Every ten years, an interagency working group within the US government develops health goals for the country to work toward. First, the good news: The number of women in the nation receiving mammograms, the number being screened for colorectal cancer, and the number that had annual dental exams met or exceeded national goals for 2010. […]
Good News: Breast Cancer Rates Dropped
This is good news, but let’s look at why it happened. Breast cancer rates dropped with the decreased use of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). And the decreased use of HRT came after the 2002 publishing of the Women’s Health Initiative’s report, which linked the use of HRT to increased breast cancer. Since that time, evidence […]
Reporting in and Giving Thanks
As we begin a new year of programming, we owe a special thanks to you. Because of your support, we’ve had over 3,000 practitioners from 120 countries on each of our teleseminar calls. Your support of our programs made us successful beyond anything we dreamed possible. And it’s also because of your support that we […]
Mindfulness and the Re-Integration of Soldiers: the Coming Home Project
In past blogs, I’ve mentioned the use of mindfulness in military pre-deployment training. As this process is in its infancy, there are many service people who will never come across mindfulness training as part of their military experience. One organization that is trying to rectify this gap, at least upon reentry into civilian life, is […]
Mindfulness and the Practitioner: How to bring our "best self" to our work
Some kids dream of being professional athletes or walking on the moon, but for many of us, it was the act of healing that motivated us entering the health and mental health professions. But this doesn’t mean there aren’t days when we wouldn’t rather be on the moon than treating a particularly challenging patient. Or […]