Posted on 13 December 2008 by Johnetta Miner
Yeshiva University recently published a study which suggested regularly attending religious services reduced the risk of death by approximately 20%. This study was a subsidiary of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI).
The researchers at Yeshiva University-Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, evaluated the religious practices of 92,395 post-menopausal (PMP) women aged 50-79 and their subsequent health related outcomes as cardiovascular disease and mortality.
The women were asked three questions:
- frequency of attendance at religious service
- religious affiliation
- whether religion provided comfort and strength
The women were followed for 7.7 years to measure their self-reported religious practices.
The participants who attended religious services one time per week, compared to those who did not attend services, showed a 20% decrease in mortality. Read the report here…
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Posted on 07 November 2008 by Johnetta Miner
During the 2008 campaign, President-elect Obama committed to working across the aisle for REAL CHANGE on affordable health care and long-term financial security. Remind President-elect Obama about his campaign promise and ask him to take action in his first 100 days.
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Posted on 03 October 2008 by Johnetta Miner
Today I received an email that touched my very core, my inner being. I take this opportunity to share it with you because of the magnitude and global ramifications of the message. As a former public health nurse, in the city of New York, who worked in communities visiting patients, and also accepting community residents’ offer to assist me in locating patients (in order to encourage them to come to the clinic for their TB medications), I have a first hand experience about the impact of the effect of TB on individuals and communities.
Email excerpt:
“Over the past year, hundreds of individuals and companies associated with TED have collaborated in a spectacular TED Prize project, launching today, to raise global awareness of XDR-TB. What is XDR-TB? ….., please visit http://www.xdrtb.org and prepare to be shocked and moved. This is a race between the ability of a deadly, mutated bacteria to spread, and our ability to spread awareness first.”
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