The thesis on how art and healing saves lives and changes heathcare.

1. lifestyle saves lives

2. Spirituality saves lives

3. Art and healing works by promoting spiritual experiences

so...art and healing saves lives and changes healthcare and should be part of the new healthcare policy !!!

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An editorial on lifestyle medicine speaks to changing the whole focus of healthcare.

Rescuing Health Reform: Why Doctors Should Practice Lifestyle Medicine

September 15, 2009

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=1243b33411e7b2ee&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D0e6664fd56%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1243b33411e7b2ee%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHBy-haDtwS_Ujj3kv0Jw95OaabwcHMu_A

Mark Hyman, MD, Dean Ornish, MD, and Mike Roizen, MD..

"The recent “EPIC” study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine
studied 23,000 people’s adherence to 4 simple behaviors (not smoking, exercising 3.5
hours a week, eating a healthy diet [fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds,
and low meat consumption], and keeping a healthy weight [BMI <30]). In those
adhering, 93% of diabetes, 81% of heart attacks, 50% of strokes and 36% of all cancers
were prevented."

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when you  add spirituality to this....

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Researchers at Duke University Medical School (Helm, H., Hays, J.C., Flint, E., Koenig, H.G., Blazer, DG (2000) found that religious activity decreased mortality of elderly disabled and nondisabled adults.  A research study published in The Journal of Gerontology looked at a random sample of 3,851 community-dwelling adults aged 64-101 years residing in North Carolina. During a 6.3-year follow-up period, 1177 subjects died. Persons with no disability and little or no private religious activity in 1986 were 63% more likely to die during the follow-up years.   Of the subjects who attended religious services once a week or more in 1986 (frequent attenders), 22.9% died compared to 37.4% of those attending services less than once a week (infrequent attenders). The relative hazard (RH) of dying for frequent attenders was 46% less than for infrequent attenders.

This effect on extending survival was equivalent to that of wearing vs. not wearing seat belts or smoking or not smoking cigarettes

 basically, exercise, diet, and not smoking heal. the Plus is spirituality, which does as much ....

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art and healing , heals by promoting spiritual experiences.( Spirit Body Healing study)

http://www.artashealing.org/  spirit body healing online.

so art and healing saves lives and changes healthcare and is ..... the new medicine...