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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 4 – Can Faith be Unhealthy?
While faith can have positive effects on health, it can also have negative effects. Although religious beliefs are a source of comfort and support for many people, for others they are a source of stress and emotional turmoil. More Information:
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, General Health, Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged Bible, healing, health, miracles, spirit, Spiritual Health, spirituality, spirituality in medicine
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Study indicates cutting calories may help people lose weight regardless of diet
A new study confirms that the type of diet you pick doesn’t matter so much for weight loss; it’s sticking to it that counts. Researchers compared a low-fat, average protein diet, a low-fat, high protein diet, a high-fat, average protein … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged diet myths, high protein diet, low-fat diet, Mediterranean diet, weight loss
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Study indicates moderate alcohol consumption increases women’s risk of cancer
A study on more than 1.2 million women in the UK finds that alcohol consumption may account for nearly 13% of all breast, liver, rectal, and upper digestive tract cancers in women. Even relatively small amounts of alcohol appear to … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Health, Woman's Health
Tagged alcohol, breast cancer, Cancer, liver cancer, rectal cancer
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Why Obama cannot support Abortion and Marijuana
Our local newspaper, the Gazette, opines, “It seems too good to be true, this new quote from the White House. Unless President Barack Obama denounces it, and humiliates White House Spokesman Nick Shapiro, he must back off his support of … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Woman's Health
Tagged abortion, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, FOCA, Freedom of Choice Act, guns, marijuana, medical marijuana, Roe v. Wade
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The mother of octuplets versus her doctor. Who should choose? Whom should society support?
A recent editorial here in Colorado Springs reported: An unemployed, divorced woman with six children – living with her bankrupt parents in their teensy weensy home – gave birth to eight babies after having fertilized eggs implanted in her uterus. … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Woman's Health
Tagged abortion, abortion pill, conscience, conscience rights, fertility clinics, freedom of conscience, IVF, morning after pill, octuplets, physician conscience, right of conscience
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Faith-Based Health and Healing – Part 3 – Devout Faith Helps but Does Not Guarantee Good Health
Interest in the connection between faith and health has led to a relatively large number of studies investigating the link. Some religious groups, including some actively involved in alternative medicine, claim to offer complete health to their adherents. Evaluating the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, General Health, Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Woman's Health
Tagged Bible, healing, health, miracles, Spiritual Health, spirituality, spirituality in medicine
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Are multivitamins helpful or harmful when it comes to preventing chronic diseases?
According to the LA Times, “a spate of high-profile studies published in the last few years shows that a variety of popular supplements — including calcium, selenium, and vitamins A, C and E — don’t do anything to reduce the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged antioxidants, B vitamins, bone health, breast cancer, calcium, Cancer, colon polyps, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, heart attack, heart attack prevention, heart disease, heart disease prevention, multivitamins, prostate cancer, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E
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How You Can Eat Heart-Healthy Food While Eating Out – What to enjoy, what to avoid
Eating out doesn’t have to mean consuming foods that contribute to heart disease. Recently Men’s Health magazine Editor Peter Moore discussed healthy options in three different types of cuisines, Italian, Mexican, and Chinese, and talked about menu “warning” words that can … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged fast food restaurants, healthy eating, heart attack prevention, heart disease prevention, Heart Health, restaurants
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Dr. Walt chosen to work with Coach Joe Gibbs and his “Game Plan for Life.”
I’ve been working since last summer on a chapter that will appear in a book with three-time Super Bowl winning coach and NASCAR owner, Joe Gibbs. Some information about Joe’s book and website has been sent to me, so I … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Heart Health, Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged General Health, Joe Gibbs, Men's Health
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Stimulus Bill May Change Health Care Forever
The recent “stimulus” bill that passed Congress may fundamentally change the way health care is delivered to all Americans. It will hand over decisions about your care to a group of bureaucrats you won’t have the chance to elect. The … Continue reading
Special court rules against families who claim vaccines caused autism
According to an AP report today, a special court has ruled rather dramatically against three sets of parents with autistic children, saying that vaccines are absolutely not to blame for their children’s neurological disorder (autism). The judges in the cases … Continue reading
Barb’s Lasagna Recipe — Requested by Many of Dr. Walt’s Listeners
On a couple of my radio interviews this week, I mentioned Barb’s heart-healthy Lasagna Recipe and my shock that cooking a lasagna with soy crumbles was, to me, indistinguishable from her lasagna with ground beef. I love the stuff. Several … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged lasagna, soy, soy crumbles
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Warning: Childhood obesity may lead to ‘explosion’ of adult cancer
According to the new president of the European Society for Paediatric Oncology, the current generation of children faces a far higher risk of cancer later in life due to their unhealthy habits. Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones said western countries should prepare … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged Cancer, childhood obesity, Obesity, pediatric obesity
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If You Are Elderly or on Medicare – Be Afraid, Very Afraid
According to Gary Bauer, former presidential candidate and now President of the Campaign for Working Families, conservatives evaluating some of the fine details of what he calls “President Obama’s ‘porkulus’ spending bill” have found quite a few “surprises” hidden in … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Economics
Tagged Federal Coordinating Council of Comparative Effectivene, Medicare, National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, O'Bama
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His Brain, Her Brain Interviews with Dr. Walt and Barb Available for Download
If you’ve wanted to hear an interview with Dr. Walt and Barb about their book, His Brain, Her Brain: How divinely designed differences can strengthen your marriage, then we have two surprises for you. More Information:
Posted in Marriage and Family Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged brain, female brain, male brain
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A doctor’s right to choose versus the rights of a woman to choose
An unemployed, divorced woman with six children – living with her bankrupt parents in their teensy weensy home – gave birth to eight babies after having fertilized eggs implanted in her uterus. At least one of her older six children … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Woman's Health
Tagged conscience, conscience rights, freedom of conscience, physician conscience, right of conscience
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The pro-life Super Bowl ad NBC refused to show you now seen by nearly 1.5 million (and counting)
Super Bowl ads can be more fun than the game. And what’s more fun than a Super Bowl ad? A banned Super Bowl ad, of course. And what’s more exciting than that? A Super Bowl ad banned for celebrating life. … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics, Children's Health, Health Headlines, Marriage and Family Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged beginning of life, human life, Life Issues, pro-life, sanctity of human life, when life begins
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ABCs of Childhood Vaccine Safety
My blog, “Radio Listeners ‘Angry as Hornets’ About Dr. Walt’s Comments on Childhood Vaccination” raised howls of protest from blog constituents. Many of those who wrote comments simply do not understand how safe and effective vaccines are. They don’t seem … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
Tagged vaccination, vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccines
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Risks of Not Vaccinating Your Children
From 1958 to 1962, over a half a million cases of measles are reported each year. 432 measles-related deaths occur on average each year. But in 1963, the measles vaccine was licensed. By 2000, only 81 cases of measles are … Continue reading
Podcast – “His Brain, Her Brain” Talk by Dr. Walt and Barb at Life Action Ministries.
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Radio Listeners ‘Angry as Hornets’ About Dr. Walt’s Comments on Childhood Vaccination
I was being interviewed about childhood vaccination on the KTIS radio station that broadcasts in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. During the interview I stated, “In my opinion, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are committing a form … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
Tagged Hib vaccine, vaccine, vaccine myth, vaccine myths, vaccine schedule
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Medical and Spiritual Considerations for Christian Fasting
Here’s the outline of a talk I gave on the medical and spiritual aspects of fasting for Christians. I gave the talk at the National Day of Prayer’s 2007 National Prayer Retreat at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Woman's Health
Tagged fast, fasting
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