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April 09. 2003 (Elje Jlortlanh ®bacruer Page BS Health Officials Prepare for SARS R eligion Wally Tesfa Residential & Commercial Realtor A Biblical Perspective on Health, Hope and Healing Let spirituality be the guiding light through times of stress b \ D r . R ick L ee The therapeutic value and appli cation o f ‘G od's Plan’ is scientifi cally based in medical fact. Let us get to know these eight doctors o f prevention intimately; they will pre vent much o f the needless sickness and even death I mentioned earlier. Godly trust is very crucial to health restoration. The pressures o f society, an economy in reces sion and international events have m any individual and fam ilies stressed to the point o f it becoming distress. Distress is the body's inability to manage stress any longer, causing the body chemis- A m erican s w ho reach ed the golden age o f 100. Among the centenarians, researchers found that religiosity significantly en hancedphysical health. Although there are still many unanswered questions, the benefits o f trust in God are due to more than simply attending religious services. Furthermore, the far-reaching benefits o f faith seem to transcend age and racial boundaries. A re cent study o f African Americans found that those who engaged in organized religious activities had improved health and life satisfac tion. Even those who engaged in religious pursuits outside o f an organizational structure expert enced this boost o f satisfaction Indeed, one o f the most consis tent findings across all racial groups is that spirituality pro When we allow stress to overpower our trust and faith in God, it has a damaging affect on our health. - D r . Rick Lee try to change by creating an un healthy internal environment, so depression and disease can be es tablished. There is a delicate balance and relationship between the brain and the body because they sympathize with each other. When we allow stress to overpower our trust and faith in God, it has a damaging af fect on our health. Stress shuts down the digestive system and it lowers potassium and calcium lev els in the body. Stressed out adre nal glands produce toxic hormones, thus suppressing the immune sys tem. Emotional stress, or anger, hate and bitterness, are what I call em o tional toxins. They cause or con tribute too practically any disease including arthritis, ulcers, cancer, high and low blood pressure, con stipation, asthma, diabetes, angina, glandular disturbances and stroke. One fascinating study looked at the religious experience o f those foundly improves quality o f life. Those findings show that reli gious attendance and private de votion strengthen a person's reli gious belief system and strong religious belief systems, when ac companied by a high level o f reli gious certainty, have a substan tial positive influence on well-be ing. Individuals with strong reli gious faith report higher levels o f life satisfaction, greater personal happiness and fewer negative psychosocial consequences o f traumatic life events. As I discuss the other seven health laws in coming articles, please remember, it is faith and trust in God, which under girds all the other health laws. It is the most essential law to put into the daily practice. Dr. Lee is a Portland area tra ditional naturopah. He can be co n ta cted by e-m ail at rleeohweiajuno. com ‘C o m e T o g e t h e r a n d W o r s h ip T o u r ’ Gospel Music Association Artist o f the Year Michael W. Smith will perform with Third Day and special guest speaker Max Lucado when the ‘Come Together and Worship Tour’ makes a stop in Portland at the Rose Garden Arena on Thursday, May 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale at all Ticket Master for $25 and 30. To charge by telephone, call 503-224-4400. 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Anyone who has traveled to mainland China, Hong Kong, Public health officials at the Singapore, or to Hanoi, Viet state Department o f Human Ser nam and has come down with a vices have not identified any fever and respiratory symptoms cases o f severe acute respira should contact their health care tory syndrome in Oregon to date, provider, Cieslak said. but the medical community is on “We strongly emphasize that the outlook and health officials anyone who thinks they may have say they are ready incase o f an SARS should not just drop in to outbreak. theirdoctor,"Cieslak said. “They “We may very well see a need to call ahead and arrange a SARS case in Oregon,” said time to be examined, in a place Paul Cieslak, M .D., manager of and manner where medical staff com m unicable disease pro can protect themselves and other grams in DHS. “ People are patients.” w orried about __________ C ieslak a d the infection,and vises the best th a t’s u n d e r p ro te c tio n standable.” against SARS is B ecause to postpone SARS is a very travel to main - Paul Cieslak, M. D., manager of new illn e ss, land China, Hong communicabledisease programs C ieslak said Kong, Singapore In DHS public health ef orto Hanoi, Viet forts are cur- nam until further rently focused on working with notice. health providers to detect any “Right now health authorities suspect case. are working on finding the cause “ If we did find a case, we and means o f transmission o f would immediately isolate and SARS,” Cieslak said. "While provide care to the individual, SARS is certainly a high con preferably at home but, if nec cern, another perspective is that essary, in a hospital,” he said. every year more than 20,000 And, we would begin a com peopledie o f influenza, which is plete public health investigation a preventable illness." to try to find the cause and track Worldwide. SARS has af down anyone else who could flicted 2,223 persons and o f lave been exposed.” those, 78 or about three percent, Ceislak said the public would have died. 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