UPDATED FEB. 5, 2008 – New Census figures show that nearly 9 million children – more than 1 in 10 — in the United States don’t have health insurance. A showdown is brewing over the 10-year-old federal program that offers health coverage to low-income children, and religious leaders of all faiths are among those pushing [...]
Each day countless Americans and their families face the decisions and dilemmas that arise as people with serious diseases and injuries move toward death in a nation with: a costly, fragmented and highly technological medical system; an extremely diverse religious and spiritual character; and a very litigious legal culture. Disputes occurring at the end of [...]
UPDATED OCT. 22, 2007: A 2007 estimate of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease among Americans reports that if affects more people than previously thought. The Alzheimer’s Association, the leading advocacy and public education organization about this degenerative brain condition, says that 5 million Americans have this incurable disease, which develops in older adults. Also, a [...]
Terminally ill patients have the right to refuse treatment. Do they also have the right to demand treatment with unproven experimental drugs if no approved treatments exist? This question is gaining increasing attention as patient advocates press for a legal right to unapproved drugs and critics counter that such access would hamper and even halt [...]
Religion has increasingly been recognized as a resource for treating additions, ever since Alcoholics Anonymous introduced its 12-step program – with its recognition of a “higher power” – nearly 71 years ago. AA’s success has inspired a multitude of other 12-step programs (Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous), as well as addiction recovery programs tailored to a [...]
The mind-body connection has been gaining ground in Western medicine as scientists, once resistant to the notion, increasingly acknowledge that thoughts and emotions influence health. Meditation, yoga and other relaxation techniques are now as mainstream as exercise, diet and medications in the treatment of certain medical conditions.
Advocates for aid for Africa say they believe it is now possible to stop the spiraling crises of poverty and AIDS in Africa if the world – and its leaders – put their minds and money to it. Religious organizations aren’t waiting. From Rick Warren’s AIDS conference Nov. 29-Dec. 1 and the increasing efforts of [...]
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