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Wednesday, August 24, 3005

>From weakness to strength
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When you admit to yourself that you have a particular weakness, you’ve taken an important step in getting beyond it. For once you see the weakness clearly, you will come up with many ways to work on it.
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The Rev. Nancy Lane, Ph.D.
Episcopal priest & psychologist
A Healing Ministry
http://ahealingministry.com
Phone: (607) 737-7670 before 6:00 p.m.
Email: nlane2@stny.rr.com

INTRODUCTION TO OUR WORKSHOPS ON HEALING
A survey of the American Academy of Family Physicians has found that doctors are looking more closely at the link between faith and healing. Ninety-nine percent of doctors believe there is an important relationship between the spirit and the flesh (AP, 6/97). Our workshops on Spirituality and Healing and Explorations in the Healing of Addictions explore the relationship between our spiritual health and faith in God and our physical and psychological well-being. This holistic approach reflects Jesus’ ministry of healing, which was always concerned with the whole person and their transformation.

The workshop on The Christian Healing Ministry in the Church is designed solely for churches involved in a healing ministry. The other three workshops are concerned with personal healing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Rev. Nancy Lane, Ph.D.
Episcopal priest & psychologist
A Healing Ministry
http://ahealingministry.com
Phone: (607) 737-7670 Email: nlane2@stcny.rr.com
BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES OF DISABILITY
This workshop is for seminarians, clergy, or staff and is designed for Training and Development or as a Continuing Education course. It is also appropriate for any church engaged in ministry with people with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Read the rest of this entry »

July 26, 2002

Susan Dentzer reports on one man’s struggle to gain benefits for the disabled.

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SUSAN DENTZER: Like many patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis– also called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease– 41- year-old David Jayne sometimes feels imprisoned in a useless body. He describes the sensation as he speaks through a high-tech speech synthesizer, which he controls by raising his eyebrows.
DAVID JAYNE: This hideous disease has progressed to the point that I can only move two fingers, and they are failing, turn my head, and slightly move my left knee. It requires two people, two hours to get me out of bed, showered, and dressed for the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of malignancy—and some of the victims never smoked. But despite grim statistics there is some good news: fresh research offers hope for earlier diagnosis and more-effective treatments.

By Geoffrey Cowley and Claudia Kalb
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Alok Jha, science correspondent
Wednesday August 17, 2005
The Guardian

Scientists have made the world’s first pure batch of brain stem cells from human stem cells. The breakthrough is important in the fight against neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and could also reduce the number of animals used in medical research. Read the rest of this entry »

Thousands of patients taking an anti-depressant have been put on alert after
the drug was linked to a worrying rise in suicides. Seroxat has been the subject
of previous warnings that it may make children more suicidal, but researchers
now say that should be extended to adults. Read the rest of this entry »

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter
A team of South Korean scientists has uncovered the mechanism of neural stem cell death, a discovery expected to help treat such degenerative diseases as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

The team, headed by Prof. Kang Kyung-sun of Seoul National University, Monday said they pinpointed a gene responsible for deactivating the differentiation or renewal of neural stem cells. Read the rest of this entry »

22.08.05

A common virus might explain the high rates of breast cancer in developed countries, a Christchurch researcher says. Read the rest of this entry »

Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to what the “hygiene hypothesis” suggests, the youngest children in a family are not less likely than older siblings to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), new research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »

By CHERYL WITTENAUER
Associated Press Writer

5:44 PM PDT, August 22, 2005

ST. LOUIS — Scientists have developed a cancer-fighting compound that can sneak past a protective blood barrier in the brain, enabling it to fight brain cancer, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs and Saint Louis University animal study published this week. Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday, August 23, 2005
You also have
If you have the ability to complain about something, you also have the ability to take the positive action that will make it better. And taking positive action is infinitely more effective than merely complaining.
If you have cause to get angry, then you also can turn the energy of that anger in a positive direction. You can then resolve the situation in a way that is peaceful and valuable for all concerned. Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test which could
help in the early detection of mesothelioma, a deadly asbestos-related cancer
of the lung lining. … The non-invasive blood test developed by University of
Western Australia Professor Bruce Robinson and a team of researchers is a
breakthrough in the early detection of mesothelioma. Under existing
arrangements, diagnosis is a long process which includes blood tests, chest x-
rays, CT scans, drainage and laboratory analysis of the pleural fluid to help
differentiate mesothelioma from other similar conditions