Nineteen years ago, the United Nations established World Population Day
to affirm people's basic human right to plan their families. The
Millenium Development Goals included commitments from 189 countries to
halve poverty by 2015, reduce child and maternal deaths, curb the
spread of HIV/AIDS, advance gender equality and promote sustainable
development. If we are to achieve any of these, we must promote women's
rights and invest in educating people of all ages and in all countries
about HIV/AIDs, family planning and safe pregnancies and birth
practices. The choices we make as individuals and couples alter
the future of our
communities and our world. Population and development are inextricably
linked. As our awareness of the true cost of energy
and food resources increases, we must also recognize that both
developed and developing countries alike will be impacted by issues
such
as poverty and access to reproductive health services in terms of what
is possible for a sustainable future. Read a statement from the executive director of the UN Population Fund on the occasion of 2008 World Population Day. Take action. [ Read More]
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
There are times when losing one’s ‘zip’ could
spell disaster—at the end of a race or the beginning of a romantic
evening, for instance. And there are other times when losing it could
be advantageous—as when one has pushed too far for too long and when a
much-needed rest is in order. For me, the latter is the case.[ Read More]
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My dear friend Joanne Kellert. Ph.D., and Jack Gilbert, Ed. D., have launched a one-day, in-house workshop called Ethical Wisdom: The Heart of Leadership, Influence and Power.
It is designed to support health care leaders and professionals who are
on a quest to improve patient safety, quality of care, patient and
employee satisfaction, and the financial health of their organizations.
They promise a day full of insights and ways to strengthen the ethical
health of your organization and an immediate action plan focused on the
unique needs of you and your organization. This program gets my recommendation... For more information, email joanne at joannekellert.com or call 707-933-0388.
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I have been thinking a lot about my body. In my work, the body is a key
to learning anything. Unless we ‘embody’ new distinctions, we continue
to operate inside our habitual worldview and way of being—‘inside the
box’. What I can see is that my conversation about my body, like all my
conversations needs to change as I grow older. If I attempt to apply
the same concepts and tools I learned and used as a young man to deal
with who I am today, including my body, then I am going to be trapped
in the same patterns. If my life story is any indication, I will push
‘doing it my way’ to the absolute limit before acknowledging it is once
again time to ‘grow up’. For example, when I stopped smoking, it was only after the medical messenger said ‘or else’ after a physical examination.[ Read More]
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One of the concerns ‘older’ people share with us is how important it is
to keep our health. Hypochondriacs aside, the majority of us still hear
and believe that the older we get, the more difficult maintaining good
health will be. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that if we lose our
health, we lose most—or all—of our other options. I confess I am not a
health expert: the latest developments in nutrition, dieting and
exercise are not my key concerns. Yet I am healthy and, while I could
be more fit, I am told I am somewhere in the normal range. When it comes to health, I acknowledge there are numerous events,
accidents, and externally caused diseases that can destroy the best of
intentions. However, I believe a great deal of declining health
(physical and mental) is actually a function of ‘giving up’, becoming
resigned and becoming less active.[ Read More]
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By Vincent DiBiancaBio
Like many, I’ve heard both sides of the ‘Cooking and Freezing in
Plastic’ debate. A good friend recently sent me an email warning of the
dangers of “microwaving and freezing food in plastic containers”
accompanied with supportive research. Another friend responded by
saying that the ‘authorities’ (including the FDA and Johns Hopkins
University) say that Rubbermaid®, Tupperware®, plastic cookware and
food wrap sold for home use have been thoroughly tested, only tiny
traces of a plasticizer have been found, and even that is not an
endocrine disrupter. This set off a productive dialogue about who to believe about what.[ Read More]
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By Vincent DiBianca
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Regarding aging, health and well-being—I find myself interacting
with people who live in two worlds. Many of my friends take medication
(particularly antibiotics for loads of ailments), undergo surgery, eat
what they want, rarely exercise and several smoke. Other friends
(although fewer in number) believe that the body can heal itself inside
out, eat nutritionally (organic foods, vegan or vegetarian), meditate
and exercise regularly, take vitamins, supplements and healing herbs,
don't smoke and would only consider surgery as the single last resort,
if at all. [ Read More]
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