The Conscious Life is born.
Now, he writes articles to inspire his readers to improve their lives by thinking out of their conditioned mind. He also writes frequently about health issues such as inflammation and related diseases, as well as natural ways to reduce stress, enhance health and restore inner balance. He welcomes you to his website, and looks forward to exchanging views on health, consciousness and more with one and all.
