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Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain

... the Journal of pain. Patients who use religion or spirituality to cope with the chronic pain of rheumatoid arthritis can reduce their pain and boost their sense of well being, the researchers say. Dr. Francis says, "One might expect that people coping with chronic illness or chronic pain might find it difficult...

Tibet Announces the Dalai Lama’s Tour of South Americ

... lectures on wisdom and compassion and science and spirituality during his tour. The Dalai Lama has been living in India since fleeing his homeland in 1959....

Prayer and Faith Helps Parents Endure Their Child’s Deat

...f. “Some parents may be reluctant to share their spirituality without being invited, because they fear it may be...de: 1. Create an environment that is hospitable to spirituality and prayer. 2. Provide clinically trained, hospital-based chaplains as an integral part of the ICU ...

Nurses Ease the Wounded Heart

... Victoria Mock, DNSc and colleagues have found the spirituality and religiosity that play prominently in African-A... decreased. The women in the study described their spirituality as having a significant role in coping with their illness. The study also suggests that culturally c...

Doctors Must Consider Spiritual Needs of Their Patients: Study

...or Quality Palliative Care recognize religion and spirituality as important components of end-of-life care. 'M...d be clarified. Although incorporating religion or spirituality into care requires delicacy, attention to this dimension of health has the potential to enhance pati...

The Science of Happiness

... positive emotions like optimism, gratitude, hope, spirituality and love, among many others. Building one’s confidence by working on one’s strength, being comfortable with oneself, accepting changes, accepting the fact that changes cannot always be made, developing a positive attitude,consciously striving towa...

Spirituality Increases as Alcoholics Recover

...oholics and those who treat them have incorporated spirituality into the recovery process. But few research studies have documented// if and how spirituality changes during recovery, or how those changes might influence a person’s chance of succeeding in the...

Brain Structured to Make Human Beings Religious, Claims a US Scientist

...thropologist does not think that that religion and spirituality is an innate quality hardwired by God in the human brain. Rather religion is a mere byproduct of evolution and Darwinian adaptation, he asserts. "Just like we're not hardwired for boats, but humans in all cultures make boats in pretty much the same...

Spirituality And Health

Can spirituality have a positive effect on someones physical health...ealth reviews the current research on religion and spirituality in health, its relevance to Australian practitioners and patients, how it can be applied to clinical...

Practicing Spirituality may Help Smokers to Quit

...hat although not all clinicians want to talk about spirituality with their patients, those who do feel comfortable...tant to their care," Gonzales explained. Patient spirituality is becoming more mainstream in medicine and is accepted as integral to the treatment of many medical...

Ujjain Ashram Adopts Eco-friendly Burial Process

Sewadham Ashram, a shelter home here, combines spirituality with nature conservation by adopting an eco-friendly burial process . Authorities at the Sewadham Ashram bury the dead and plant a sapling over the grave instead of consigning the mortal remains to flames as per the Hindu tradition. The burial pr...

Psychologists Have Found 237 New Reasons for People to Have Sex

...e identified 237 new reasons including boredom and spirituality for men and women to want to make love . A team led by Cindy Meston at the University of Texas quizzed more than 2,000 men and women aged 17 to 52 as part of the study. The study found all types of reasons including men and women saying that maki...

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