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Health Officials Prepare for SARS
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Wally Tesfa
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A Biblical Perspective on
Health, Hope and Healing
Let spirituality be
the guiding light
through times of
stress
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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
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An airport currency exchange clerk in Bangkok. Thailand wears a protective mask to guard against
the deadly flu-like outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS. In Oregon, health
officials say they are ready in case of a local outbreak. (AP photo)
No known cases
in Oregon, but
state is ready for a
possible outbreak
the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
SymptonsofSARS include a
cough illness since Feb. 1, and a
temperature o f at least 100.4°
F. 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
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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. There have been 85
be alerted right away in the case suspect cases in the United
o f an outbreak and his staff has States but no deaths.
plans to work closely with the
More SARS info is available
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