Living Well With Chronic Illness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide by Richard Cheu — Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can bring on strong negative emotions like shock, despair, grief, loss and depression. If these feelings are allowed to continue unchecked, people become paralyzed with fear and stress. Cheu helps people take charge of their […]
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Damning report on state of U.S. health care
August 28, 2013
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by Mary Budinger — A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that Americans are living longer these days — an average of 78.2 years now — but we are sicker. Our senior years are increasingly marked by chronic illness or disability. The landmark study compared the U.S. with 34 other […]
Chronic illness and wellness
June 3, 2013
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by Richard Cheu — Wellness for chronically ill people is not an oxymoron — it is an achievable goal. Last year, 140 million Americans, or 46 percent of the population, suffered from a chronic condition. By 2030, it is projected that more than half of all Americans will be chronically ill, according to the Robert […]
April 15, 2016
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