Posts Tagged ‘illness’

Treat the Person, Not the Body!

Have we Been Missing the Point? For all our research, resources, technology and collective intelligence there's still way more that we don't know about managing the human body, than we do. We like to think we're more enlightened than ever but in many ways we're still failing miserably when it comes to creating optimal health; just take a look around at our fat, stressed, addicted, depressed, unhealthy society. Could it… Continue reading

December 2 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: disease, exercise, health, illness, immunology, medicine, nutrition, prevention | 6 comments»

Tips from Memoirs About Illness

It's somewhat interesting that the Happiness Project is posting about illness today, but when you read some of the tips Gretchen has pulled from her reading, you'll understand better how it fits. Here are the first few:

For long periods of suffering, take it day by day. Don’t anticipate.
Being gregarious and upbeat wins you more attention from the staff. This isn’t fair, but it’s true.
A lot of living goes on

August 30 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: care, Communication, coping, healthcare, illness | no comments»