April is volunteer month. Thanks to all the volunteers who tangibly support wellness for the world. Recognizing folks who volunteer has the dual purpose of expressing gratitude and enlisting others to share their talents. Importantly, from the volunteers’ point-of-view, helping others also helps oneself.
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Volunteering is good for community and personal well-being
Topics: Purpose Bulletin Right Outlook
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Batman and Dr. Glenn Gailis—Together Saving the World
Even Batman needs a hero; he could find one in Dr. Glenn Gailis of Klamath Falls, Ore. Both Batman and Dr. Gailis share a common goal of helping others live longer and safer lives.
Topics: Purpose Bulletin
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Moving Forward with Gratitude
One’s reaction to a stress can be more important than the challenge. As society approaches the “Post-COVID era,” people’s pre-existing personalities and communities’ resiliencies may have determined how well they have done during the most threatening times, which have hopefully passed. Equally vital going forward, how can society not only recover, but also thrive?
Topics: Bulletin Right Outlook
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How SDOH impact cardiovascular outcomes
Over the past half century cardiovascular death has declined 50%, presumably due to addressing many of the major risk factors—smoking, high cholesterol, hypertension, physical inactivity, and diabetes—according to a
New England Journal of Medicine Perspective last week, extolling the progress of traditional medical research and practice.
Topics: Bulletin
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6 Trends for the Next Decade
Last week Dr. Rod Hochman, American Hospital Association (AHA) Chair, friend, and fellow rheumatologist/immunologist, during an informative call with former AHA Board members and leaders, named six major trends for the next decade. Although very unwelcome, COVID-19’s overall noxious effect on the world has highlighted and accelerated these anticipated developments:
Topics: connect Bulletin COVID-19
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Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Obesity—Finding a Common Cure
The stress of COVID-19 has exacerbated the paradox of worsening hunger and food insecurity superimposed on a pre-existing overweight and obese population. What is a cure for these intersecting maladies?
Topics: Bulletin
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Pandemics Cubed: Social Injustice and Chronic Disease Amplify COVID-19's Virulence
America’s current response to COVID-19 ranges from “no worries” to struggling episodically to acutely overwhelmed. The uneven response has led to catastrophic disease spread and death. Setting the stage and amplifying COVID-19's virulence are two previous and insidious pandemics.
Topics: Bulletin Featured
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Setting Goals and Taking Charge of Your Day to Cope with Covid-19
Taking control of your day-to-day life is always a worthwhile and admirable goal. The current acute worldwide threat of COVID-19 has created some opportunities for positive goal setting despite misery, morbidity, and mortality. The world is not going back to the past, and neither should smart people.
Topics: Bulletin Featured
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Forward-Thinking Southwest Florida Community Finds Success with Blue Zones Project
It takes strength to stand up against the tyranny of the present and invest in imagination. Moments of uncertainty hold great entrepreneurial potential. Organizations [communities] don’t just prepare for the future. They make it.
The above excerpt is from the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review in the article “The Future: A Glossary” by J. Peter Scoblic. Blue Zones Project communities create their futures as shown below—one of over fifty examples. The perplexing question is: Why do many organizations and communities suffer with unchanging metrics for social determinants of health while others thrive?
The above excerpt is from the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review in the article “The Future: A Glossary” by J. Peter Scoblic. Blue Zones Project communities create their futures as shown below—one of over fifty examples. The perplexing question is: Why do many organizations and communities suffer with unchanging metrics for social determinants of health while others thrive?
Topics: Bulletin
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A Healthier Holiday with the Power 9
Celebrating our heritage should bring back recollections of better times. Currently, the nation’s challenges seem overwhelming, thus making a trip down memory lane more important than before to improve mental health.
