Placebo and How Culture Affects Healing Outcomes
As we’ve discussed the placebo response the past couple weeks—and how physicians can harness that power in their manner and behaviors—it is important to recognize the immense impact that cultural…
Placebo Guide
Harness the Power of Placebo for Your Patients - A research report and clinical guide Enhance Healing Based on Knowledge from Placebo Research
How Your Doctor Taps into the Placebo Response
Let's be clear: an inert treatment cannot cause a biological response. Sugar pills and fake needles or sham surgeries do not heal. Healing comes from the meaning and the context…
Healthy Aging Guide
Move Into Your Mature Years with this Free downloadable guide on the keys to healthy aging from Dr. Wayne Jonas
Improve Bone Health and Reduce Your Risk of Osteoporosis
As we discussed earlier this month, one of the defining factors of aging successfully is the ability to remain physically active later in life. Being able to engage in day-to-day…
How to Maintain Memory as You Age
We all deal with memory loss of one kind or another. Whether we miss a monthly payment, temporarily lose our keys, or forget the name of a long-time neighbor, most…
Is Your Breathing Impacting Your Healing and Wellness?
We are sometimes programmed to think results can only be achieved through a significant, and intense, amount of effort. But, in the case of maintaining well-being and addressing the underlying…
How to Use Food as a Tool to Be Well and Stay Well
Establishing healthy behaviors is key to being well and staying well. And few behaviors affect us more than our relationships to food and its creation. As social animals, the rituals…
Depression Doesn’t Have to Cripple Your Life! Here are 6 Evidence-Based Integrative Approaches That Can Help
On its face, depression seems like something we are all familiar with. You, or someone you know, are feeling down or “blue.” You’re dealing with a bout of sadness more…
The Connection Between Faith and Healthcare
One of the largest gaps in health care between two professionals trying to help the same sick person heal is the one that exists between the physician/clinician and the chaplain/member…